How to Texas Rig a DOA Shrimp

Rigging a DOA Shrimp weedless for improved castability and weedless action

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Sports

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• DOA
• D.O.A.
• shrimp
• weedless
• texas
• rig
• rigged
• worm
• hook
• gamakatsu
• fish
• fishing
• surf
• beach
• tarpon
• bait

[xXxjoemanxXx]

i was fishing shallow like 3 feet last night and reds everywhere in the grass beds. so i texas rigged my 4" gulp shrimp and they were hitting this thing like crazy. but they wouldnt get hooked. i had it rigged right but it just wasnt hooking them. on second the fish is on the line then next thing i know it was gone. so what is a way that i can fix this problem cuz they were hitting it just not getting hooked. i was getting so frustrated. any ideas would help a lot.

[VinnyjojoFish]

@xXxjoemanxXx Gulp is great for certain applications, but since it's essentially fish food, it's subject to getting pecked at by every tiny fish in that grass bed,. Was your gulp all beat up? Was it Reds hitting your gulp? Any sizable red would have snarfed it up. That's why I like DOA shimp over gulp. The little fish leave it alone. Since Reds are scent oriented fish, try some shrimp flavored "procure" on the DOA shrimp. Or...a weedless gold spoon with some red yard to hold the scent.

[VinnyjojoFish]

@VinnyjojoFish red YARN...not yard.

[VinnyjojoFish]

@xXxjoemanxXx My favorite lure in those conditions - Zoom Fluke or a "Gotcha trout killer" (I like the gold glitter color for those) texas rigged with a 3/0 or 4/0 EWG Gamakatsu hook. Work slow as heck... slow,subtle lift off the bottom and let it fall.

[yeal9320]

What kind of knot would yall tie on this.?

[VinnyjojoFish]

@yeal9320 Typically, I tie on a loop/rapala knot on all jig heads for that little extra action.

[impactlures]

nice video. do you use ant topwater baits?

[myownspiritlevel]

New word: aerodynamicy :-p

[xXxjoemanxXx]

@VinnyjojoFish it wasnt little fish, when they hit it my pole would nearly hit the water and my drag goes crazy. but i think they were just biting the end of the shrimp and not getting there mouth up by the hook. cuz i only hooked 2 and he was about 10 feet from me and broke the surface and i saw him and then he spit out the hook. i was gettin big hits almost every cast and only hooked 2 and they eventually got off. im gonna buy a gold spoon and try that. thanks

[cristian4561]

caught a nice flounder with the doa shrimp texas rigged thank you so much for the video

[McCloud3211]

Looks ugly but works