Jellyhead
07-12-2001, 10:58 AM
Ok, I guess I got a little ahead of myself on the Senko post and started tossing out terms that may not be familiar to all fisherman.
Bass rigs are named just like you would name salmon/steelhead rigs. Where you would have a mooching, drift and backbouncing rigs (which are all just leaders with hooks arranged differently on them) you have you're texas, caroilna, mojo, spiltshot, and a whole range of leader/hook/weight configurations. They all have thier place and work well under certain water/cover conditions.
First off is the texas rig. The texas rig is probably the most used weedless form of rigging plastic worms or baits. You take an offset worm hook (the one that has an "L" shape bend in it about a 1/4" behind the eye) and insert it in the tip of the worm at a 45 degree angle and out through the side of the worm. You slide the worm down the hook until the eye of the hook is at the tip of the worm (I hope this is making sense) then, push the point of the hook into the side of the worm. The point should be buried in the side of the worm and not sticking out. Then, if you want to use a wieght you slide a bullet sinker up you're line and tie the worm on.
The next common rig is the carolina rig. This rig works good with a floating worm. Here's how it is set up. First, texas rig a worm. Second, tie a piece of leader on the hook 18-20" long. Tie a barrel swivel on the leader, then slide a bullet or egg sinker on you're mainline and tie the swivel to the mainline. The reason for rigging like this is to keep a floating bait up off of the bottom if there is heavy weed cover right on the bottom. Also if the water is clear and the fish are skittish, they won't feel the wieght when they pick up the bait.
Another common rig, especially fishing river fish. (Columbia and Willamette) is a splitshot rig. The splitshot rig is very self explanitory. You just tie on a texas rigged 4" lizard or small plastic worm on you're mainline and crimp a round (not the re-usable type) splitshot on your mainline 18-20" up from the hook. This is a good rig to use because it is cheap and easy to rig, especially in rocky snaggy areas. You just throw upstream into current seams and reel just slightly faster than the current. You adjust the size of splitshot so that it just ticks every once and a while (just like drift fishing) This can be deadly on river smallies.
Hope these descriptions help. I'll try to explain things a little more in depth in the future.
Aaron
Bass rigs are named just like you would name salmon/steelhead rigs. Where you would have a mooching, drift and backbouncing rigs (which are all just leaders with hooks arranged differently on them) you have you're texas, caroilna, mojo, spiltshot, and a whole range of leader/hook/weight configurations. They all have thier place and work well under certain water/cover conditions.
First off is the texas rig. The texas rig is probably the most used weedless form of rigging plastic worms or baits. You take an offset worm hook (the one that has an "L" shape bend in it about a 1/4" behind the eye) and insert it in the tip of the worm at a 45 degree angle and out through the side of the worm. You slide the worm down the hook until the eye of the hook is at the tip of the worm (I hope this is making sense) then, push the point of the hook into the side of the worm. The point should be buried in the side of the worm and not sticking out. Then, if you want to use a wieght you slide a bullet sinker up you're line and tie the worm on.
The next common rig is the carolina rig. This rig works good with a floating worm. Here's how it is set up. First, texas rig a worm. Second, tie a piece of leader on the hook 18-20" long. Tie a barrel swivel on the leader, then slide a bullet or egg sinker on you're mainline and tie the swivel to the mainline. The reason for rigging like this is to keep a floating bait up off of the bottom if there is heavy weed cover right on the bottom. Also if the water is clear and the fish are skittish, they won't feel the wieght when they pick up the bait.
Another common rig, especially fishing river fish. (Columbia and Willamette) is a splitshot rig. The splitshot rig is very self explanitory. You just tie on a texas rigged 4" lizard or small plastic worm on you're mainline and crimp a round (not the re-usable type) splitshot on your mainline 18-20" up from the hook. This is a good rig to use because it is cheap and easy to rig, especially in rocky snaggy areas. You just throw upstream into current seams and reel just slightly faster than the current. You adjust the size of splitshot so that it just ticks every once and a while (just like drift fishing) This can be deadly on river smallies.
Hope these descriptions help. I'll try to explain things a little more in depth in the future.
Aaron