Adding weight to soft plastics

Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:00 pm

Hi, what's the best way to ad weight to these? Should I add a lead on the line, then swivel, then a trace or is it better to use a jig head? I plan to rig them Weedless so am working out which hooks to buy the jig head offset ones or normal offset ones. Any advice much apreciated

Re: Adding weight to soft plastics

Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:35 pm

here a few suggestions:
http://www.bassfishingusa.com/Rigging/rigging1.html
http://www.insideline.net/articles/rigging-guide.html
hope that helps.

Re: Adding weight to soft plastics

Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:26 pm

i was just about to ask about the same thing

Re: Adding weight to soft plastics

Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:00 am

Jig head and weedles hook, jig head is easier to cast and presents the lure more naturally IMO

Re: Adding weight to soft plastics

Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:25 am

Hi

I use 2 methods. The easiest is the weighted hook - have a look here: http://www.agmdiscountfishing.co.uk/hoo ... 8_133.html

I use the Mustad 7 gram and you'll be surprised at how far you can cast it. It also has the 'hitch' to fasten your plastics to so when you are pulling through weeds your SP doesn't get pushed down the shank. With the hook it has you can fish weedless.

The other method is the drop-shot. I like this as you can adjust the depth your SP is fished at and of course I always fish weedless with appropriate hooks. You can cast further with this as you can choose your weight to suit.