....and more jig ideas and questions

[Jrob78]

Originally Posted by Jrob78

That looks like an awesome idea! I've fished double fluke rigs plenty of times but never thought about attaching a fluke to a jig. I bet a fluke on a walking bait would work really well too. I will definitely try it.

On second thought, the trailing fluke would probably kill the walking action of the topwater bait, scratch that idea. I still like the fluke behind the swim jig though.

[carolina-rig-01]

Originally Posted by Jrob78

On second thought, the trailing fluke would probably kill the walking action of the topwater bait, scratch that idea. I still like the fluke behind the swim jig though.

I wondered about that when I read your first post but I wasn't sure it would kill the action of the walking bait. I wonder about a fluke behind a popping bait like a Yellow Magic or Zellpop? It might pull the tail of the topwater bait down enough to give it a different sound too. Just a thought.

[Jrob78]

Originally Posted by carolina-rig-01

I wondered about that when I read your first post but I wasn't sure it would kill the action of the walking bait. I wonder about a fluke behind a popping bait like a Yellow Magic or Zellpop? It might pull the tail of the topwater bait down enough to give it a different sound too. Just a thought.

My initial thought with the walking bait is that you generally fish them fast so it would do a good job of drawing attention and that fluke would be going crazy behind it. I really don't know what it would do to the action though. After I thought about it for awhile, I thought you might could tie the leader to the line tie on the Sammy or even on a swivel like a double fluke rig but I'm sure that would foul up on every cast. I think trying it out on one of the larger, 1/2oz poppers would be a better idea. It might be too much for 1/4oz popper. There's only one way to find out.

[RustyFender]

I've never tried the fluke but I can say that I've had good luck by removing the front hook from a pop-r or torpedo, tieing an 18" dropper line to the rear treble with a wacky rigged finesse worm and throwing it to breaking fish or my favorite-working it down a windblown rip rap bank.

If you catch a fish on the hardbait try letting him thrash about under light pressure for a moment or two after the hookset. Depending on whatever it depends on, you'll sometimes manage to hook one of his curious schoolmates and reel in a double.