on orders over $125The modern fishing world is upon us and 80% of modern fishermen and women are using soft plastic lures to catch their fish, but there are a percentage of anglers who either think it is too hard or that soft plastics simply don’t work as well as bait.
But that couldn’t be further from the truth. We have seen many, many times soft plastics out-fishing baits because with soft plastics you are casting and hunting for the fish, rather than throwing out a bait and waiting for a fish to find it.
Here are some suggestions on an easy way to rig a soft plastic and to make the correct jighead/hook selection to suit your soft plastic.
So once you have selected your favourite soft plastic, it is now time to pick your jighead/hook size. A couple of easy ways to check if your hook size is OK is by laying the jighead hook along the soft plastic. It is best if the hook comes out of the plastic about half way along the soft plastic body.
A hook too far forward will result in tail strikes with no hookups; too far back and the hook will stiffen the plastic and you will lose the action of the plastic. So remember that the hook is half way along the body.
Now for the hook gape. The diameter of your plastic should just fit inside the hook gape. If the gape is too big, it won’t allow the plastic to swim properly and if it is too small, you won’t get the hookups that you are looking for. A small gape will allow the fish to spit the plastic back out without hooking up.
This short video will show you the easiest way to rig a plastic with the correct hook size to allow maximum hookups without affecting the soft plastic’s action.
One last thing, always make sure your plastic is rigged nice and straight. If you don’t do this, the plastic will not swim straight which will affect its swimming action.
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