SUNSHINE SHOWDOWN: 10 of the top 12 throw Texas Rigged plastic

Mike McClelland:

Technique: Texas Rig

Bait: Zoom Trick Worm (black and junebug)

Hook: 4/0 Gamakatsu Offset Shank

Weight: 3/16-3/8 ounce lead

Brian Snowden:

Technique: Texas Rig

Bait: Reaction Innovations 4.20 Sweet Beaver (black neon) and Zoom Bait Co. Speed Craw (black).

Hook: 5/0 Gamakatsu Straight Shank Hook

Weight: 5/16-3/8 ounce tungsten BPS

Bobby Lane:

Bait: 3/8-ounce Gambler Ninja Spin (chartreuse/white) & a Gulp Jerk Shad (bluegill).

Chris Lane:

Bait: 3/8 ounce Gambler Swim Blade Jig, 3/8 ounce Gambler Ninja Spin & Gambler Crawdaddy Texas Rigged

Dean Rojas:

Technique: Texas Rig

Bait: Northland Tackle Slurpies Jungle Hawg (watermelon/red)

Hook: 4/0 Gamakatsu hook

Weight: 1/16 ounce

Steve Kennedy:

Technique: Texas Rig

Bait: 4 Kinami Baits Flash (watermelon seed) and a Reaction Innovations 4.20 Sweet Beaver

Weight: ¼ ounce

Rich Ash:

Technique: Texas Rig

Bait: 10 Power Worm (black/blue flake) & a 6 Yamamoto Baits Kuhuna Cut Tail Worm

Hook: 4/0 Gamakatsu Wide Gap Hook

Weight: 3/8 ounce

Todd Faircloth:

Technique: Texas Rig

Bait: 5 Yamamoto Baits Kuhuna Cut Tail Worm

Morizo Shimizu

Technique: Texas Rig

Bait: BYS Craw 3.5 (watermelon)

Brad Hallman:

Technique: Texas Rig

Bait: Power Bait Wacky Crawler and Power Bait Shaky Worm (junebug for both

Weight: 1/8-1/4-ounce

Mark Menendez

Bait: 1/4-ounce white homemade jig

Kenyon Hill:

Technique: Texas Rig

Bait: Zoom Super Hawg (watermelon) & a Zoom Speed Craw (black/blue)

Hook: 2/0 Eagle Claw Offset Hook

Weight: 3/8 ounce

Thanks for the research

I used to throw texas rig more but now only on occasion

I should go back to it

Some things never go out of style. There's a reason for that.

Hmm...

50 years later and some guys are still throwing plastic worms... :

8-)

What kind of cover were they generally fishing - flipping into tight cover or off-shore grass?  

What kind of cover were they generally fishing - flipping into tight cover or off-shore grass?

A little of both; most mentioned isolated patches of grass as the key to locating bass  

It's hard to go wrong with the T-Rig for me. The waters I fish are infested with eel grass which can be very difficult.

Hi guys first timer here so take it easy on the newbie anyways for me would be the 2" senko wacky rigged, I can catch bass, crappie, bluegill...

Modified: Sorry I did not meant to hijack the thread, such a newbie I am :-/

I love to wacky rig mini senkos. I have had a ton of success with 3" inchers but I have never seen or heard of 2" inch senkos. Where do you get them.

Cabelas have them, but in limited colors now, so I buy straight from the Yamamoto site.

Great information.  A lot differrent than I would have guessed.

If the water is clear I will use a weightless rigged senko for any tough bite. It it's murky, a black jig with a black or purple pork frog.

Small craws and worms t rigged will bring the thunder in tough situations. Change colors due to water type and amount of sunlight.