Part III

"Carolina

Rigging"

The

Carolina rig is the one of the oldest and most effective

fishing methods used by today's tournament anglers in

their search to catch largemouth bass. In tournament

competition it is one of my more important tools in

catching a limit of bass and securing top finishes.

The

Carolina rig consists of nothing more than a 1/2 ounce,

3/4 ounce or 1 ounce slip sinker weight (weight size

depends on depth of water you're fishing) threaded on the

line ahead of a red or chartreuse bead ahead of a swivel.

A two to seven foot leader line is then attached to the

swivel (leader length depends on type of structure you're

fishing: grass, rock or others) with a plastic lizard

such as a Keeper Custom Worm 6 or 7 1/2 inch curly tailed

worm or a Keeper 4 inch lizard, attached. They should

always be rigged weedless to reduce hangups on

structures.

The

advantage to this method of rigging is that it allows the

weight to bounce along the bottom while the worm or

lizard floats behind the weight off the bottom which

makes a more life like action to the bass. Also the

weight and bead clack together while also banging against

anything in its pathway making a noise underwater that

helps attract bass and promotes impulse strikes on the

worm or lizard by the bass.

The best

time to use the Carolina rigging method is when bass are

holding right off the bottom or suspending near the

bottom. This method is easy to learn and anyone can catch

fish with this method.

Good

fishing

Chris

Foster