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Texas rig
Fishing wood, weeds, or cover where you need to keep it weedless.
- Hook
- 3/0 or 4/0 EWG
- Weight
- 1/8 – 3/8 oz bullet (pegged)
- Bait
- Soft-plastic creature or worm
- Knot
- Palomar
Ned rig
Tough bite, clear water, finicky fish.
- Hook
- 1/10 – 1/6 oz mushroom jighead
- Weight
- (jighead)
- Bait
- 2.75" stick-worm half (green pumpkin)
- Knot
- Palomar
Popping cork
Drawing fish to a small zone — works in stained water.
- Hook
- #1 – 2/0
- Weight
- Cork rig with bead
- Bait
- Shrimp imitator or paddletail swimbait below the cork
- Knot
- Palomar
Jighead + grub
Easy all-purpose setup — vertical, swim, or hop it.
- Hook
- 1/16 – 1/4 oz jighead
- Weight
- (jighead)
- Bait
- 2–3" curly-tail grub or paddletail
- Knot
- Palomar
Weightless stick worm
Skipping docks, fishing weed edges, or post-front sluggish fish.
- Hook
- 3/0 or 4/0 EWG
- Weight
- None (bait weight only)
- Bait
- 5" stick worm (Senko-style)
- Knot
- Palomar
Split-shot rig
Light, natural presentation — clear water or small streams.
- Hook
- #2 – 1/0
- Weight
- 1 – 2 split shot, 18" above hook
- Bait
- Live worm, finesse plastic, or nymph
- Knot
- Palomar