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I’m having a difficult time keeping my swim bait in line. I don’t know what the issue is but it swims at an angel or upside down.

Any suggestions ?
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You can try a twist lock bullet weight or switch to a jig head or weighted -wide gap swimbait hook. Make sure your hook is perfectly centered. When you say swimbait, what kind? I never t rigged a swim bait but when I T rig a worm, im keeping constant bottom contact. You may be fishing it too fast. Bullet weight isn’t really meant for swimming.
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A round cross section swimbait like Keitech Fat Swing Impact is more likely to swim sideways or upside down unless a weighted hook or jig head is used.

Something like https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Zoom_Sw ... -ZSSF.html will be more likely to run true if you want to use a cone sinker and unweighted hook. A widegap hook is a better idea than a regular gap offset hook, it will put the center of gravity a bit lower. Any bend in the lure will mess things up too.
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Fishing in the bay, I have used these jig heads with the Zoom swimbaits I mentioned. Almost as weedless as a cone sinker setup. They work great with curly tail grubs too.

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Charlie ... html?gQT=1

I usually buy them in bags of 25 from Bass Pro but BP doesn't list a photo of them anymore. Or you can get them direct from Charlie Brewer Company.
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The fish don't care if your swimbait is swimming upside down
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Re: Texas Rigging

Post by Luc42 »

That’s all makes perfect sense. I was trying the EWG hooks and bullet weight and it was just not working the way it should.

Seems like the weighted jig heads are the way to go.

Now It’s time to figure how to actually use the EWGs hooks I have. Sometime I’ll use them on a drop shot set up.
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