| I've caught bass on crankbaits, spinners,
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| | 3. The twisted ones help with
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| plugs and others. But for me, the most
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| | hookset.Once you have the hooked tied on,
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| fun is plastic worms on a Texas Rig.
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| | run the hook tip through the end of the
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| Don't get me wrong, catching a largemouth
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| | head of the plastic and push it in about
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| bass is catching a largemouth bass, and
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| | a quarter of an inch. Now run the hook
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| I'd gladly catch one with my mother's toe
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| | tip out of the plastic bait (belly side)
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| nail if they'd bite it. What's my
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| | and push the bait up the hook towards the
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| fascination with plastic worms and the
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| | eye. Bury the tip of the hook into the
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| Texas Rig?Simplicity in changing baits
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| | bait near the abdomen or egg sac.Some
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| from color to color and style, they are
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| | people push it all the way through and
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| weedless and effective. But there's more
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| | snug the hook tip near the body (on the
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| to it. I love them because I feel they
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| | backside or top). This allows for better
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| are more interactive and you have to fool
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| | hook set, but results in more snags. I
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| the bass more than with other baits.If
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| | like to push it through just before it
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| you throw out a worm and just reel it in,
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| | breaks out of the back where I can feel
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| you are not likely to catch many fish.
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| | that it will pop through easily. If you
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| You have to know how to work it and you
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| | do this, be sure to set the hook hard to
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| have to be very patient in your
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| | penetrate the plastic.When you cast the
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| presentation and when the fish
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| | bait, let it settle all the way to the
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| hits.Sometimes the strike will be like an
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| | bottom and give it several seconds before
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| explosion, and you and bass both know
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| | moving it. Sometimes the longer you wait,
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| what's happening. Others it's very
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| | the better luck you will have. Even 30
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| subtle. Sometimes you won't even know the
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| | seconds or more.Try different
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| bass has it until you reel in the slack
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| | presentations from very slow to moderate
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| and feel something different going on.
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| | (never very fast). I usually give the
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| Maybe there should be slack in the line
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| | bait 1 or 2 short pumps, let it fall
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| but it's getting tight. Or vice-versa. Or
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| | while reeling in the slack, then give it
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| maybe you can see the line going sideways
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| | 2 or 3 pumps. Be careful. Always reel in
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| in the water.That's one of my favorites
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| | the slack, but more often than not that's
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| because you have to know the right time
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| | when you'll get the bite. They often hit
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| to set the hook. Set it too soon and the
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| | it on the fall, so expect something every
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| largemouth may not have it in it's mouth
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| | time you bring in the slack.You can try
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| good. Set it too late and it might have
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| | longer pumps, like bring the line in 2 or
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| spit it out. That's exciting; and
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| | 3 feet then let it settle. Try moving it
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| frustrating.The Texas rigged plastic worm
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| | painfully slow, try bouncing it quicker,
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| (you can use it for other plastics, too)
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| | try swimming it very slowly across the
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| is very portable. If you want to hike
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| | bottom and whatever else you can think
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| around the lake and fish the shore, don't
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| | of. When something works, stick with
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| lug your whole tackle box. Just get a
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| | it.Use the worms around vegetation and
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| worm pouch, load it with a few favorite
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| | rocks. My best luck has been around trees
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| styles, colors, hooks and sinkers, stuff
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| | in the water. Sometimes there will be
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| it in your back pocket and hit the
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| | trees that hang out into the water. These
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| trail.Plus, you can change lures on the
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| | are hot spots for bass.One trick I
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| fly. Once your Texas Rig is set up, it's
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| | learned by accident is to cast the Texas
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| a matter of pulling the bait off the hook
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| | Rig out over a weak limb hanging over the
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| and sliding another on. No knots to
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| | water. You want a weak limb because you
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| retie. This gives you freedom to explore
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| | want it to break or collapse when the
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| different colors and styles of plastics
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| | bass hits, and it will. I move that
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| in a hurry.In a Texas Rig, the sinker is
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| | plastic worm up and down, in and out of
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| a bullet slip sinker that rides freely on
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| | the water to tease and annoy the bass. If
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| the line with nothing else between the
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| | there's one there, you'll get a
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| rod and the bait (the benefit is that the
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| | strike.Happy fishin'----
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| bass cannot feel the sinker when it
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| | By Bobby IvieBobby Ivie is an avid
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| strikes). This drags the plastic bait
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| | fishman and owner of He makes the
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| down and allows it to bounce or swim
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| | biggest part of his living on the
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| along the bottom.To set it up just run
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| | Internet, NetBizWorkshop.netThis article
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| your line through a bullet slip sinker
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| | may be reprinted as long as this source
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| (best sizes are from 3/8 oz. to an ounce)
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| | box is added and the source box
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| and tie the line to a worm hook size 2 or
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