Here's a nice video from YouTube that shows how to rig a soft plastic shad or just about any other kind of soft bait for that matter.

It's always a little dicey to say exactly how far to insert your hook. Provideing you're using offset hooks, what a guy told me works well. Insert the hook as much as the length of the offset. It seems to make things really easy!

I like the fact that he mentions NOT to have a kink in your lure. It has to be straight or it gonna spin!

I know, some fish may like that. But, I can just see a big one down there, looking up saying, "WTF?!?!?!?! I ain't bitin' on that!"

Until next time--watch yourself and watch your line!

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Dropshotting with Alton Jones

February 18th 2008 06:09

Alton Jones is one of the top dogs on the pro tour. He entered the BASS arena in 1991 and has won four tournaments since that time while entering over 140 events and finishing in the money over 80 times.

His demonstration of dropshotting illustrates one of the most widely used techniques you can find. However, this is also a technique you may have been using all along and never knew the name!

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Weekend tip--the double rig

December 29th 2007 03:39

This is a set up I read about in a fishing magazine and then saw on TV. I decided to give it a shot and I was more than a little pleased. It's called "The Double Rig." It's great when you're fishing lures or artificial minnows!

It's fairly easy to use this rig. All you do is put a 3-way swivel at the end of your line. On one end of the swivel you tie around a foot (30 cm.) of line and the other end used around a foot and a half(45 cm). These are loose measurements and you can use more leader if desired but these measurements keep me from getting snagged. The big thing to concern yourself with is making sure it appears that the fish are swimming together.

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Weekend tip--Drop shotting

August 11th 2007 00:08

This is another rig people often use but have no idea what it's called.

While popularized by success on the B.A.S.S. tour, drop shotting has been around for years and can be used to yield a variety of species.

This set up is designed to get your bait down deep and get the "big ones" off the bottom. The easiest way to drop shot is to jump in a boat, go out to the middle of a body of water and drop your line until it hits bottom. then, you take up the slack and hold on! You need not despair if you don't have access to a boat. Drop shotting is also a great technique around boat docks, piers, and bridges. Often fished with soft plastics, you can easily use live bait with this rig and get good results

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Weekend tip--Carolina rig

August 4th 2007 00:13

At first glance the Carolina rig looks like the Texas rig. However, upon closer inspection, you'll see they ARE different. A Texas rig, with its weight against the hook, is going to keep your bait/lure right on the bottom. A Carolina rig is going to let it float freely on the leader attached to the swivel. Although soft plastics , worms, crayfish, or lizards are usually used with this rig, some people prefer to use a floating minnow lure. Use a leader of about 18-36 inches between the hook and swivel and you'll never go wrong

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Weekend tip--Texas rig

July 28th 2007 04:21

If it's true that a picture is worth a thousand words then, you're in luck!

A Texas rig is pretty simple. In fact, a lot of people use it and never know what it's called! You begin by inserting your line into a bullet (tapered) sinker with it pointed back toward your rod. The next step is purely optional. You can add a bead or not. Aside from making eye candy for the fish, some people use a glass bead because it makes a noise when the sinker hits it and helps to attract fish. At any rate, adding the bead WILL save wear and tear on your knot. After that, all you have to do is tie on your hook and you have it! The only curve ball is that we're now using worm hooks. Notice that they have a curve in the shank as opposed to a regular hook which is on the bottom in the picture on the left.

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