how to hook plastics

[mrpike1973]

hi i got a tackle box full of grubs and worms, lizards, and tubes. how do i hook these i know how to texas rig but never had much luck. how do i rig these and what size hooks thank you

[Deitz Dittrich]

Hook size is related to the size of the plastic. For the most part I use a lot of 3/0 and 4/0.. As for how to rig them, I do my best to get them to hang straight. May take some trial and error. Its really hard to describe how to do it in type, much easier to show in person.

[Gardiner14]

You cant go wrong with a wacky rig. Just take one of the worms with a smaller hook(weighted or not) and just hook the worm in the midddle and bounce it off the bottom.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Welcome to HotSpotOutdoors Gardiner14... Great to have you with us.. and good advice.. Stick baits rigged wacky can be real fish catchers.

[Craigums]

With the grubs try a small mushroom head jig. Cast it out let it get near the bottom and real it in slow... But don't tell anybody else about it Sshhhhhhhhh

[pureinsanity]

Straight is key in my opinion. I don't do much bass fishing but I do a lot of walleye fishing with plastics. They key is to make sure that bait is on straight. If that swimming action is off just a little bit it can make a big difference in the amount of fish you catch.

[Larson15]

There are several ways to hook the plastics you mentioned.

- Worms: The most common way to hook worms is texas rigging using a 3/0 or 4/0 EWG hook with a bullet weight. Another good way to fish worms is on a shaky head or a mushroom style jig head leaving the hook exposed.

- Lizards: These are most commonly texas rigged using a 3/0 or 4/0 EWG hook. Adding a bullet weight or fishing it on a carolina rig is very effective.

- Tubes: There are 2 very popular ways to fish this rig. Texas rigging with a bullet weight or fishing it with an exposed tube hook are effective. The tube jig will go inside the tube and the eye-lit will protrude out of the top of the tube leaving the hook exposed.

- Grubs: There are a variety of small jig heads made for grubs.

All of the baits mentioned can be fished off drop-shot rigs as well. A little search online on each of the baits mentioned will provide detailed pictures of what was described.

[RumRiverRat]

Straight is key in my opinion. I don't do much bass fishing but I do a lot of walleye fishing with plastics. They key is to make sure that bait is on straight. If that swimming action is off just a little bit it can make a big difference in the amount of fish you catch.

I concur, especially on Plastic Swimbaits, if it is not straight it will not swim right.