soft swimbait ?

[chatterbaitn]

Do you fish it with a weighted hook or fish it texas rigged.  I have normally been fishing with a weighted swimbait hook.  The other day I was fishing with a buddy and he texas rigs his swimbaits.  We both caught some nice fish but the action he got t-rigging it was unreal.

[Branuss04]

It would help if you mentioned what type of swimbait.  There are thousands of "Soft Swimbaits"...

[chatterbaitn]

any kind of 4 or 5 inch swimbait.  No particular brand.  I am just talking soft swimbaits in general.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

That info is no help.

Are you talking about Basstrix type paddle tail, hollow bodies?

[KYntucky Warmouth]

Yeah....gonna need more info....I'm assuming hollow body paddletail baits...can't really t-rig a hudd or optimum line through

[RoLo]

Do you fish it with a weighted hook or fish it texas rigged.

I neither T-rig nor use a belly-weighted hook. For soft swimbaits like the Berkley Hollow Belly,

I use an Owner Sled Head Jig which incorporates a coil-screw retainer.

But rather than rigging in the conventional manner, I thread the hook through the side of the body rather than vertically,

so the bait swims horizontally through the water, which also provides a generous hook bite and easier hook-ups.

Roger

[mrlitetackle]

Posted by: RoLo

I neither T-rig nor use a belly-weighted hook. For soft swimbaits like the Berkley Hollow Belly,

I use an Owner Sled Head Jig which incorporates a coil-screw retainer.

But rather than rigging in the conventional manner, I thread the hook through the side of the body rather than vertically,

so the bait swims horizontally through the water, which also provides a generous hook bite and easier hook-ups.

Roger

hmmmmm........

now thats an interesting method that i would have never thought to try..........

great post,

like always