If you’ve ever fished for bass, you probably have heard of these two types of rigging your worms. These two styles have been around for a long time span, and both of them have caught some massive fish. Overall, fishing with worms may be the one best method to catch the really large fish. It has to do with the realistic action that a plastic worm mimics in the water, and coupled with a cushy body, the worm just tends to resemble real food to a largemouth bass. But let me just quickly go over these two distinct types of worm rigging.

The Texas rig is the simplest of the two. It is only comprised of a cone shaped weight, worm, and a hook. Put the cone shaped weight on the line first, tie your hook off, then place your worm on the hook, and you are ready to fish. The Texas rig is very tightly fit, and works very well when you are fishing rich vegetation, where so often bass make their abode.

Now, the Carolina fishing rig is a little more complex. It uses a worm, bead, barrel swivel, leader line, hook, and weight. Place the weight on first , then the bead, tie on the barrel swivel, tie on a leader line, tie off your hook, then place your worm on the hook, and you are prepared to Carolina rig fish. Because the weight is separate from the worm, when the lure is wagged in front of the fish, it looks more bona fide, and thus this rig can yield a few more bites. But you need to weigh it out however, because the Carolina rig is harder to work the cover areas, and thus when you are Carolina rig fishing, you might not be able to place the bait as close to the fish, which translates into fewer fish.