Keeping T-rigged baits on an EWG?

[The Baron]

I’m having a lot of trouble keeping Texas rigged beaver baits (Bandito Bugs and Palmetto Bugz) up on a basic EWG hook.  I was looking at trying the Mustad KVD Grip Pin hooks instead, but I’d hate to think all the hooks I have might become waste.  I tried rigging a B-Bug on a swimbait hook and that might work, but it didn’t sit quite the same.  Now I’m considering super gluing a little wire tab onto the neck of an EWG to see if I can make them hold a bait better.

What hooks or tricks do you folks use for t-rigging beaver baits, to keep them from sliding down?

[Bass Rutten]

Owner twistlock.

[casts_by_fly]

Straight Flipping hooks with a keeper work well. They will tear up the head of a bandito quicker, but palmettos are great. The keeper really gets stuck in the elaztech and holds it on. 
 

a wire keeper on an ewg might work. I also find that hooking the head deeper helps too. I used to just go into the head enough that the eye of the hook was still out of the plastic. Then I put it just inside the plastic but the knot was still out. Now I will bury it almost an eighth inch further so there is an eighth inch of line inside the plastic. 

[A-Jay]

Been using parasite clips for years.

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/search-tackle.html?start=0&count=30&searchtext=parasite+clip

Holds the bait on an ewg or round bend hook

as well as preventing it from sliding down the shank on the strike and balling up/covering the hook point.

Goes on between the weight & the hook, 

Size small & medium will do most everything.  

Hook sizes from 1/0 - 6/0

A-Jay

[papajoe222]

Glen posted tip about just this, using 80lb. mono and running a piece through the bait and hook eye. I haven't had a bait slip down the hook, or tear off since I started doing this.  I caught 21 bass on one Dinger before I changed it, only because it was chewed up bad.

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8 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Been using parasite clips for years.

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/search-tackle.html?start=0&count=30&searchtext=parasite+clip

Holds the bait on an ewg or round bend hook

as well as preventing it from sliding down the shank on the strike and balling up/covering the hook point.

Goes on between the weight & the hook, 

Size small & medium will do most everything.  

Hook sizes from 1/0 - 6/0

A-Jay

I do the same but with a small barrel swivel. I also slide one or two bobber stops up against the knot, keeps the sinker from pushing the bait down.

[Jig Man]

Sometimes I use a parasite type clip that I make and sometimes I use a homemade keeper on the hook.

 

[The Baron]

3 minutes ago, Jig Man said:

Sometimes I use a parasite type clip that I make and sometimes I use a homemade keeper on the hook.

Is that home made keeper in the bottom pic just a piece of shrink tube?  Because I just found a YouTube video on using shrink tubing and am going to try that.

[Jigfishn10]

[Jig Man]

33 minutes ago, The Baron said:

Is that home made keeper in the bottom pic just a piece of shrink tube?  Because I just found a YouTube video on using shrink tubing and am going to try that.

Yes it is.  Harbor Freight special.

[scaleface]

Parasite clips and the swivels work great .

 

   Another thing . After a fish is caught , the tip section of the worm  is damaged and likely to ball up   on the next hook set . Bite a half inch off and re-rig it . I bite them off a couple of times , then keep the tail section for neds or other more finesse situations .

[WRB]

The old tooth pick through the hook eye or Glenn’s heavy mono to peg the worm head has worked for decades, inexpensive and invisible.

I started using rubber Peg-It through the hook eye after tying it the hook on, pull until snug then cut off about 1/8” on both sides of the eye before rigging worms on all types of hooks, works good for me.

Tom

[Texas Flood]

I dont mind the Mustad grip pin hooks but they use to make ones that didnt have that epoxy cover that were great.

[Drawdown]

On an EWG, I’ve started pulling the plastic over the hook eye a bit. This with the tip above about hooking the plastic a bit deeper works pretty well for me.

Typically when I hook a fish, the plastic travels up my line above the hook with minimal damage, and it takes no time to get it ready for another cast.