Anyone Ever Try This Rig...

[Addicted to Smallies]

OK, so I had a little time on my hands and started thinking about Striper fishing, and wondered if a modified striper rig would work for bass. Seems like the A-rig has taken over, but there are other striper rigs out there so I thought maybe they would work, too.

I also fish offshore a bit and Squid daisy-chains are pretty common (either with or without a stinger on the back) and lots of folks run similar rigs for striper trolling as well, so I thought I'd try it for bass in a downsized version. It's basically a leader of 50# mono with 2 3" tubes (held in place by split shot) with a larger differently colored spinnerbait as the "chaser" (stinger.) I've trolled it at 2-3mph and caught largemouth bass, small stripers and even a few catfish, and have also used it in my massively over-fished local pond to catch some of the bigger bass that have been chasing bait fish, but won't hit a typical lure if you put it right in their face. Overall, it worked pretty well and when I cast it a few dozen times, it doesn't wear out my arm like the A-rig does.

So, am I onto something new, or is this something you guys have been doing for a while? I call it the "butler rig" since I first tried it on a local watering hole of the same name.

[fishking247]

can't see it working any better then the usual bass stuff we use.

[Jay Ell Gee]

I do something similar with flies when fly fishing. Tiny minnow imitator or two followed by a baby bass streamer. I like yours too! Keep us updated. I may have to piddle a bit myself.