Split Shot Rig

[Bigboy28438]

Hello all,I would like to ask the group about the split shot rig. I am going to be trying out this rig and was wondering if anyone could give me some information about what baits would best suit this rig. Also what weights would work best. Thanks in advance

[Catch and Grease]

I like creature baits and straight tail worms...

I just use split shots but I know a lot of people use those cylinder mojo weights, they supposedly come through cover better.

 

 

[gulfcaptain]

It's a finesse approach so small worms, light line and depending on water depth 1/16 to 3/16 would be about as heavy as I would go.  If you need to go heavier you might as well fish a c-rig

[roadwarrior]

Spend some time in the BassResource Library, specifically "Fishing Articles"

at the top of the page.

 

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/worm_rigs.html

[Glenn]

Here ya go!

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/splitshot-mojo-rig.html

[Felix77]

Check out Glenn's videos on the Mojo Rig.  In my opinion anything in this video can be used on a split shot rig.  On one trip to Texas all I had were split shots, 1/O straight shank hooks and a floating finesse worm.  The split shot would sink slowly and the finesse worm would float above it.  Killed them that day.

[paangler13]

Yeah, bullet shaped split shot is the way to go around sparse weeds.  I like 1/8 oz. down to teeny tiny. (BB, I think is the size.) I like SS rigs on spinning gear, 8 or 6 pound test. 

 

4in worms, baby brush hogs, and small crayfish type baits.

 

I love SS rigs!  I think it's just like a micro Carolina rig! I do fish it slower than a a c-rig though! 

 

Tight lines-

 

Jim

[Bigboy28438]

Thanks everyone, I looked at the video and I am ready to try it out. Thanks Glenn and to everyone that posted. Again thanks a lot.

[aavery2]

I use a #3 split shot, try to find the ones without ears (water gremlin)  with a 4.5" curly tail roboworm.  Set the weight somewhere between 8 and 12 inches above the bait, has worked fantastic for me for many years.

[J Francho]

All I'll add is that I like to use the Water Gremlin Bull Shot weights.

[Raul]

Another tip, loop around your split shot before crimping down the shot, that way your split shot won´t slide along the line.

[Darren.]

I like to use Zoom Tiny Flukes with split shot rigs - on a 1 or 1/0 offset worm hook. Also like Yamamoto's Shad Shaped Worms. And like JFrancho suggested, Water Gremlin's Bull-Shot weights. They are crimp-on bullet weights, come thru cover better.

 

Here ya go:

 

http://www.watergremlin.com/my-tacklebox/bull-shot-bullet-shaped-split-shot/

Edited September 8, 2014 by DarrenM

[GoDeep]

Z Man saw tails on a split shot rig are killer.

[iceintheveins]

Finesse worms, centipedes, and small curly tail worms.

[Comfortably Numb]

4" French Fries

[Hogsticker]

Night crawlers. My father in law just laughs every time I pull out a bag of plastics.

[primetime]

THE SPLIT SHOT RIG IS SOMETHING I HAVE USED FOR YEARS AND THE LARGER THE BAIT THE LARGER THE SPLIT SHOT JUST LIKE A C-RIG. WITH ALL THE NEW FLOATING BAITS LIKE THE STRIKE KING ZERO, ZMAN ELAZTACH, ROBOWORMS ETC, YOU CAN TURN IT INTO A DROPSHOT RIG ESSENTIALLY.

 

if you put a big shot say 3 feet above a small hook and rig a floating bait, the bait will rise above the shot and you can just shake or leave it in place and adjust it easily to keep bait above weeds.

 

I use small shots just to add action and speed up the fall of most baits and I probably caught 90% of all my bass growing up and in college with a split shot 18-24" above a 7.5" culprit or power worm ribbon tail, or 9" bps squirmin worm curly tail.....I fished it as if the shot was not even there, now with a senko I do the same and find it allows me to cover more water and I get just as many hits on the drop than without and it saves time in deep water.

[WRB]

Dick Trask, Google the name, is the father of the "split shot" rig.

My preference is the "slip shot" rig. What you know as the Mojo cylinder weight was created by a local tool maker back in the late 70's. It didn't take long to peg the cylinder lieu of crimping it, to reduce line degradation.

The slip shot rig followed by pegging a glass bead in front of the weight, now known as the finessecC-rig.

I rarely use the split shot rig and usually use the split shot rig.

Worms that float and have good swimming action at slow speeds are best; 5 1/2" curl tails worms like Roboworms are good using 5 to 8 lb FC line. Weight pegged about 24" to 36" above the light wire finesse hook like Owner 5133, size 1/0.

Tom

PS, Larry McCain, tool maker for JPL also made the first football jig molds.

[primetime]

Great Info, and it's amazing how many people use these techniques but are rarely discussed but instead we are always reading articles in magazines about using Carolina rigs with a bunch of beads,spacers, rattles, Exotic Drop Shots or Power shot set ups, and now the c-rig is morphing into an Umbrella rig. I see guys turning it into what we are calling the "Calabama Rig" as they are using heavy line 15-20lb co-polymer with a vmc spin shot hook for a drop shot bait so it is at a depth where it sits over weeds etc. and they can pause the C-rig if they feel in hit rock or structure. They then tie on some form of a 3 way swivel with a snap for a sinker and rattle combo,or a Jig with a rattle for another hook. Attach a short 8-10" leader of heavy mono to float it or use a pill float, walleye float to keep a small Buoyant bait in 2-3" size with a flurocarbon sinking long line to drag the larger bait...4 hooks in some cases and all water levels and bait types are covered.....

 

Got off topic, but I also use the Mojo cylynder sliding weights instead of crimping a bull shot to not fray line or simply use a bullet weight and peg it or will do the c-rig light with a weight/bead and then swivel, and then add my leader and fish it as if it was weightless and I throw all and any style bait to cover water and work edges.

 

I agree about using it as a finesse tactic with lighter line for more action, but I will still rig up a beaver or Power worm and as long as it is weedless and not getting buried in the weeds I am happy. I am in love with the slinky sinkers for muddy bottoms.

 

C-rigs could be the most effective way to catch bass in a new lake, open water, and from the back of the boat but it is just boring lobbing long casts and dragging a bait super slow. I like simple rigs so I can cast more and feel like I am making progress, and I need to gain confidence in lighter fluoro as I have seen the light with fluoro and I truly believe fluoro will out fish braid without a leader or mono regardless of clarity. That 5lb test is expensive, I just invested in some Sunline and Seaguar and still can't drop that kind of money down when Sunline is working awesome and seaguar leader is good stuff as well.