FRESHWATER LURES
Plastic Worm (Texas Rig)
A soft plastic worm rigged weedless with the hook point buried, so you can crawl it through cover where reservoir bass hide and wait.
How to fish it
- 1
Slide a bullet weight on the line, tie on an offset worm hook, and rig the worm straight with the point tucked back into the plastic.
- 2
Cast past a laydown, rock pile or weed edge and let it sink on a slack line until it hits bottom.
- 3
Lift the rod tip slowly from 9 to 11 o'clock to crawl or hop the worm, then reel up the slack.
- 4
Any tick, thump or line moving sideways: reel down and set the hook hard to drive the point through the plastic.
BigJoe Tips
- Peg the weight with a bobber stop when fishing weeds so the worm and sinker stay together.
- Most bites come on the fall. Watch your line, not just the rod tip.
- If the bass are short-striking, drop to a smaller worm before you change color.
Mistakes to avoid
- Hopping it too fast; slow and steady on the bottom gets more bites.
- A soft hookset that never gets the point through the plastic.
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