How do you texas rig? 2024
fishballer06 reply :
When rigging a plastic bait, there are a few different ways to go about it. So I'm curious about how everyone else does their rigging. Which method do you use and why do you prefer your way over the other? If you use both, explain why.
A. Bury the hook point inside the plastic.
B. Pass the hook point completely through the bait, and then Tex-Pose the tip of the point back in the bait.
riverbasser reply :
B.
I'm a poser
Choporoz reply :
B only....didn't know A was a 'thing'
Mike L reply :
B.
Unless I'm punching useing a Trokar hook.
Mike
J Francho reply :
Depends on the plastic, how soft it is, and what cover I'm throwing to.
crypt reply :
On 11/1/2017 at 11:20 PM, Mike L said:B.
Unless I'm punching useing a Trokar hook.
Mike
this....
NYWayfarer reply :
Most of the time B, If not B I leave the hook completely exposed. Example would be rigging a Yum Dinger. There is a slot in that bait to hide the hook. No tex-posing necessary.
I also like to pass the hook through enough that I can get the knot buried inside the plastic.
fishballer06 reply :
On 11/1/2017 at 11:21 PM, J Francho said:Depends on the plastic, how soft it is, and what cover I'm throwing to.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who does both.
On 11/1/2017 at 11:17 PM, Choporoz said:B only....didn't know A was a 'thing'
A is great for punching, or throwing in spots where it's so thick you can't afford for that point to pop out (or if you're using a bait that's already caught a fish or two). Generally speaking, in my experience, A hurts your hook up ratio a little, but it's nearly 100% whenever it's a decent sized fish that can inhale the entire bait.
J Francho reply :
You can also:
C. skin hook the point on the side of the bait.
Mike L reply :
On 11/1/2017 at 11:38 PM, J Francho said:You can also:
C. skin hook the point on the side of the bait.
Used to do that but got away from it
The shape of the plastic comes more into play to do it correctly to maximize sets.
Mike
Steveo-1969 reply :
B. for me because I'm not using very heavy powered rods or heavy line. I don't trust I can get the hook point through the plastic and through the fishes mouth past the barb consistently. I am not fishing heavy cover though...
cgolf reply :
Honestly neither. While sometimes I get hung up and have to pull weeds of the hook it isn't too much of a bother. If it was really an issue I guess I would rig it so A would work.
J Francho reply :
On 11/2/2017 at 1:35 AM, cgolf said:Honestly neither. While sometimes I get hung up and have to pull weeds of the hook it isn't too much of a bother. If it was really an issue I guess I would rig it so A would work.
Are you saying the hook point is exposed? What's the point of using a weedless worm hook?
Darren. reply :
Hm. I use both. If heavy weeds/cover, buried, typically.
If light/moderate grassy, texposed. Also depends on pound
test of line.
cgolf reply :
On 11/2/2017 at 1:52 AM, J Francho said:Are you saying the hook point is exposed? What's the point of using a weedless worm hook?
Not like a jighead, but up tight to the body. With the exception of the gnarliest weeds, this doesn't give me many issues. Essentially the barb of the hook is indenting the plastic and the hookpoint rests on the plastic.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
A. for Elaztech stuffs and others if I need to. I use Roboworm Rebarb hook for this not flipping hook.
B. For other plastics
DINK WHISPERER reply :
I've always done B since I can remember. I only started using A since trying the punching hooks.
long island basser reply :
On 11/2/2017 at 2:51 AM, Darren. said:Hm. I use both. If heavy weeds/cover, buried, typically.
If light/moderate grassy, texposed. Also depends on pound
test of line.
Same here.
J Francho reply :
On 11/2/2017 at 3:03 AM, cgolf said:Not like a jighead, but up tight to the body. With the exception of the gnarliest weeds, this doesn't give me many issues. Essentially the barb of the hook is indenting the plastic and the hookpoint rests on the plastic.
OK, so "Texposed"
WRB reply :
Texposed is the hook point and barb completely exposed, skin hooked is what is being defined as Texposed. All of the above to me is weedless hooking soft plastics. Texas rig is a worm hook with a sliding bullet weight that also been lost as a simple difination.
Tom
J Francho reply :
What I'm getting at is that cgolf is doing B. Actual Texposing is totally pointless (see what I did there?), and makes no sense to me at all. That's what I asked cgolf to clarify. If you're not going to bother putting the hook point back in the plastic, if even just slightly, then don't bother with a worm hook.
Dorado reply :
On 11/2/2017 at 2:51 AM, Darren. said:Hm. I use both. If heavy weeds/cover, buried, typically.
If light/moderate grassy, texposed. Also depends on pound
test of line.
Perfectly stated. Same
cgolf reply :
On 11/2/2017 at 3:45 AM, J Francho said:What I'm getting at is that cgolf is doing B. Actual Texposing is totally pointless (see what I did there?), and makes no sense to me at all. That's what I asked cgolf to clarify. If you're not going to bother putting the hook point back in the plastic, if even just slightly, then don't bother with a worm hook.
Not pointless at all. The rig I explained has come through millfoil clean while a ball headed jig would have brought 10 pounds of weeds. I do use slider heads a lot and also use thicker bodied plastics, tubes, menaces, grubs, etc. It is rare that I use finesse worms. Maybe the bigger plastics help keep the weeds off? This has also worked well with gambler ugly otters too.
Dorado reply :
Would method A be a better technique for rigging Zoom Horny Toads? What style hooks do you recommend?
fishballer06 reply :
On 11/2/2017 at 4:15 AM, Dorado said:Would method A be a better technique for rigging Zoom Horny Toads? What style hooks do you recommend?
I tex-pose my Horny Toads and Rage Toads.
J Francho reply :
On 11/2/2017 at 4:07 AM, cgolf said:
Not pointless at all. The rig I explained has come through millfoil clean while a ball headed jig would have brought 10 pounds of weeds. I do use slider heads a lot and also use thicker bodied plastics, tubes, menaces, grubs, etc. It is rare that I use finesse worms. Maybe the bigger plastics help keep the weeds off? This has also worked well with gambler ugly otters too.
I know what your doing, and it is probably pretty weedless. After a couple fish, sometime my bait is like that. I'm talking the true Texposed that Tom was referring to as being pointless.
This is the Texposer Hook. Dumb, and weedy. I know, I tried it!
thinkingredneck reply :
"A" for straight shank hooks
"B" for offset hooks
Dorado reply :
On 11/2/2017 at 4:29 AM, fishballer06 said:I tex-pose my Horny Toads and Rage Toads.
Thanks. What size and style hooks do you use? I reached for a white one the other night and didn't know if a 5/0 EWG or 4/0 Weighted Belly Hook would be suite it. Never caught a bass with a toad before so I was lost.
fishballer06 reply :
I've seen that it depends on the hook company honestly. You need a shank that doesn't go past the end of the body, but a deep enough throat that the hook point gets exposed so it can hook up with a bite. I own these style hooks in everything from a 1/0 up to a 7/0, and I've found that generally a 3/0 to a 5/0 is the sweet spot.
The Rage website has this helpful photograph for rigging their Rage Toad.
Dorado reply :
@fishballer06 Great post thanks. Didn't want to hijack your thread, but I learned something today.
lo n slo reply :
at the risk of being a contrarian, i use A. my t rigs are usually worms and lizards fished in brush, rocks, or around docks.
Catt reply :
"A" 90% of the time because I use straight shanked hooks more than EWG.
EWG gets textposed
scaleface reply :
On 11/2/2017 at 7:31 AM, Catt said:"A" 90% of the time because I use straight shanked hooks more than EWG.
EWG gets textposed
This , it depends on what hook i'm using . Hold the hookup to the lure and see how it lies .
d-camarena reply :
On topwater i tex pose.
Anything else i leave the hook in the middle of the bait. I have never had hookset problems.
TnRiver46 reply :
A
contium reply :
On 11/2/2017 at 4:54 AM, thinkingredneck said:"A" for straight shank hooks
"B" for offset hooks
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