Wacky Rigs

[islandflyfisher]

Not a beginner, but what are the benefits of fishing a wacky rigged senko? I fish a senko weedless.

[texasbasser]

I love to fish them both ways, weedless being in shallow water. For wacky rigs, I throw them at a stump, bush etc. and let it sink for a few seconds then slowely lift the rod tip and repeat. the benefits for doing this are its great action on the fall, and retreive. It seems to always catch more bigger bass than small ones.

[FLBassAssassin]

Fishing wacky style works well on a drop off or a little deeper water...dont get me wrong fish can be caught in the shallows using this technique but i tend to work them just off of cover such as lily pads for example...You get a lot of strikes on the first fall so as soon your bait hits the water be ready to set the hook.....the senkos i use are chompers and yum 5 inch dingers colors depend on where i am fishing and the conditions...hope that helps a lil

[KenDammit]

the difference between the two rigs is the action of the bait.

A senko rigged texas style wiggles on the tail in so = less prominent wiggle. My other experience with the T-rig is that the bait will glide backwards when jerked up and allowed to fall on slack line.

A senko rigged wacky style has wiggling action on both ends of the bait and produces a more erratic action int the water so = more of an attention getter. It will also produce more sound(read:vibrations) when jerked because there is more resistance created by the way the lure is positioned.

Summary, the benefit of a wacky rigged anything, to me, is the attention getting properties the bait will have. More erractic, more surface area to vibrate in the water, so on and so forth.

[JB]

I think the slow fall and horizonal profile appeals to lazy ol mr lunker lips

[InEccess]

I fish Zoom's Salty Centipedes wacky style just under tree branches in the summer. I try to give it the action of a catapiller that just fell out of the tree. I gotta be honest with you, I get alot more stikes this way then with almost any other lure. However, the quality of fish isn't the same.

[islandflyfisher]

Thanks guys. InEccess, which way did you get more fish? Wacky or Weedless?

[InEccess]

Definately wacky. The fish were smaller, but I think this up-coming tounrament season, if I'm hard pressed to get a limit, I'm going to go back to Wacky Rigging.

[Rebbasser]

IMO it is just a different way to fish a weightless soft plastic. Sometimes they like the wacky, sometimes they like the weightless T-rig. I have a rig rigged with each everytime I get on the water.

What was a surprise to me is they work well in what I consider colder water-50 to 55 degrees.

[Super Fluke]

I don't like senkos they don't get enough big fish.

[flbassman]

Originally Posted by Super Fluke

I don't like senkos they don't get enough big fish.

I've caught a few 5#+ fish on senkos. A big senko t-rigged weightless is definitely a big bass bait.

[Super Fluke]

I don't like wacky rigged senkos, I fished senkos for two years and didn't get one over four pounds, this year I used a different technique and caught 2 over four and 7 over five and 1 over six.

[islandflyfisher]

I have been t-rigging them. I am glad to see that the bigger fish come that way, becasue I have been getting pretty good numbers too. I got 1 over four pounds so far on them. I started using them a month or two ago.

[texasbasser]

i actually caught my first senkobass and first bass of the year on a senko. They have worked ever since.

[Super Fluke]

Have you caught any with size??????????

[Patrick Krueger, Jr.]

I hadn't really noticed before, but going over my fishing log, it does seem to be smaller fish that hit wacky rigged senko-style baits. My biggest was 2 3/4 lbs.

[mont_lunker_hunter]

Anyone wacky rigged on a c-rig? I've used 8" yum dingers to some success on a traditional c-rig, but a wacky style may produce better and the c-rig will get the bait down to the bigguns.

[skeeter944]

I have tried it and I kept getting hung up,so I switched to a weedless hook that had a weedguard on it,it seems like it would work.

[Jolly]

I have to disagree super fluke!!!
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I drop shot senko's alot and have just begun to use the wacky rig. It just isn't very weedless. But you gotta love the action of the wacky rig. Also, fishing it weedless lets you use a bigger hook which can be beneficial! I have caught a few good fish on wacky but I agree with what was said above, it is just another technique. If you fished it a lot and got some confidence with it you would probably catch a lot of fish... same if you practiced a lot with any other bait. It largely depends upon skill.

Jolly

[BassMoJo]

I started using wacky rig in october when it started to get cold and fishing slowed down ...I was pond fishing with a weight less senko and had just caught one, then i see my firend pull out his second one and then switched mine ...just to see and it was great must of caught a fish on every cast for about 5mins just workin around a tree

[Super Fluke]

Originally Posted by flbassman

I've caught a few 5#+ fish on senkos. A big senko t-rigged weightless is definitely a big bass bait.

A five pound fish is nice fish any wear, in Florida you have a better chance of getting one that big. A five pound bass from up here is about 2 or 3 times older and way harder to get.