How Many Different "rigs" Are There?

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I learned for the first time today what a "Donkey Rig" was. It got me wondering. How many different "rigs" are there?

[loodkop]

I can think of Alabama, Carolina and Texas rigs along with Mojo, splitshot, dropshot and weightless rigs. There is also the Ned rig and Jika rig. I'm not sure if using a Florida screw in sinker is called a Florida rig. There must more I can't remember or never heard of. The scary thing as that they all catch bass.

[Tuckahoe Joe]

Im planning on giving the double fluke rig a try this season.

[noah3d]

There's also the Wacky rig and Neko rig.

[wnybassman]

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[lmbfisherman]

328.6

Alright, please list them all I'm dying to know!

[Felix77]

I can think of Alabama, Carolina and Texas rigs along with Mojo, splitshot, dropshot and weightless rigs. There is also the Ned rig and Jika rig. I'm not sure if using a Florida screw in sinker is called a Florida rig. There must more I can't remember or never heard of. The scary thing as that they all catch bass.

 

I just discovered the neko rig yesterdat ... Learned two new rigs today.  Thank you!

 

Now to carve out enough time to try them all!

[Snakehead Whisperer]

Sometimes bass fishing cracks me up. There are infinite ways to rig a bait (duh.) Bass fishing has borrowed a number of these rigs from other types of fishing (example: the Alabama rig is just a glorified umbrella rig that striped bass fisherman have been using for years, with the exception that you cast it. But whether this rig is really 'castable' is a matter of opinion, I suppose.) It's just hilarious to me how bass fisherman like to think that bass are somehow only suckers for 'bass fishing rigs.' 

 

BTW, the neko rig looks interesting.

[J Francho]

The number of rigs is really only limited by your imagination.

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Ned, Jika & Neko...sounds like characters in the Bible. I'll check them out.

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So Ned is like a half Senko and jig head? I knew about the Jika rig, just didn't know what it was called. But what is the advantage or reason for the Neko rig?

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There's also the Wacky rig and Neko rig.

Silly fresh water guys, you can't just tie a hook at the end of a line and call it a rig, what's next casting trolling lures?...Oh wait, never mind...

[slammerhead]

So Ned is like a half Senko and jig head? I knew about the Jika rig, just didn't know what it was called. But what is the advantage or reason for the Neko rig?

a neko rig will allow you to flip it to edges of docks or structure and it will fall inward and under docks and overhangs further 

[slammerhead]

there is a new rig in the makings made by myself (slammerhead) rig  i'll post a video soon!

[Fishes in trees]

In olden times, when I was a bank bound, younger fisherman, I used a jig & popper rig quite a bit.  It consisted of a larger crappie jig (1/8 oz) with a line tied from the bend of the hook, 6 or 8 inches and ending in a fly rod popping bug.  I would fish this on med/lt. spinning gear and 6 lb test line.

 

Many of the ponds I fished then were stunted and  had too many 10 to 12 inch fish in them.  In these ponds this rig tore them up.  Other ponds, with a more balanced and potentially larger fish in them, this rig didn't fish so well.  So, there is one more rig - the jig & popper rig.

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a neko rig will allow you to flip it to edges of docks or structure and it will fall inward and under docks and overhangs further 

 

So will a Fat Ika or hell, for that matter, a Flying Lure.