I am looking to try and T-Rig some worms this year on a drop shot.  Fishing in and around grass mostly. 

 

What hooks do you think would work best?  Light wire?  I was looking at the Roboworm Rebarb Hooks - maybe the 1/0 Lightwire and the 1/0 & 2/0 medium wire.

 

Thoughts?

 

Matt

I use the Roboworm Rebarb hooks and the Trokar Finesse hooks with the keeper.  I normally use the 1/0 and 2/0 medium wire.

I haven't t-rigged on drop shot rigs for a couple of years now.  I've found that  using the Gamakatsu wicked wacky hooks and nose hooking the baits  works great and I fish in pretty gnarly cover sometimes.

 

When I was going with a hook that I could texas rig, I thought the Lunker City Texposer hooks worked the best for me.

The Owner Down Shot hooks were designed for this, and are the best I've found for it.

The Owner Down Shot hooks were designed for this, and are the best I've found for it.

+1, #5133 size 1/0 is good for 5"-6" finesse or drop shot worms.

Tom

I actually use a T-rigged D/S much more than open hook and many of my lake bottoms have a little grass that will foul up an open hook

 

A 1/0 or 2/0 Gamakatsu Offset EWG Worm Hook in Black works well for me.

 

I'll be trying the VMC Ike Approved Wide Gap Spinshot this year - which do look promising.

 

A-Jay

Awesome, thanks for the responses.  I will defiantly be getting some of those owner hooks - they look great.  

 

A-Jay - the VMC hooks could work wonders, might have to grab a pack of those as well.

+1, #5133 size 1/0 is good for 5"-6" finesse or drop shot worms.

Tom

Ok, good to know.  I wasn't sure weather to go to a 2/0.  I really want to try the Reins Bubbling Shaker on it.  I am a big fan of that worm.

The VMC spinshot offset hooks have worked really well for me.  I actually cast and retrieve this rig in reeds so I need to T rig the bait. The nice part about the rig is it keeps the bait out of the slime at the bottom.

I really liked the Owner down shot hooks for that but I have to admit the VMC wide gap spin shot is what I use now simply because of the reduced line twist.

I have the #1 owner down shot hooks for this application and they work great. The rebarb is probably a great choice as well, I only have experience with the 4/0 for texas rigging.

I use the rebarbs 90% of the time while drop shotting. If in the grass I would use the medium wire in case you have to muscle a fish out of some nastier stuff. I run them threaded through (exposed) when in open water and t-rigged in cover.

 

I actually stopped nose-hooking so much which some would think is a sin, but with the rebarbs I save so much plastic and my hookup/land is insanely good with them.

I like to use 1/0 gamakatsu offset worm hooks for 3-4 inch minnow type baits.