How many different kinds of worm rigs are there? What are they?

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1. "The Wormist" will help you out on this. He is the king of plastic wormin’ on this website. I’ll try to help you out as well. Let’s see, there’s the : Wacky rig, Carolina rig, Texas rig, split shot rig, drop shot rig, and a lot more. Can’t remember them all.

   Happy fishing.

   EDIT : Nope, we really went, want proof? Here’s me & my 25 lber i caught – http://equippedangler.com/images/bass.jpg
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2. tats all you need to know for rigin
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3. That covers it except for the drop shot rig and my favorite, the weightless senko type lures and Zoom Trick Worms. They are used without weights and work great in the grass, but will catch fish in more open water also. They are cast out and retrieved with numerous twitches and pauses using just the tip of the rod to impart action to the lure. At times the bass will take the lure while it is just falling or even sitting on the bottom as you eat your sandwich. This has evolved in one of my favorite lures and methods to fish.
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4. if you already know the basics on those three, you can catch most of them out there.
   texas and carolina rigging, along with a jig and worm are not always, but most of the time fished with medium to medium/heavy tackle.
   l prefer a medium to light outfit with 8lb mono in most cases because of the water clarity and lack of heavy structure in my home lake.
   but l would guess the majority of worm anglers use 10 to 15lb and even a bit heavier.

   finesse styles include drop shotting, split shotting and "shaking". l’d even throw wacky wormin in as a finesse method.
   shaking, as the name implies is done with basically a texas rig or jig n worm, casted out and left to sit, just jiggling the rod tip to wiggle the worm without actually moving it in. also effective in drop shotting. most often done from a boat but just as effective from shore. special "drop shot" weights are sold but l just use enough split shot lightly crimped on the end of my line as necessary for weight. if they get hung, they’ll slip off easily.

   l don’t have a boat presently so l can’t give you any current info on pitching or flipping any further than l do it from the bank which is still effective in brushy areas.
   or skipping beneath docks which is a top producer in the summer as the water warms.

   one of my favorite methods for larger bass is using an 8 or 10 inch black, wide profile worm at night. you can and probably should use heavier tackle in this as you cannot tell where your fish is going and you need a bit more control. so l use 10lb at night and a little longer and heavier rod with a full 1/4oz weight to make up the difference in casting the larger, bulkier baits.

   then, of course, is my own recent addition of the "Wormist" rig. effective with a wacky rigged worm or one just nose hooked with a drop shot hook.
   put your hook and worm on the very end of your line with no weight and then put a float on your line at some point above it. one of the clear plastic bubbles you add water to will be plenty of weight. just cast this out in relatively shallow water so your worm is fairly close to the bottom, not right on it… it doesn’t really have to be too far down, and LET IT SIT. this is called "dead-sticking" with surface baits. very effective with the larger, floating swimbaits. after a while, just give it a twitch if the wave action isn’t enough. take all the time in the world. soft plastics are meant to be fished slowly. this will teach one how to fish slow.
   l ABSOLUTELY guarantee this method works. otherwise l wouldn’t have added my name to it.

   hope this helps you a bit.
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   ask Slone. Him ‘n’ lke went out the other day and slew the bass although lke wasn’t supposed to use this.
   was this more "fishin’ stories" chuck?