Texas rigging paddle tail swimbaits
Texas rigging paddle tail swimbaits
Anyone deep drag Texas rigged paddle tail swimbaits? I'm talking 15+ feet the way you might a worm or craw? I have some swing tail shad and when I swim them they are pike magnets. Just looking to put them to use another way. Pike are such a newscense fish.
- cndbasshunter
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Re: Texas rigging paddle tail swimbaits
all the time or on a football head.
Re: Texas rigging paddle tail swimbaits
Thanks! I'll give it a shot this weekend
Re: Texas rigging paddle tail swimbaits
I do - 1/4Oz bullet weight, Owner hook with CPS spring and Keitech Fat Impact 3.8"
Last edited by Cracker on Thu Jun 15, 2017 11:57 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Texas rigging paddle tail swimbaits
Ok I have always ran them on a EWG lead head, like the owner bullet head (for the smaller keitechs). I also use weedless swimbait hooks for larger ones, and the flashy swimmers. I also use the VMC Rugby heads for larger Keitechs as I prefer the action they give when the lead head is attached. The football head works great too.Cracker wrote:I do - 1/4Oz bullet weight, Owner hook with CPS spring and Keitech Fat Impact 3.8"
The question I have is if I use a 3/8 weight and like an Owner 2/0 or 3/0 Twist lock 3X, will the Keitech roll over? The one time I tried to texas rig them, it kept flipping over, running sideways, or spinning. This is why I always try to use some variation of a jighead, either with a wide gap hook molded into it or a weed guard protecting the point. Do TX rigged Keitechs roll on anyone else???
Re: Texas rigging paddle tail swimbaits
It probably will. I use that rig with non-pegged weight for bottom application only, all movement done by rod, use a reel only to pick a slack. I believe bass bites that swimbait better during cold months shad die-off vs standard worm or craw.DirtyD64 wrote:Ok I have always ran them on a EWG lead head, like the owner bullet head (for the smaller keitechs). I also use weedless swimbait hooks for larger ones, and the flashy swimmers. I also use the VMC Rugby heads for larger Keitechs as I prefer the action they give when the lead head is attached. The football head works great too.Cracker wrote:I do - 1/4Oz bullet weight, Owner hook with CPS spring and Keitech Fat Impact 3.8"
The question I have is if I use a 3/8 weight and like an Owner 2/0 or 3/0 Twist lock 3X, will the Keitech roll over? The one time I tried to texas rig them, it kept flipping over, running sideways, or spinning. This is why I always try to use some variation of a jighead, either with a wide gap hook molded into it or a weed guard protecting the point. Do TX rigged Keitechs roll on anyone else???
Re: Texas rigging paddle tail swimbaits
So will the swimbait roll over while reeling?Cracker wrote:It probably will. I use that rig with non-pegged weight for bottom application only, all movement done by rod, use a reel only to pick a slack. I believe bass bites that swimbait better during cold months shad die-off vs standard worm or craw.DirtyD64 wrote:Ok I have always ran them on a EWG lead head, like the owner bullet head (for the smaller keitechs). I also use weedless swimbait hooks for larger ones, and the flashy swimmers. I also use the VMC Rugby heads for larger Keitechs as I prefer the action they give when the lead head is attached. The football head works great too.Cracker wrote:I do - 1/4Oz bullet weight, Owner hook with CPS spring and Keitech Fat Impact 3.8"
The question I have is if I use a 3/8 weight and like an Owner 2/0 or 3/0 Twist lock 3X, will the Keitech roll over? The one time I tried to texas rig them, it kept flipping over, running sideways, or spinning. This is why I always try to use some variation of a jighead, either with a wide gap hook molded into it or a weed guard protecting the point. Do TX rigged Keitechs roll on anyone else???
Re: Texas rigging paddle tail swimbaits
Google Scoobythrough rig
Great for bottom tracing paddle tails. Casts further too
Great for bottom tracing paddle tails. Casts further too
- Fishinfanatic115
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Re: Texas rigging paddle tail swimbaits
I don't usually T-Rig 'cause they twist up the line without a keel weight, but I found that the Gamakatsu G-Lock hooks hold the Keitechs better than an EWG.