Texas-rigging is a great option when working shallow cover, Stonewall’s Chucky Hamrick said.
“If the bass are buried up in the thicker cover, I’ll Texas-rig a magnum tube, and flip and pitch it — whatever they want and whatever it takes is what I’ll give him,” Hamrick said. “I’ll do something different from the mainstream, and I like to tube the cuts, creeks coming in and small ditches. I’ll swim the tube through pads and let it fall into the holes. That slow-falling action will trigger a lot of strikes that you wouldn’t normally get.
“If the bite is really off then you might try the 4-inch Zoom tubes rigged with a 1/8-ounce bullet weight. Leave the weight free, not pegged and pitch it alongside of grass, pads, or scum edges and let it free fall. The resultant action mimics a dying shad, and it’s almost irresistible to hot-weather bass.”
But it’s important to pay close attention to your line.
“Ninety-five percent of the strikes will occur on the fall, so be watching for the line twitch or movement to the side as the bass slowly moves off,” Hamrick said. “This technique will help you fill out that limit and salvage an otherwise unproductive day.”
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