How To Rig Minnows/flukes?

[MultiSpeciesFisherman]

I tried looking on Google and found some interesting things like the neko rig, but it only showed someone using it, not how to set it up. How do you guys rig your minnows/flukes when smallmouth fishing? I would be interested in both weedless and more exposed-hook setups.

[smalljaw67]

I rig them with a basic texas rig but I use a hook like the Trokar TK 100 HD worm hook, and the reason is the fluke likes to slide down on the offset and for some reason it does this a lot with an EWG style hook. The other way I rig it is nose hooked with an octopus hook, it isn't weedless but it will come through sparse grass pretty good.

[clayton86]

I like to rig mine on a 4/0 skip gap hook it helps keep them from sliding, I also nose hook them with a octopus hook or one of the weighted wacky hooks threw the nose.

[roadwarrior]

I prefer a double rig on a small 3-way swivel with different length leader.

A 1.4 oz barrel weight is threaded above the swivel, the flukes are rigged

on 3/0 Gamakatsu Offset Worm Hooks, thin wire.

[nastynate]

I fish my flukes weightless texas rig using a gamakatsu 3/0 superline offset hook or a gamakatsu offset g-lock hook. I usually fish flukes in 1-4 foot of water close to the top of the water column with a erratic action. I allways use floro for a solid hook set and floro sinks so if you see that lunker folowing and he is on the edge of commitment i stop my action and let the fluke sink. 98% of the time that is the ticket to trigger the fish. I mostly river fish.

[Gavin]

Texas Rig with a 4/0 EWG...or add a nail weight and nose hook it with an octopus hook.