Wacky Worming

Mr.Bassmaster29 · 06-07-11, 11:43 PM

Anybody use this technique? I tried it today for the first time, and caught two 3-4 pound bass, and one 6 pound bass. I didn't think it was going to work real well, but they weren't hittin' on lures, so I decided to give it a shot and MAN! They tore it up!

boloson · 06-08-11, 01:11 AM

i was like u, a non-believer till i caught 8 large mouths on them a couple of weeks ago. they weren't going for anything else but these

islandbass · 06-08-11, 03:49 AM

I wacky rig, but do so on the drop shot usually.

The thing I like about it is its simplicity and effectiveness.

keithdog · 06-08-11, 06:35 AM

I'll resort to the wacky rig if the bass seem to be in a negative mood and often it pays off good.

WatterBoy · 06-08-11, 10:59 AM

I use wacky-rigged senkos a lot -- probably 75% of the time. Sometimes just a plain wacky-rig and sometimes wacky on a dropshot like IB does. I use both 5" and 7" senkos. Catches a ton of fish for me on the particular lake I fish almost exclusively.

pro reel · 06-08-11, 11:20 AM

I resisted the wacky for many years. That was just dumb. It's a deadly technique and i now have a dedicated rig for it. One of my favorite wacky baits is any brand of senko style stick baits. I rig them with rubber O Rings. Yoiu can get a tool that hold several rings and makes it easy to slide a ring off in the center of the bait, but i found that it's just as easy to slide one O ring on by hand. I then use Gammy weedless finesse wide gaps or in open water I use the regular finesse wide gap. I just loop the hook through the O ring without hooking it in the bait. This works great as 90% of the time the bait will slide up your line during the fight and when you land the fish, your bait with O ring is in perfect shape and just needs to be slid back into place. It takes a lot of patience to fish these rigs with no weight, but in the right conditions, nothing works better.

Bassboss · 06-08-11, 12:34 PM

Personally I like a texas rig senko better, but wacky riggin is great too!

My dad used to wacky rig manns jelly worms way back in the day before the technique was popularized.

WaffleJaw · 06-08-11, 12:51 PM

Ive been using the wacky worm a lot lately....The Yum fork dinger has been my go to...I had some fish Carolina rigging it too!

walkeraviator · 06-08-11, 04:39 PM

Im still figuring out the wacky senko. I have caught one small fish on it bank fishing a local lake, but havent figure out when the right time and place is to throw this thing when out on teh boat with dad.

So when do you fish it? Where do you fish it? I mainly fish lakes that have zero grass of any kind... where could this thing be used?

boloson · 06-08-11, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by walkeraviator

Im still figuring out the wacky senko. I have caught one small fish on it bank fishing a local lake, but havent figure out when the right time and place is to throw this thing when out on teh boat with dad.

So when do you fish it? Where do you fish it? I mainly fish lakes that have zero grass of any kind... where could this thing be used?

when: anytime of the day. i hardly fish nights so it might work then also.

where: i was on my buddy's jon boat bank fishing. cast it as close as possible to the bank & twitch it back slowly. man they were hitting them that day. caught 8 LM & my buddy caught 6 & that's not including the ones we lost.

grassless or grass, wacky rig is so versatile that it'll work anywhere imo.

Mr.Bassmaster29 · 06-08-11, 06:24 PM

Well, from what I've seen, it can pretty much be used whenever, wherever. I just cast it out about 15-20 feet from the bank and let it sink to the bottom, and then just jerk the worm slightly. You'll usually feel a couple hits and then a big thump. Because its pretty much weedless, you can fish it in stick, weeds, grass,and anything else!

Quote:

Originally Posted by walkeraviator

Im still figuring out the wacky senko. I have caught one small fish on it bank fishing a local lake, but havent figure out when the right time and place is to throw this thing when out on teh boat with dad.

So when do you fish it? Where do you fish it? I mainly fish lakes that have zero grass of any kind... where could this thing be used?

woody · 06-08-11, 07:41 PM

I was also skeptical...not any more. It's very effective, to say the least.

-Mark

DaveW731 · 06-09-11, 04:47 PM

I agree that about any time of the day is fine. In terms of location, I use it most when I want to keep the bait in one spot for as long as possible. Just a slight twictch of the rod will impart lots of action without moving the bait more than a few inches horizontally. This means I am almost always throwing it in heavy cover or edges (eg., pockets of open water in lily pads, between downed tree limbs, along dropoffs and weedlines ) or if I've located a school.
I do NOT use it if I want to cover water, or if the fish seem to want a more active presentation.
I also like using it in current for smallmouth, where I am letting the river move the bait downstream and I provide an occasional twitch as I follow the bait with the rod tip.

Deckape · 06-10-11, 10:44 AM

Hi guys, have any of you ever used the Spike-it garlic while wacky rigged? I am gonna try it tommorrow. I have some White Zoom 6inch trick worms dyed with the red. Where I am fishing here in Virginia in the Northwest River, the water temp was 83 last Saturday. I expect it is 85 at least now. The water is almost black stained. And it is a slow flowing river with coves and lots of cover and structure. It is also relatively shallow. Just wondering if I am on to something or barking up the wrong tree. I plan on trying it and will report my success or failure.

Bassboss · 06-10-11, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deckape

Hi guys, have any of you ever used the Spike-it garlic while wacky rigged? I am gonna try it tommorrow. I have some White Zoom 6inch trick worms dyed with the red. Where I am fishing here in Virginia in the Northwest River, the water temp was 83 last Saturday. I expect it is 85 at least now. The water is almost black stained. And it is a slow flowing river with coves and lots of cover and structure. It is also relatively shallow. Just wondering if I am on to something or barking up the wrong tree. I plan on trying it and will report my success or failure.

Sounds good Deck! I've definitely had good luck with scent in water with low visibility.

Looking forward to the report!

Deckape · 06-10-11, 01:27 PM

Thanks Boss

walkeraviator · 06-10-11, 01:59 PM

I use chartreuse Garlic Spike-It dip on the tails of my worms. Dont think it causes fish to hit it so much as hold on longer when they do get ahold of it.

Deckape · 06-10-11, 02:08 PM

These bass are really over pressured and the water is very hot. Not expecting much but any day fishing beats work. I wil let you all know what happened

cassidyta · 06-10-11, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by walkeraviator

Im still figuring out the wacky senko. I have caught one small fish on it bank fishing a local lake, but havent figure out when the right time and place is to throw this thing when out on teh boat with dad.

So when do you fish it? Where do you fish it? I mainly fish lakes that have zero grass of any kind... where could this thing be used?

Walker when throwing into spots like you have described, I find that I do a little better by wacky rigging on a 1/8 oz jig head. I know that this defeats the slow fall part of the rig, but I find that I get hit a little more often with this rig when fishing in th eopen.

keithdog · 06-11-11, 04:54 PM

I just bought amoung other things at BPS

one package each of 3/32 oz. and 3/16 oz. Buckeye FLICK-IT wacky jig heads for working deeper weedlines. Can't wait to give it a try!

Panthrosan · 06-12-11, 07:17 PM

My go-to bait at the moment is a Zoom Finesse Worm in Watermelon Magic rigged wacky on a Gammy or Owner 3/0 hook on 30lb Braid with a 3 foot 12lb BPS Fluoro leader. I cast it at around a 30degree angle along the shoreline and let it sink, and then give it a few pops and reel in the slack, and more often than not, as I am reeling in the slack I feel some weight and just pull back and the fish hooks themselves.

sdesi2010 · 06-12-11, 08:33 PM

Absolutely love to wacky rig yum dingers. Catch em all day long

DaveW731 · 06-13-11, 04:45 PM

I like Dingers for wacky rigging as well. Pretty durable, usually hold up for a few fish. Senkos on the other hand tear apart more, BUT I think they have better action on the fall for the same reason: softer!
Also, Dingers are less dense, so sink more slowly; can be an advantage in heavy weeds and shallower water. Conversely, Senkos are hard to beat if you are in deeper water and don't want to use lead.

Bob Smith · 06-14-11, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Bassmaster29

Anybody use this technique? I tried it today for the first time, and caught two 3-4 pound bass, and one 6 pound bass. I didn't think it was going to work real well, but they weren't hittin' on lures, so I decided to give it a shot and MAN! They tore it up!

Are you throwing the weightless Wacky or the wacky jig head style.

Mr.Bassmaster29 · 06-14-11, 02:23 PM

I'm just using the weightless wacky. I usually get the bites on the fall, so the slower the better for me!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Smith

Are you throwing the weightless Wacky or the wacky jig head style.

06-07-11, 11:43 PM	#1
Mr.Bassmaster29 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Kentucky Posts: 72	Wacky Worming Anybody use this technique? I tried it today for the first time, and caught two 3-4 pound bass, and one 6 pound bass. I didn't think it was going to work real well, but they weren't hittin' on lures, so I decided to give it a shot and MAN! They tore it up!

06-08-11, 03:49 AM	#3
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	I wacky rig, but do so on the drop shot usually. The thing I like about it is its simplicity and effectiveness. __________________ ARX "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Doug Larson (Shimano 2005 Reel Catalog)

06-08-11, 06:35 AM	#4
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	I'll resort to the wacky rig if the bass seem to be in a negative mood and often it pays off good. __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

06-08-11, 12:34 PM	#7
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Personally I like a texas rig senko better, but wacky riggin is great too! My dad used to wacky rig manns jelly worms way back in the day before the technique was popularized. __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

06-08-11, 12:51 PM	#8
WaffleJaw BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dallas,TX (DFW) Posts: 2,212	Ive been using the wacky worm a lot lately....The Yum fork dinger has been my go to...I had some fish Carolina rigging it too! __________________ [nelsoncustomrods.com]

06-08-11, 01:11 AM	#2
boloson BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 303	i was like u, a non-believer till i caught 8 large mouths on them a couple of weeks ago. they weren't going for anything else but these

06-08-11, 10:59 AM	#5
WatterBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 2,280	I use wacky-rigged senkos a lot -- probably 75% of the time. Sometimes just a plain wacky-rig and sometimes wacky on a dropshot like IB does. I use both 5" and 7" senkos. Catches a ton of fish for me on the particular lake I fish almost exclusively.

06-08-11, 11:20 AM	#6
pro reel BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Wichita Kansas Posts: 761	I resisted the wacky for many years. That was just dumb. It's a deadly technique and i now have a dedicated rig for it. One of my favorite wacky baits is any brand of senko style stick baits. I rig them with rubber O Rings. Yoiu can get a tool that hold several rings and makes it easy to slide a ring off in the center of the bait, but i found that it's just as easy to slide one O ring on by hand. I then use Gammy weedless finesse wide gaps or in open water I use the regular finesse wide gap. I just loop the hook through the O ring without hooking it in the bait. This works great as 90% of the time the bait will slide up your line during the fight and when you land the fish, your bait with O ring is in perfect shape and just needs to be slid back into place. It takes a lot of patience to fish these rigs with no weight, but in the right conditions, nothing works better.

06-08-11, 04:39 PM	#9
walkeraviator BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 1,119	Im still figuring out the wacky senko. I have caught one small fish on it bank fishing a local lake, but havent figure out when the right time and place is to throw this thing when out on teh boat with dad. So when do you fish it? Where do you fish it? I mainly fish lakes that have zero grass of any kind... where could this thing be used?

06-08-11, 07:41 PM	#12
woody BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Jonesville, Indiana Posts: 3,597	I was also skeptical...not any more. It's very effective, to say the least. -Mark

06-09-11, 04:47 PM	#13
DaveW731 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Lansing, Michigan Posts: 229	When/Where to go wacky.... I agree that about any time of the day is fine. In terms of location, I use it most when I want to keep the bait in one spot for as long as possible. Just a slight twictch of the rod will impart lots of action without moving the bait more than a few inches horizontally. This means I am almost always throwing it in heavy cover or edges (eg., pockets of open water in lily pads, between downed tree limbs, along dropoffs and weedlines ) or if I've located a school. I do NOT use it if I want to cover water, or if the fish seem to want a more active presentation. I also like using it in current for smallmouth, where I am letting the river move the bait downstream and I provide an occasional twitch as I follow the bait with the rod tip.

06-10-11, 10:44 AM	#14
Deckape BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 12	Hi guys, have any of you ever used the Spike-it garlic while wacky rigged? I am gonna try it tommorrow. I have some White Zoom 6inch trick worms dyed with the red. Where I am fishing here in Virginia in the Northwest River, the water temp was 83 last Saturday. I expect it is 85 at least now. The water is almost black stained. And it is a slow flowing river with coves and lots of cover and structure. It is also relatively shallow. Just wondering if I am on to something or barking up the wrong tree. I plan on trying it and will report my success or failure. __________________ Smile and let the good Lord love ya Last edited by Deckape; 06-10-11 at 10:49 AM. Reason: Alot of TYPOS

06-10-11, 01:27 PM	#16
Deckape BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 12	Thanks Boss __________________ Smile and let the good Lord love ya

06-10-11, 01:59 PM	#17
walkeraviator BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 1,119	I use chartreuse Garlic Spike-It dip on the tails of my worms. Dont think it causes fish to hit it so much as hold on longer when they do get ahold of it.

06-10-11, 02:08 PM	#18
Deckape BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 12	These bass are really over pressured and the water is very hot. Not expecting much but any day fishing beats work. I wil let you all know what happened __________________ Smile and let the good Lord love ya

06-11-11, 04:54 PM	#20
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	I just bought amoung other things at BPS one package each of 3/32 oz. and 3/16 oz. Buckeye FLICK-IT wacky jig heads for working deeper weedlines. Can't wait to give it a try! __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

06-12-11, 07:17 PM	#21
Panthrosan BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Rockville, Maryland Posts: 106	My go-to bait at the moment is a Zoom Finesse Worm in Watermelon Magic rigged wacky on a Gammy or Owner 3/0 hook on 30lb Braid with a 3 foot 12lb BPS Fluoro leader. I cast it at around a 30degree angle along the shoreline and let it sink, and then give it a few pops and reel in the slack, and more often than not, as I am reeling in the slack I feel some weight and just pull back and the fish hooks themselves.

06-12-11, 08:33 PM	#22
sdesi2010 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 41	Absolutely love to wacky rig yum dingers. Catch em all day long

06-13-11, 04:45 PM	#23
DaveW731 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Lansing, Michigan Posts: 229	Yum Dingers vs. Senkos I like Dingers for wacky rigging as well. Pretty durable, usually hold up for a few fish. Senkos on the other hand tear apart more, BUT I think they have better action on the fall for the same reason: softer! Also, Dingers are less dense, so sink more slowly; can be an advantage in heavy weeds and shallower water. Conversely, Senkos are hard to beat if you are in deeper water and don't want to use lead.

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