Texas rig

A bullet weight and offset hook with a protected point to reduce fouling.

SETUP & PRESENTATION

Setup: Thread a bullet weight → tie an offset hook → rig a protected point; peg the weight only as conditions require.
Softbait options: Worms / Stickbaits / Paddletails / Grubs / Craws / Creature Baits

01Use & Limits

Use and limits

Weed edges, wood and structure where a protected point helps.

Weights can wedge and hooks can snag; pegging is not mandatory.

02Setup & Retrieve

AMotion & Structure

Structure illustration

Action Demo

Rigging order: main line → bullet weight (point toward the rod) → (optional: glass or plastic bead for click) → offset hook → soft plastic.
The bend of the offset (EWG) hook locks the plastic's head in place; the point comes out the back of the plastic and is then pushed back in, buried just under the surface (or resting against it, called Texposed).
The streamlined nose of the bullet weight slides between obstacles without getting stuck.

Type	Notes
Sliding weight	The weight slides freely on the line, so a fish feels little resistance when it takes the bait.
Pegged	A bobber stop or peg holds the weight above the hook eye, so the bait and weight push through thick weeds together.
Punching	A heavy 28–56 g weight with a punch skirt breaks through matted weeds to reach the fish below.

BTackle & Technique

Hopping: lift the rod to hop the weight off the bottom, then let it drop.
Dragging: slowly sweep the rod sideways to drag it and feel changes in the bottom.
Pitch it precisely into cover and let it fall straight down.

When you feel a bite, reel up slack, point the rod tip at the fish, then swing hard and decisively; the hook point has to go through the plastic before it can penetrate the fish's mouth.
Lighter weights fall slower and more naturally; the thicker the weeds, the heavier the weight.

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