The Texas Rig is one of the more common ways to fish a soft plastic worm. With this setup, you can fish in and around many different types of cover, over deep water and in the shallows if you go with a lighter weight. The Texas Rig is a go to presentation that will work from spring through fall with a variety of different soft plastics and it can be just as effective for largemouth and smallmouth bass. You can also use a Weightless Texas Rig setup when you don’t need the added weight.
Texas Rig & Curly Tail Worms
Curly tail worms are one of the most popular baits to fish with the Texas Rig.
Texas Rig & Soft Plastic Lizard
Lizards are also a very popular bait that is rigged on a Texas Rig to fish for largemouth bass around cover.
Texas Rig & Soft Plastic Crayfish (Crawfish)
Crayfish baits look great on a Texas Rig and they work great around all types of cover for largemouth and smallmouth bass.
Texas Rig & Paddle Tail Worm
This is another good worm to fish with and it pairs well with the Texas Rig.