The Wacky Rig is especially effective with a Senko worm. The Carolina Rig is a common choice for bottom dredging. To begin, Texas-rig (see below) a worm or lizard but leave the hook eye exposed.

Tie on your worm hook and rig up your favorite plastic the same as you would in steps 3-5 for the Texas rig. Carolina-rigged plastics are fished by dragging the weight along the bottom slowly ...

I like to fish a Texas worm rig when I bass fish. I use it a lot more than a Carolina rig. Many times while on the water, I want to try a Carolina rig but it's a pain to retie from Texas to Carolina.

He and the other fishermen at Lake El Salto in Mazatlan, Mexico, were only using it one way, though: Texas-rigged. As opposed to, say, Carolina ... Rig it. Slide the sinker up the line, then tie on ...

Texas rig fishing is generally better for bass in relatively shallow water and around cover. Carolina rig fishing ... The classic bait is a soft-plastic worm, but these days folks are Texas ...

There's no question that the Carolina rig is as much a bass fishing staple as the crankbait, spinnerbait and Texas-rigged worm. And, many bass fishermen lean heavily on the "rig" during the summer ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Terms such as "Texas-rigged worm," "Carolina-rigged lizard" or "wacky rig" are part of a bass angler's everyday lexicon. But to a beginner, the experienced anglers might as well ...