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

[Darth-Baiter]

Texas rig, because everyone knows everything is bigger on Texas.

 

(okay, that joke stumbled)

[Pat Brown]

Reading this thread and the other thread going in the fishing gear section on pegging t rigs, I'm gonna peg my t rigs a lot more this summer and I'm gonna throw Carolina rigs a lot more around deeper stuff and see what happens!

 

I'm excited to try it because I feel at the very least I'm gonna be more reckless with my t rigs pegged and I also think the c rig will force me to fish slower when I should be.  Both are probably good things when targeting larger bass in the summer.

 

 

[Texas Flood]

1. T-rig

2. Jig

3. Carolina Rig.

[FishTax]

4 hours ago, Woody B said:

 

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.  

The black finesse worm is a confidence bait for me, so I'll start there. I may try a big ribbontail, not sure if those float enough for a C rig? Is that a bad idea?

[WRB]

For all you who define a T-rig worm as the weedless technique of hooking, do you T-rig your C-rig?

Tom

[optimator]

20 minutes ago, WRB said:

For all you who define a T-rig worm as the weedless technique of hooking, do you T-rig your C-rig?

Tom

[TnRiver46]

Both 

[Bankbeater]

Jigs and T-rigs for me.  I can't remember the last time I fished a C-rig, but I know it has been a while.

[KP Duty]

The Texas rig and jig are more versatile and get used more often than the carolina rig, but one technique isn't 'better' than the rest.  One of the advantages of using a c-rig is that a lot of guys are too lazy to rig one up, and you are presenting your bait diffetently by taking the time to do it.

[Diggy]

Free Rig or Jig then Texas Rig, Carolina (never)

[JediAmoeba]

I often fish a carolina in the summer and do well. 

 

The only time I ever fish a Texas anymore is when flipping creature baits.

 

Both produce but I don't use them in areas where they would be interchangeable.

[1984isNOW]

On 5/21/2023 at 11:51 AM, Mike L said:

If I think I need to add bulk to my offering, I’d rather just add a skirt...

Mike

What do you do to add a skirt to your T-rig?

 

I only really just started throwing a jig this season... first time I caught 3 fish 3.5# or greater, so I'm hooked to say the least, that's a killer day around here.

 

T-rig is a little more versatile around here, a lot of weeds and wood and junk so it slips through without bringing back a small forest better than a jig. Best T-rig plastic has been discontinued, Berkley Havoc Juice worm... I'm holding onto a couple in hopes that I'll ever have time one day to make a mold to make some more for myself. They have hook holes in them, But I'll be darned if I'm not gonna try one day.

 

Never threw a carolina rig, plan to give the mojo a go this year.

On 5/21/2023 at 11:51 AM, Mike L said:

If I think I need to add bulk to my offering, I’d rather just add a skirt...

Mike

What do you do to add a skirt to your T-rig?

 

I only really just started throwing a jig this season... first time I caught 3 fish 3.5# or greater, so I'm hooked to say the least, that's a killer day around here.

 

T-rig is a little more versatile around here, a lot of weeds and wood and junk so it slips through without bringing back a small forest better than a jig. Best T-rig plastic has been discontinued, Berkley Havoc Juice worm... I'm holding onto a couple in hopes that I'll ever have time one day to make a mold to make some more for myself. They have hook holes in them, But I'll be darned if I'm not gonna try one day.

 

Never threw a carolina rig, plan to give the mojo a go this year.

[Mr. Aquarium]

Never tossed a c rig in all my years of bassin. I’m a jig, trig and soft swimbaits on bottom guy. 

[padon]

totally different situations for me. a texas rig or jig is usually my choice for isolated targets , a grass edge , grass clumps a rock pile in deeper water.. a brush pile etc.the c rig is more of i pull up on a point that has scattered rock gently slopes to 20 feet the falls off sharp to deep water. i want to be able to cover the point fairly quickly but still with a bottom bait. i can work my way around that point fan casting a heavy carolina rig bouncing around the rocks pretty quickly and still feel like a presented a bait that a fish would eat.

[Mike L]

22 hours ago, PUTitinYOURmouthFISH said:

What do you do to add a skirt to your T-rig?

 

I only really just started throwing a jig this season... first time I caught 3 fish 3.5# or greater, so I'm hooked to say the least, that's a killer day around here.

 

T-rig is a little more versatile around here, a lot of weeds and wood and junk so it slips through without bringing back a small forest better than a jig. Best T-rig plastic has been discontinued, Berkley Havoc Juice worm... I'm holding onto a couple in hopes that I'll ever have time one day to make a mold to make some more for myself. They have hook holes in them, But I'll be darned if I'm not gonna try one day.

 

Never threw a carolina rig, plan to give the mojo a go this year.

What do you do to add a skirt to your T-rig?

 

I only really just started throwing a jig this season... first time I caught 3 fish 3.5# or greater, so I'm hooked to say the least, that's a killer day around here.

 

T-rig is a little more versatile around here, a lot of weeds and wood and junk so it slips through without bringing back a small forest better than a jig. Best T-rig plastic has been discontinued, Berkley Havoc Juice worm... I'm holding onto a couple in hopes that I'll ever have time one day to make a mold to make some more for myself. They have hook holes in them, But I'll be darned if I'm not gonna try one day.

 

 

I use the Gambler Quick Change KO skirts. 

 

All you do is slide it on the hook shank and you’re ready to go. 
I like this style as it has a rubber ring around the opening which helps to protect the knot. 
Just takes a few seconds 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike
 

[J Francho]

A Texas Rig is 100% more effective than a Carolina Rig for me.  Also, I don't throw C-Rigs.

[Pat Brown]

17 minutes ago, J Francho said:

A Texas Rig is 100% more effective than a Carolina Rig for me.  Also, I don't throw C-Rigs.

 

 

I have noticed that any time a lot of people on here hate throwing something in general, it works really well on my super pressured lakes.

 

But yeah I have also literally only thrown it for drum in salt with cut mullet and it wasn't particularly fun to fish.

 

Still I have a lot of rocky off shore points with steep drops where they are jigged and cranked and jerked and t rigged to oblivion and back.

 

Once its super hot or super cold and the fish are mostly educated and worn out by all the lure fatigue, this may be a really effective presentation?

 

I gotta stay confident ???

[PaulVE64]

I'm fishing shallow rivers with current.

 

I use a jig 40%, split shot 40%, t-rig 10% and c-rig 10%

[Bird]

Waters here are gin clear, finesse worm on Mojo rig does better than C-rig and easier to rig with bobber stops.

 

Jigs are big fish producers prespawn.

After the spawn..... T-rig.

 

[Catt]

Texas Rig 

Jig-n-Craw 

Carolina Rig 

 

C-Rig with a 1/4, 3/8, or 1/2 oz weight, 14"-24" leader, 15' of water or less.

[DaubsNU1]

Most of the lakes in my area have lots of vegetation / moss, or flooded timber. Darn near impossible to throw a C-rig without getting in a whole lot of mess.

 

I love pitching jigs and T-rigs. Or working a T-rigged powerworm through cover. Hard to beat.

[Dye99]

Texas rig all day.

[flatcreek]

On 5/22/2023 at 4:59 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Both 

And I let the fish tell me which is best on one day to the next

[Cbump]

In 2022:

Texas Rig - hundreds of fish

Carolina Rig - dozens with second biggest fish of the year

Jig - two fish in November

 

 In 2023: 

Carolina Rig - dozens so far

Texas Rig - handful so far

Jig - 1 fish on a swim jig (this after getting super excited about jig fishing after November and buying probably 50 jigs (3/8oz Luke clausen finesse, dirty jig pitching in multiple sizes, dirty jig swim jigs in multiple sizes, and Bitsy bug tiny jigs). Not even sure if the swim jig fish counts for this thread. She probably would have hit a chatterbait or spinnerbait too. 

 

Fyi the c-rig and t-rig numbers for 2023 are about to go crazy as It gets hotter. Mostly fish these in the summer. 
 

Btw, if a weightless “Texas-rigged” (weedless rigged) senko counts as Texas-rig then hundreds of those in 2023 also. It’s almost all I’ve fished for 3 months.