2 Essential Hook, Weight, and Knot Setups for Texas Rigging Bass

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Mastery of Texas rigging soft plastics in different situations is essential to being a well-rounded bass angler. Pro bass angler Wes Logan takes a quick second to share his top 2 hook, weight, and knot setups for Texas rigging bass in 1) short-range flipping and pitching scenarios and when 2) pitching or casting the bait away from the boat and working it more horizontally. Here are the details.

TACKLE LISTING
VERTICAL SET-UP

HORIZONTAL SET-UP

1. Use a straight-shank flipping hook with a heavy tungsten weight and snell knot when making short-range flips or pitches to bass in heavy cover. In this situation, a straight-shank flipping hook, heavy tungsten weight, and a snell knot excel. The wider gap of flipping hook produces better hookup ratios in close-quarters combat, especially when fixed to the line using a snell knot. Many bass anglers believe the "kick out" effect of the tungsten weight hitting the top of the hook increases hooking percentages. For others, such as Brandon Palaniuk, the snell verdict is still out. In any case, you won't be going wrong following Logan's guidance.

2. Use an offset Wide Gap Hook (EWG) and conventional knot when casting or making longer pitches away from the boat. In this situation, Logan doesn't want hook position altered by the tungsten's impact on the hook set. Additionally, the EWG hook shape is a more streamlined package when working Texas rigs horizontally back to the boat. It seems to produce better hookup ratios in this situation as well.

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Great pro tip and explanation... Never thought about how different knots effect the hooks movement on the hook set when Texas rigged. Pure gold!

hammer
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A uni knot is the only knot you ever need. You can tie a snell with a uni. You can make a bobber stop with a uni. You can tie a leader on with two unis. Uni everything!

amorton
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Excellent points on use of snell knot. Best so far. Thank you.

dennisederer
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Great video for real. My production needs to keep up. haha

TexasDigitalOutdoors
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Thanks Wes for the Great Information & Fishing Tips. It is Very Much Appreciated. 👍👍😎

rodneygreen
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Good stuff Wes! 🎣 👊🏼💯🇺🇸
Thanks for the tips my friend!

ralo
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I just double overhand shindo Judi knot everything. Even my shoes.

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