"Hammer Hammer" wrote in message
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i always just use a small split shot altho i find the carolina rig works
much better for me

A split shot a few inches to a foot in front of a worm has always been a
good technique for sticking a few bass. It has some limitations. The
biggest being that it tends to drop the shot on one side of a twig and the
worm on the other when pitching into heavy cover. Its excellent to drag
through and over a grass bed. The shot keeps you in contact with the grass,
and the worm floats just above where its an easy snack for a bass hanging
out below waiting to ambush something. Anyplace you caught fish early on
topwater over grass beds you can go back through and throw this rig to pick
up a few more. It also works well in rock piles, but I tend to either go to
a worm on a small jig if I think they are hitting craws, or a worm on a drop
shot if I think they are hitting bait fish.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com