Texas Rig

[kmai01]

How exactly do you fish a Texas Rig? LIke a jig? What worms work the best? Can you use flukes? What else can you use? thanks

[zaraspook_dylan2]

You can fish it like a jig. Typically your trying to imitate a worm thats struggling through the water. And you can fish just about any plastic bait texas rigged.

Dylan

[OIFBasser]

There are a bunch of articles in the Fishing Articles section about texas rigs. You can put just about anytype of plastic, but senko type baits are killer. Lizards, beavers, craws, long curly tails all work good too.

[skillet]

If you think you are fishing T-rigged baits slow, you could probably slow down some more. If you've ever watched the critters that stay on the bottom of the lake, you can see how slow and deliberate their movements are...

skillet

[iceintheveins]

You fish them with a lift drop or slow dragging motion. I fish them a bit faster than jigs but still slow. After a pause, you can shake or jiggle the rig to get your bait to appear natural. This is especially productive if your using brass sinkers with glass beads.

[Crestliner2008]

Many years ago, I read one of Doug Hannon's books on bass presentations. His method of fishing the Texas rig was to let your bait hit bottom on free fall. Let it set for a time. Lift your rod to 12 noon and hold it there! Let the bait come to you in a slow, gliding motion. Keep the rod in this position for a few seconds before reeling back down. He theorized that this would give you a greater feel for the "take". Once you felt something....you just reel down fast and set the hook.

I've been using this technique for many years since reading this; quite successfully I might add. Now this is for regular plastic worm fishing mind you. When it comes to Senkos, no need to try so hard to feel the take. They just never let go a Senko! ;D