Worm Fishing

[Steve Junior]

How do you hook a plastic worm so that it wont get stuck in the weeds? or rocks?

[Man?orAstroman?]

Originally Posted by Steve Junior

How do you hook a plastic worm so that it wont get stuck in the weeds? or rocks?

Texas rig it. Hook the worm towards the belly, then turn the hook and come upwards through the belly towards the top of the worm. You can either have the hook pertrude, or not break the skin depending on personal prefrence. If its a soft plastic worm, then you can keep the hook inside the worm, but if its a tougher plastic like a zoom fluke, then have it stick out a little bit.

[michiganbassassasin]

Take a look at this pick. When i was taught this i was told it was a texas rig but i'm not so sure anymore. This is a great weedless rig. I use eagle claws lazer sharp round bend hooks. Size is your preference I prefer the 4/0. I'ts my profile pic.

[mack]

[bassking22]

Hey michigan, is that really weedless, cause it looks like it could get stuck, but I'll try it sometime.

[mack]

if rigged correctly, its weedless

[islandbass]

Originally Posted by bassking22

Hey michigan, is that really weedless, cause it looks like it could get stuck, but I'll try it sometime.

it is IMHO if the hook is somewhere inside the worm's body unexposed. During the course of the retrieve, the hook can become exposed and the best time that happens is when you have a fish on!

[bassking22]

I think in michiganbassassassin's AVATAR (emphasis on AVATAR) , its only weedless if you use an already weedless hook. Look at his AVATAR, not any diagrams but his AVATAR. Also its not a texas rig.

[crankybait]

woah woah chill. in his av the first is. and the first time you didnt say avatar. they were just trying to help

[Christopherkeene9]

His avatar is a regular tex rig, no special weedless hook!!!

[bassking22]

I thought manorastromans diagram was a texas rig!?!

[bassking22]

Alright, right now, im probably the most confused person in the world. I've been showed two ways to "Texas rig a worm". Someone please help. If you look in a bps mag it shows how to "Texas rig", it is a totally different way than michigans avatar. Take a look at mack's method and the look at michigans, they are both called a "Texas rig". That is what confuses me, which one is a correct "Texas rig", or are they both,and if they are how many more ways are there too "Texas rig" a worm. I have understood for 5 years, that, a "Texas rig" is a method of rigging a soft plastic, with a bullet weight above an offset hook, then inserting the hook point about a half inch or so, depending on the hookand worm size, and then coming out, pulling the pastic up the hook till it is on the offset then reinserting the hooks point into the plastic, and not coming out. The worm would be rigged like in mack's diagram, but with a bullet weight above it.

Sorry for being short earlier.
God bless Texas

[mack]

to make it weedless (the diagram i showed you=texas), i use a gammagatzu extra wide gap worm hook and use different sizes depending on my worm size..and with that hook, i do that diagram...

[mack]

Originally Posted by bassking22

I think in michiganbassassassin's AVATAR (emphasis on AVATAR) , its only weedless if you use an already weedless hook. Look at his AVATAR, not any diagrams but his AVATAR. Also its not a texas rig.

yes it is..i know it looks like a hook with a weed guard but if you look harder you see thats the bend of the hook..