Things I Like To Do With Hole In One Skirts

[Heron]

Thread them directly onto a screw-lock swimbait hook, for a snagless swim jig.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ozark_Basser]

Im digging this. It needs a name. The wiggle jig aka wig jig or wig rig. Any takers?.. Yes?.. No?

[Fishinthefish]

Let's call it the mullet. Business in the front, party in the back

[Blues19]

Thats cool.  I did something similar last year. I Texas Rigged baits and stuck a skirt around the line tie. Didnt use it much, but it looked good.  I called it the Texas jig. get it? Like a texas rig...

[F14A-B]

Where's the lizard/ water dog rig? The bottom one looks really good to me...

Call it the hole in one rig...

[roadwarrior]

Here is Paul's version:

 

sure man. and i'll post some pics of the rig. i have been tweaking on that thing since December. i have used several versions, each with one difference or another. all have worked and each mutation had it's advantages, but each also had a drawback. i've finally put one together with no apparent weaknesses - at least none that i can see yet. you can use any weight or hook with it and the hookup % is nuts - near flawless. there is no need to describe it, the pics are self-explanatory. one note, the little pieces of plastic you see are elaztech, because they are much more durable than regular plastic. that's important, especially with braid. since taking these pics, i have found that the little piece of elaztech i use to support the screw spring is unecessary - especially with a z-bend hook. all you need is a tungsten flippin' weight of your choice, a rubber band for pegging, your favorite color skirt, an offset worm hook of your choice, your favorite soft plastics, and a screw spring from a swimbait hook. a good rule of thumb is a use a hook a size bigger than you normally would for the given plastic.

 

as far as the fishing goes, i am fishing in and around creek channels and channel intersections with tons of timber - standing and fallen in 10-17 feet of water. the big females are moving back and forth on these channels depending on the conditions. a few decent days and they'll start following the channels into the mouths of coves where they'll eventually spawn. a few bad days and they'll back out to the middle of the lake. they bunch up on concentrations of timber along the channel ditches. these fish seem to want a big profile bait like a jig, but no jig i have ever fished would survive in the places i'm casting. and the last thing i want to have to do is pull on top of a spot piled up with big fish to free a jig. water temps are in the 40's so SLOOOOOW is the ticket. big sticks and braid are an absolutely required, and even then it gets dicey sometimes.

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[Heron]

Where's the lizard/ water dog rig? The bottom one looks really good to me...

Call it the hole in one rig...

Hah...well I gotta get me a skirt making tool first.   But Im already thinking about colors, like maybe a green pumpkin lizard with a pinkish/redish neck skirt.

[Will Wetline]

That's a great idea. And the keel-weighted hook ensures that the rig tracks straight rather than rolls, yes?

[Heron]

That's a great idea. And the keel-weighted hook ensures that the rig tracks straight rather than rolls, yes?

Sure does

[lecisnith]

Looks like a hula swimmer on steroids.

[A-Jay]

Here's my version ~

 

The rig from line to hook consists of a stopper, a Cobra Black Head or a Paycheck Baits Head Case with the spring removed (I painted the white one), your choice of shirt and whatever weighted swim bait hook you prefer.  These are all Falcon Lures Bait-Jerk EWG Hooks.

 

The plastics pictured are a Gene Larew Biffle Bug. a Rage Lobster,  two Rage Eeliminators.

The plastic you chose can be almost anything you’d normally use as a moving bait trailer: even a swim bait like a Skinny Dipper.

 

Makes a decent search bait, great for soft bottom area and is good from the bank as well. 

One could even rig it with a very light weighted hook (or no weight) and drag it on top.

 

A-Jay

 

 

 

 

 

[Heron]

Here is another incarnation - I actually haven't tried this one yet.

 

 

[Catt]

In the early 70s we stuffed a bullet weight into a skirt ( try that!), we called it a Texas Rigged Jig. Now you can buy the weight with a skirt collar.

[Dogmatic]

I use 'em like some have shown as punch rigs(screw on bullet weight, skirt, hook, plastic) and accidently discovered that they worked like swim jigs. Funny how so many fisherman "discover" these rigs all on their own by accident or when we're just messing around.