Hello, I am looking for the most weedless free rig weight. When I use an open eye sinker, the weeds tend to get caught inside the eye. I fish waters with mossy, weedy, and grassy bottoms. Sometimes, the knot also gets caught. I've tried a bobber stopper but it makes the problem worse. Has anyone found any free rig weights that are almost as weedless as a texas rig? Looking at the OSP Sinker Direct right now but haven't tried it yet. Thanks!

I’m not that weedy but I use the junglegym beans.

What knot are you using? If it's a knot where the tag end goes against the weeds, it'll catch.

Edit: Oh, I see you want a super weedless Free Rig.

In this situation, I'd use a thin bobber stop (not the fatter, rounder version), a trilene knot, and a weedless widegap sliderhead.

Edited yesterday at 02:52 PM1 day by Junger

1 hour ago, Junger said:

What knot are you using? If it's a knot where the tag end goes against the weeds, it'll catch.

Edit: Oh, I see you want a super weedless Free Rig.

In this situation, I'd use a thin bobber stop (not the fatter, rounder version), a trilene knot, and a weedless widegap sliderhead.

I'm using a SDJ knot with fluro. When i use a bobber stop it catches more moss

If the vegetation is that severe I’d almost stop using truly bottom contact baits.

Have you tried moving to a bubba shot with a 3/8th weight and like 24 inches between the bait and sinker? Still near the bottom but who cares if the weight gets nasty.

I would echo others and say that I put the free rig down in thick veg.

Straight braid power shot is the move.

OSP Sinker Direct is great for the moss/weeds. Also check out the Beans mentioned above.

I was doing great with a free rig early in the year until the weeds got thick, I had to put it down then and start fishing over them for something that got down in them. It just wasn't a good option anymore.

Yeah free rig is good for sparse healthy grass but once it gets thick and scummy I’d rather throw a lot of other things.

If you need to get down into the muck and want your bait free floating - do a heavy weight like 3/4 - 1.5 oz and then 2 bobber stops and then tie your bait on and slide the weight back as far as you want it free and it’s kinda a free rig punch Carolina rig hybrid thing.

If you fish a free rig with a light weight (3/16 oz) OVER grass and down the edges it can be deadly but that’s specific application.

Weightless plastics and topwaters tend to work the best here when the junk gets incredibly thick and I’m not trying to penetrate the junk but more pull fish out of it.

Pretty much what Pat Brown said. I’d use a good tungsten bullet weight that lets your chosen line slide freely, but at some point you’re just Texas rigging. I’d peg it or go to an honest Carolina rig.