Newbie, texas rig, failing to set hook

alwaysfishking wrote:
When texas rigging, poke the hook through the plastic then skin tuck it
back in. Also it real easy to rip the worm from a bass if it's swimming
right at you

I've rigged like that, and even taken to leaving the tip just outside of the
worm, such that it rests against the worm. Since then, I've only gone out
once, and I didn't get any nibbles except some excessively small fish that
were hanging around under my boat in the shade.

I think the bites I was getting before were going mostly sideways or away,
not towards me. Sometimes it's hard to tell, as the fish shakes the hell
out of the line without going far.

that's the case switch to a braided line
It will not require as much of a hook set like mono does.

Worth a try.

Thanks, everybody, for all the help.

Rick