(These bullet-shaped weights help make the rig weedless, as the point slides through and over cover.) Step 4: Run the hook point through the nose of the soft-plastic bait and out of the bottom of it.

Step 6: Rig a soft-plastic bait to the hook. Insert the hook point into the nose of the soft-plastic bait about a 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch and then run the point out of the bottom. Put a little bend ...