Standard Texas Rig: When it wins

Any bottom-oriented bass in moderate cover — laydowns, brush, dock posts, riprap, scattered grass, channel swings and ledges — spring through fall, largemouth and smallmouth alike. Drag it on hard bottom, hop it along a grass edge, pitch it to isolated wood. Free-sliding on clean bottom and sparse cover; pegged in wood and thicker grass.

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