I learned to rig a texas rig, and any soft plastic, by putting the hook all the way through, then skin hooking the point to make it weedless.

 

Is there ever a reason/need to not put the hook point all the way through the plastic? So that, instead of skin hooking it, the point remains buried?

 

I seen this on a video I watched a while back. I don't remember who it was, but it was a pro best I recall, and he rigged his plastic this way, which I though very odd.

Not odd at all.
I always bury my plastic hooks as I use Trokar’s almost exclusively, which are best not to be tex posed

 

 

 

 

Mike

Depends on the hook for me. EWG hooks always get the Texsposed, because the hook point is perfectly aligned with the shoulder to make it perfectly straight. With offset straight-shank worm hooks, I keep the point buried because Texsposing it will cause the bait to not sit right, due to the fact the hook point is not lined up with the eye or shoulder of the hook. 

Straight shanked hooks do not texspose well because of the angle, leaving the point out and up willing to catch on the cover;  more than likely that was the hook being used when you saw it.  The og way was to bury it in the side of the worm so it could either go thru the top or pop out the side to make sure you got a good hookset.

 

scott

 

 

 

Thanks all. Didn't know that.

Straight shank hooks always get buried, and really soft plastics (Roboworm, ACB, 5150, hand pours) will get buried as well. 

all just depends on the cover for me.  I use a mix of straight, offset, and EWG hooks depending on the specific bait and then depending on the cover I might be texposed, full hidden, or fully exposed.  I'll usually leave it fully burried if I am bringing a bait through lily pads or heavy grass.  Wood is similar.  If you don't poke the hook tip through initially then the bait will resist the hook poking through as it comes through cover.  If you poke it through and pull it back into the worm, then the cover is more likely to push the bait down onto the hook.  In light or medium grass I'll texpose it.  If I'm just in rock then I won't even bother and leave it fully exposed.  

@Jar11591 summed this one up pretty perfectly.

 

I very very rarely it ever use an EWG and my hook points are buried 100% of the time.

To add an odd situation to this.  What are people doing with hooks like the owner haymaker that are offset ewg.  I have been rigging them by leaving them buried in the plastic, but it can make bait sit off at times