Texas Rig Bullet Weight and Hook Size Picker

The Texas Rig is a bass anglers bread and butter. They will use this technique more often than probably anything else in their tackle box. But even experienced anglers have trouble perfectly matching their hook size to their plastic. Even more critical, the precise bullet weight to match their conditions. Therefore, we built this tool to make those decisions for you.

• Great for all levels of bass anglers, but best for beginners learning how to always tie the perfect Texas Rig.
• Good for those unique conditions where you want to fish T-rig style baits but for differing presentations like T-rigged swimbaits or other suspending presentations.

As we built this tool we realized there are so many factors we could potentially include for this tool. We decided to keep those typical input choices for fishing tools, plus a few unique ones like bottom contact preferences, that way we can include users who are Texas Rigging for odd applications like fishing a weedless T-rig style swimbait, or any other similar presentations. The primary limitation is soft plastic choice. there are truly hundreds of different soft plastics out there with each one having drastically different profiles, and surface areas, which will impact the hook and weight choice, therefore we left that criteria out and stuck with plastic length as the primary factor.

Here is a sample output for a typical Largemouth fishing scenario. Shallow water, a short but thick soft plastic think beaver style, moderate vegetation, must keep light bottom contact, and most importantly, that buttery smooth fall that entices the majority of strikes. Confirmed to be good recommendations by the enthusiast.

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Best Weight and Hook Size For You

1. Weight Recommendation: 1/8 oz Bullet Weight – A 1/8 oz weight will ensure you achieve a slow fall rate while maintaining light bottom contact, ideal for navigating shallow waters with moderate vegetation. This weight will help you feel the bottom without getting bogged down in grass.
2. Hook Recommendation: 3/0 Offset Worm Hook – A 3/0 offset worm hook provides the right balance between size and strength for targeting largemouth bass in shallow waters. This hook size allows for better rigging of soft plastics while ensuring solid hookups.

Pro Tip

When fishing in vegetation, consider using a snell knot to improve your rig's strength and reduce the chances of snagging on grass. This technique can enhance your presentation and increase your catch rate!

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Jacob, owner of The Tool Collective. I am an avid bass angler and have fished this technique more than anything else. It's what I know best when it comes to bass fishing. It is the most versatile rig out there and one every angler should aspire to master. I hope this tool can help people always make the perfect rigging choices, and improve their catch rates.

Made with The Tool Collectives unique AI engine and human crafted input, logic, and output criteria format. Enthusiasts design the precise required inputs, logic, and guiding prompt for the engine to be able to craft perfectly structred human crafted responses.

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