Iaconelli Carolina Rig Fishing 3 Tips Tutorial Bass Fishing Video

This video is for people who want to catch bass on the carolina rig. The carolina rig is a plastic bait fishing technique where a heavy weight is placed a foot or more ahead of the artificial plastic bait. The line between the weight and the hook is called the leader, and this line is usually a lighter test strength than the main line (going from your reel to the weight).

1. The carolina rig weight
• Carolina rig is about catching fish, but also about discovering the cover and structure of the body of water
• The weight should be heavy enough to maintain contact with the bottom (Mike uses 1/2 - 1oz. VMC tungsten weights
2. Length of the carolina rig leader
• long leaders when cover, like grass, is high off the bottom
• Short leaders for situations like pea gravel when the bait doesn't need to be far off the bottom
• As a rule, the more active the fish, the longer the leader
3. Carolina rig rod selection
• allows long casts with sometimes awkward leader length
• backbone and a little tip for hook setting
• Veritas 7'6" Med/Hvy or Veracity 7'6" Med/Hvy



Video Co-Anglers: Bass Resource, Iaconelli, Berkley, VMC


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