Best Soft Plastics Rig?

[Rizzla]

Hey i just got a question. I want to know what you all think the best rig is. I dont really seem to produce to well with other set ups so i really just do a jig head set up with a soft plastic hooked on. i see alot of people talking about drop shotting and texas rigs but they never produce for me. i know that a texas is closest to a jig head so i use that more than the rest. carolina is for deeper water and drop shot is for heavy cover. but i dont really know how to work it when its in the water. are you supposed to let the drop shot hit the bottom and are you supposed to jig either set ups. do you slow roll it. or wat?. i'm still learning soft plastics and so i'm a little confused on the hole thing. and wats a jig and pig or a jig and craw. is it just a jig head made weedless and you work it in the heavy cover and wat is flipping how do you do it? i really need help.

[CK14]

Hcarolina is for deeper water and drop shot is for heavy cover. but i dont really know how to work it when its in the water. are you supposed to let the drop shot hit the bottom and are you supposed to jig either set ups. do you slow roll it. or wat?.
and wats a jig and pig or a jig and craw. is it just a jig head made weedless and you work it in the heavy cover and wat is flipping how do you do it? i really need help.

my favorite is a dropshot. i use them in open water for smallies... you let it sink to the bottom and twitch it.

a jig & craw is a rubber jig with a craw trailor. flippin & pitchin is just that...pitching the jig into the cover, or close to it.

[Rizzla]

so when you mean twitch you do dont reel it back. you just kind of let it sit there for a while. or do you slowly twitch it back and reel slowly?

[Drewp]

If you think of your rod position as pointing at a time on a clock that's on your left, you want to hold your rod between one and two o'clock where the dropshot weight is in contact with the ground (thus suspending your lure whatever the distance is you have it rigged up from your dropshot), and literally twitch the rod up a few inches. It should be a fairly quick motion and you should be able to keep your dropshot weight stationary (almost).

[Rizzla]

i'm sorry i have a problem comprehending while reading sometimes. i cant really imagine it. sorry just bare wit me. so i cast it. it hits the bottom than i twitch it and do i or dont i reel it back. and also after twitchin it the first time i let it hit the bottom again correct or do i reel it back?

[Drewp]

After it sinks to the bottom, twitch it the whole way back. You can't retreive it too slow. Good luck Rizzla, you'll be goin' sizzla' in no time.

[Edgeran]

He goin' Siiiiiizla'.....He goin' Siiiiizla'

[Rizzla]

Thanks guys ill give it a try. i dont kno if itll produce but i got nothin to lose.

[bpm2000]

rig a dropshot and watch how it moves in shallow water just deep enough for the weight/bait. Itll give you a decent idea of what your rod movement is going to look like. the "twitch" isnt the only way to get things done :cyclops:

that said, my favorite the texas rig by far, mostly due to weedlessness. I also feel most confident with the bait at the terminal end of the rig for one reason or another.

[CK14]

dropshot- flip it out, let it sink to the bottom, twitch it (i don't mean like twitch it once, i guess i mean like pulsate it? if that's the right word.) i like to "twitch" it in place without moving it and then reeling in the slack, then repeating. like drewp said, you can't fish it to slow.

oh, and here's a pic of a jig & pig, just in case you were curious...

[GJorgy]

Find a plastic that you have confidence in, fish the heck out of it and try the differrent techniques. You'll soon start catching fish and figuring out the way they should be worked. My favorite plastic right now is the Gary Yamamoto twin tailed skirted grub 'bout 4 inches. It has action with the tails and skirt, it is small enough to be a finesse lure and can be Texas rigged, Carolina rigged or a jig body.