Photo by Derek Horner The standard Texas rig consists of a bullet weight and an EWG hook with a soft plastic rigged onto the hook to make it weedless. If you’re fishing in thicker grass, sometimes it ...

Q: What is the best bait for bass with a Texas rig? The classic bait is a soft-plastic worm, but these days folks are Texas-rigging all sorts of soft-plastics from stickbaits and finesse worms to ...

The Lizard is an excellent bait for Texas rigs, Carolina rigs, shakyheads, and more. These lures are especially effective on bass around the spawn. Picking out the best soft plastic baits for bass ...

Step 4: Thread on your soft plastic of choice. The free rig fills the gap of a slow-falling, almost-vertical presentation where the bait is separated from the weight. A Texas rig typically doesn’t ...

Isolated patches of grass can be fished with a Texas rigged soft plastic, Tokyo rig, or a hollow body frog. Chatterbaits, soft jerkbaits, and spinnerbaits are good around cover that are near ...

From weightless Texas rigs in shallow water to wacky rigs for ... The soft stick bait's dense yet soft plastic construction allows for excellent cast-ability and a quiet, subtle entry into the ...

Northwestern Smith County in northeastern Texas... Southwestern Wood County ... One exception is Creme Lure, the originator of the soft plastic lure, which turned 65 this year.

B.A.S.S. The 2025 Bassmaster Elite event on Lake Hartwell included three leader changes in four days, but the use of soft plastic baits ... fished on a drop shot rig. / B.A.S.S. There were also ...

Texas rig tube jigs or pit boss in junebug or black ... Swimming small hand tied jigs or small soft plastics can fool some of those picky fish. Numbers of fish have not been great but fishing ...

Bass are slow in deeper water on a variety of soft plastics. Next week the bite ... and spinner baits in 3-5 feet of water, or Texas rigs and shaky heads around wood or docks in 4-8 feet.