Carolina rig vs jig vs Texas rig…what’s been more productive for you

[clemsondds]

Just curious, which technique has been the most productive for you. I prefer throwing jigs, but seems like the Carolina rig has had more consistent results. Just not much fun throwing it ha. What do you prefer? 

[WRB]

It’s fun catching bass then just casting.

I love to use just jigs for bigger bass, use the Slip Shot (Finesse C-rig) and drop shot to catch numbers of bass when needed.

Can’t remember using the original ball & chain C-Rig.

Tom

 

[scaleface]

Texas rig by far . Jigs get tried often but with a short leash . If they dont produce pretty quick a Texas rig is getting employed . I rarely throw a Carolina rig these days . C-rigs were used mainly as a deep water search bait  and I  dont fish that way much anymore.

[Pat Brown]

I like using jigs if they'll eat jigs because my size average usually goes up for the day if I can commit to the jig and get bit.

 

If they want the worm or a creature I happily oblige and usually in the form of a t rig but I'm not opposed to throwing the C rig when the bite is tough!

[clemsondds]

45 minutes ago, WRB said:

It’s fun catching bass then just casting.

I love to use just jigs for bigger bass, use the Slip Shot (Finesse C-rig) and drop shot to catch numbers of bass when needed.

Can’t remember using the original ball & chain C-Rig.

Tom

 

 

6 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

I like using jigs if they'll eat jigs because my size average usually goes up for the day if I can commit to the jig and get bit.

 

If they want the worm or a creature I happily oblige and usually in the form of a t rig but I'm not opposed to throwing the C rig when the bite is tough!

What jigs are you usually throwing? Casting, pitching, football? Combo?  Just curious what your main one is. I assume it depends on what structure/cover you’re fishing…but just wondered what you primarily use. 

 

 

 

 

45 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Texas rig by far . Jigs get tried often but with a short leash . If they dont produce pretty quick a Texas rig is getting employed . I rarely throw a Carolina rig these days . C-rigs were used mainly as a deep water search bait  and I  dont fish that way much anymore.

Favorite worm? 

[FishTax]

I've never thrown the c rig but am going to give it a try on my next outing, already rigged it up. I have a pressured lake and am hoping it'll increase my bite count. I don't mind fishing slow, and have a few off shore spots I want to drag it through. 

 

Football or pitching jig do get bit some for me. I can't get bit on swimming jig, not sure what I'm doing wrong.

 

T rig is always faithful with a senko. I need to branch out with other baits there as well this year. 

[Captain Phil]

A Carolina Rig is a deadly deep water search bait. What you are looking for is hard bottom structure.  This could include rock piles, muscle beds or any number of other bass holding structures.  I have found some great spots using a C-Rig.  Before I started using it, I let one out the back of my boat as I fished and drifted.  What I discovered was I found myself catching more fish on the C-Rig than in the front.  In the summer when everyone else is fruitlessly pounding the shoreline, you could be having the time of your life.

[Mike L]

I’d much rather throw a T Rig over any and all other technique and it’s not even  close. 
 

I rarely throw a jig as I’ve never felt it gave me any advantage whatsoever over a carefully chosen T Rig given the waters and conditions I’m in. 
 

If I think I need to add bulk to my offering, I’d rather just add a skirt and experiment with different sizes, shapes and colors of different plastics instead of being locked into one and waste time retying a jig every 10 min. 
My weight choice was made before I pick up a rod. 
 

The only place I’ll throw a Carolina Rig anywhere in the state, is in the Rim Canal in 20 fow on Okeechobee. 
 

 

 

Mike

[bowhunter63]

Blew the dust of the c rig and have been using it a lot more this spring. Been doing pretty good. Like the Spinnerbait bite the best. But whatever it takes. I get hung  more on t rig for some reason . 

[Pat Brown]

1 hour ago, clemsondds said:

 

What jigs are you usually throwing? Casting, pitching, football? Combo?  Just curious what your main one is. I assume it depends on what structure/cover you’re fishing…but just wondered what you primarily use. 

 

 

 

 

Favorite worm? 

 

 

One style of jig forever?

 

Probably the Siebert Outdoors arky style head.  Skips well.  Swims well.  Drags well.  Good in all forms of cover.

 

1/2 oz would be my baseline weight for getting deep and fishing shallow effectively.

 

I'd pair it with a flappy thing in hotter water and a dead action in cooler water.

 

Favorite worm is the 10.5" netbait c mac in redbug.

 

[Captain Phil]

For some reason unknown to me jigs don't seem to work that well in Florida.  What does work is fishing soft plastics as you would a jig.  Flipping and pitching soft plastics is what I do 70% of the time.

[scaleface]

3 hours ago, clemsondds said:

 

What jigs are you usually throwing? Casting, pitching, football? Combo?  Just curious what your main one is. I assume it depends on what structure/cover you’re fishing…but just wondered what you primarily use. 

 

 

 

 

Favorite worm? 

Yum Dinger . It has plenty of weight for pitching .

[crypt]

T-rigged for me.....only place I throw a C-rig is Tenoroc......old phosphate pits in Lakeland. 

[FryDog62]

In the old days before gps, we threw a C-rig to get a feel for the bottom, contours, rocks, etc. I hadn't thrown it much again until a couple years ago. Glad I did, it has its place. 

 

I probably am 60-40 football jigs to Carolina Rig these days. I can cover more water/quicker with a football jig, but there are days when the drag of the C-rig sinker, a pause, and then the creature bait floats up in their face and it will out fish a football jig 3:1.  

 

It's important from my perspective to use a creature bait/worm that floats. The sinker grinding can get their attention, but can also stir up silt/mud on the bottom - so a plastic that then floats up just plain gets seen or gets in their face and generates a strike.  GrandeBass Airtail, T-Mac worm, BBB Flying Squirrel, etc. 

[Mobasser]

T rig.My #1.

[GetFishorDieTryin]

A T rig or some version of it probably one of the most versatile ways you can fish.  I would rather catch fish on a jig, but 95% of my local water is shallow with a slimy bottom, which makes using jigs a chore.  Never fished a true C rig, but do really well with a mojo rig, still the T rig is #1 for me.

[webertime]

Carolina Rig 2:1 over jig and 30:1 over Texas Rig.

[LonnieP]

I’ve never thrown a C rig. Texas rig used to be #1 for me, but I started throwing jigs a couple years ago and they produce better for me now than the Texas rig 

[Woody B]

I suspect I'm different than most.  For me a Jig is good for deepish structure in colder water.  C-rig for deep structure in hotter water.   I probably use a T-rig more than a C-rig or a Jig.   I pretty much always have a T-rig on one of my rods.  Half or more of my T-rig casts are after something rolled on a top water lure or I seen followers on live sonar.   

 

I've been using a bladed jig quite a bit lately but I don't consider it the same as a "regular" jig.   

 

When the water temperature get's into the 80's I'll be dragging a C-rig up points.  I position the boat over the point, and drag the bait up it.   

[FishTax]

Thanks @Woody Bfor your detailed explanations on how you work baits, in this and other threads. As a less experienced angler I appreciate the tips and am taking notes for my next time on the water. 

 

on your C rig, what plastic do you like? 

[BrianMDTX]

I’ll say Texas rig, as I rarely use a Carolina rig. Texas rigs pretty much always produce. 
 

For me lol. 

[Woody B]

10 hours ago, FishTax said:

on your C rig, what plastic do you like? 

 

There will be other with way better advice than me on that.  I'm cheap, and not up to date on all the soft plastics available now.  90% of the time I'm using a simple Zoom( because they're cheap) worm either in Motor Oil, Purple or Black.  If I think they're short striking I'll use a Missile Baby D Bomb.   Occasionally, I'll use some kind of lizzard but there's no method to my madness.  

[Choporoz]

Best of both worlds

 

 

[optimator]

Texas rig for me. Only because I’ve only fished a Carolina rig a handful of times. I do plan on trying it more this summer though.

[Bankc]

I fish them in different places, so it's not entirely fair to compare.  I use jigs for wood and pitching to shallow cover.  I use Carolina rigs for fishing off muddy banks and deeper structure.  And I use Texas rigs for fishing vegetation.  

 

Ultimately, the T-rig produces the most fish, followed by jigs.  So I fish a T-rig more often.  Also because there isn't much else that will come cleanly through grass.