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How can I fish a spot with weeds getting caught on the Texas rig weight with each cast?

It sounds like you're dealing with a common issue when fishing a Texas rig in heavy vegetation. Based on the video context and my experience as a bass fishing guide, here are some strategies to help you fish this spot more effectively:

Adjust Your Weight

Lighter Weight: Try using a lighter weight. In the video "How to Find and Catch Bass in Weedy Lakes," it's mentioned that a lighter weight can help you work through dense vegetation more easily. A quarter-ounce weight might be a good starting point. This allows the bait to rest on top of the weeds rather than plowing through them, reducing the amount of vegetation that gets caught on your rig.
Tungsten Weights: Tungsten weights are more compact and denser than lead weights, which can help you feel the bottom better and reduce the chances of snagging. As mentioned in the video, tungsten is also more eco-friendly.

Technique Adjustments

Feathering: Instead of a straight retrieve, try feathering your bait through the weeds. This involves gently lifting and dropping your rod tip to create a more subtle movement. This technique was highlighted in the "How to Find and Catch Bass in Weedy Lakes" video, where feathering helps the bait glide over the vegetation rather than getting stuck.
Popping: If you do get snagged, a quick pop of the rod tip can help free your bait. This can also create a reaction strike from bass, as mentioned in the "The Texas Rigged Worm I WISH Someone Would Have Told me About!" video. The sudden darting action can trigger bites.

Rigging Adjustments

Weedless Setup: Ensure your Texas rig is as weedless as possible. Make sure the hook point is buried just under the surface of the bait. This will help prevent weeds from catching on the hook.
Bobber Stop: Use a bobber stop to keep your weight close to the bait. This can help the rig move more smoothly through the weeds.

Line and Rod Choice

Braided Line: Using a braided line, as mentioned in the "How To Fish Texas Rigged Grubs" video, can help you cut through vegetation more effectively. A 30-pound braid is a good choice for heavy cover.
Rod Action: A medium-heavy action rod provides the backbone needed to pull fish out of heavy cover while still offering some sensitivity.

Spot Selection

Target Edges: Focus on the edges of the weed beds rather than the thickest parts. Bass often patrol the edges looking for prey, and this can reduce the amount of vegetation you have to deal with.
Submerged Weeds: If possible, target areas with submerged weeds rather than those that reach the surface. These can be less dense and easier to fish through.

By making these adjustments, you should find it easier to fish your Texas rig in weedy areas and increase your chances of landing more bass. Happy fishing! If you have any more questions or need further clarification, feel free to ask!

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The Texas Rig: Proven Tactics You Need To Know | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → you can throw such a wide variety of baits, and the great thing is that with a Texas rig, you're throwing a weedless presentation so you're able to get in and out of cover a lot easier than with other presentations. First, you're gonna start off with your bobber stop or your punch stop and you wanna add that onto there. Now, if you're casting your Texas rig out more this isn't as necessary as if you're flipping but you could always have it and slide it up the line, and when you do need it you could just slide it back down rather than having to cut and retie and add one afterwards. So the next thing you wanna do is slide your weight onto the line. Now, again, you can use lead or tungsten and I know a lot of people are moving over to tungsten because they're more eco-friendly but when it comes to fishing they're smaller weights and they're more dense. Now, if you're flipping into heavy cover and using a 1 ounce led weight you have the big possibility of blowing that fish's mouth wide open as opposed to using a tungsten weight. Now, the next thing you wanna do is tie on your hook. Now, I'm using the extra wide gap for this example but, again, you can use whatever hook you'd like. And my knot of choice is the Palomar knot. It's just the one I feel more comfortable with. I feel like it's a very strong, sturdy knot.

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How To Fish Texas Rigged Grubs | Weedless Grubs | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → And that's because with this tail it likes to wrap around things and then when you pull it, it'll break off. So I'm not throwing it into heavy, heavy cover. So for that reason, I'm using a lighter sinker here. This is just an eighth ounce tungsten weight and 30 pound braid, that's it. Now if you don't plan on flipping or pitching it into cover you can go with a copolymer line, maybe a 15 pound copolymer line. You don't need to go that heavy with this because we're not digging fish out of deep heavy cover. But I like to use the braid just in case there's something nearby I feel like, hey I want to flip into that. That's why I go with braid, a little bit more versatility. So that's that and because I'm using braid and I might be flipping, I use a little bit stouter rod, I'm using a medium heavy action rod. You can see it's pretty stout. Bait casting is my preferred outfit. And that's all we do, that's it. Easy setup, let's go fish it. So the Texas rig grub, I like to fish it in a couple different ways. One of them I occasionally will flip and pitch it into weeds or reeds, into some woody cover. But I don't do that very often because the tail likes to get wrapped up in that stuff and then it'll get pulled off and I'll break it. So I don't do it as much.

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How To Texas Rig Tube Baits | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → You're not going to catch any weeds, you're not going to catch any junk on there or get hung up. The bait's ready to go. You'd have your bullet sinker up front. This is perfect for flipping some real heavy bush. You're not going to get hung up and the bass are going to just. . .this is candy, man. This is the ticket. Try it out. For more tips like this visit BassResource.com.

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How To Fish Texas Rigged Grubs | Weedless Grubs | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → Every once in a while I will but that's only when the fish are really chasing bait fish. Usually I'll throw something else in there but if I happen to have one tied on, I want to throw it quickly into a bush pile, or something like that, I've got one tied on, I'll throw it in there. Really what I like to use it for is fishing a situation like this. I've got submerged weeds out here, about 4 or 5 feet underneath the water, it's about 15 feet of water. That's when this shines. Or fishing rocky cover, rocky banks, that sort of thing. Anywhere you would throw a crank bait that's a good place to throw the Texas rig grub. And the reason being is this simple, all you got to do is cast it out there, let it fall to about the level of those weeds, and then just reel it back. You're just cranking it back just like you would a crank bait. And that's why this is really good in an area. So for example, if you've been fishing an area with crank baits and the bite dies off and the fish stop biting it, pick up a Texas rig grub and keep casting. Many times you'll start catching them again, you know, you'll pick up right where you left off. So that's a perfect scenario for this bait. Except the little difference is, because it's a Texas rig plastic, you can get a little further down in those weeds than you could with your crank baits.

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How to Find and Catch Bass in Weedy Lakes by Wired2Fish → it's always good to have a couple options in place sometimes they really get dialed in on one and that's the way it seems this morning seems like the texas rig on the weed line is working today which is just such a staple in a natural lake in the summertime i'm not really flipping it much i'm more casting it with a i think this is a quarter ounce it's the vmc bullet weight kind of feathering it back through the grass instead of really punching down through it with this tail um it's just so thick and dense and really tough that it can you know if you're using a three-quarter or an ounce weight you can certainly flip that around in one area it's just going to be a little more difficult to work through compared to like a milfoil or a cabbage area i tend to like a little bit lighter weight when i'm throwing around coontail you can imagine it sinks and kind of almost barely rests on top and then when you rip it through it's a lot of times when your bites are going to come so just makes it a little easier to work through these areas with a lot with a little bit lighter texas rig and you got to adjust it based on the wind conditions you know if you got heavier wind you'll probably have to throw a heavier weight but right now we've got pretty light winds so

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The Texas Rigged Worm I WISH Someone Would Have Told me About! by mikeybalzz fishing → I can literally throw it into some of this Ultra thick cover and just drag it through maybe I have to pop it every once in a while but that actually creates a reaction which we're going to talk about in a second but the bait will run clean through this so I can fish stuff that guys are having a lot of trouble accessing with your hard baits your reaction bites baits even your chatter baits you know it's too thick for that kind of stuff and what's really cool is you know how we fish like a trap in in early spring in that we rip it off the grass get that reaction well you can do the same thing with this bait because you're not fouling it when you throw it into that strandy grass and you can kind of get it hung up and just give it a pop and that bait will dart out and then kind of quiver straight back to the bottom with that sort of subtle waving kind of shimmy action I get a ton of bites on it the other thing that's really cool is I run a Tungsten weight this is a 5 8 ounce it really transmits the bottom well for me so if I'm going through some of those those grass beds that are kind of sparse I I can tell what part of the the area has a hard bottom where's the Shell at where's the

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