Chicken rig

[Fishin' Fool]

 

I'd like to give this rig a shot.  Anybody use it before that can give me any feedback?  It looks like a good rig for when the bass are in isolated weed patches.

[Darren.]

Like it, but I haven't even tried the Ned rig yet!

Too many rigs, too little time on the water for me!!  

[Fishin' Fool]

3 minutes ago, Darren. said:

Like it, but I haven't even tried the Ned rig yet!

Too many rigs, too little time on the water for me!!  

 

I know I think these finesse type rigs are something to try when the fish aren't biting on your usual go to baits.  It sure looks good though.

[Team9nine]

I'll be the first to openly admit that I won't try certain baits or techniques simply because of their names. The 'chicken rig' falls in this category, as did 'Charlie's Chicken' (Charlie Ingram). Any bait with the word 'Sizzle' in it also qualifies 

 

-T9

[A-Jay]

19 minutes ago, Fishin' Fool said:

 

I know I think these finesse type rigs are something to try when the fish aren't biting on your usual go to baits.  It sure looks good though.

 

I have just the opposite perception on 'finesse' type rigs; and this includes most any & all light line and somewhat stealthy, light or no weight presentations including drop shot.

Rather than using them After I've exhausted other methods, or after I've alerted a particular group of fish or a piece of structure / cover to my presentence, especially in clear water or when fishing pressured fish, if I think it's the deal, I throw the finesse rig First. 

This has proven to be a decent way to pluck out the largest (or wariest) bass out of a spot before she can get wise to my presence. 

If I beat the water to a froth first thing by machine gunning a "sizzle" plopper (That was for you @Team9nine) through it for 20 minutes, not even a chicken rig can undo that.

End result - I'm toast.

A-Jay

 

[IndianaFinesse]

Never tried the "chicken" rig before.  I've always subscribed to the "it's better to do a few things well than everything not so well" theory.  And I don't see any advantage over a weedless wacky rig or Texas rig, so I don't plan on using it either.

[Fishin' Fool]

33 minutes ago, IndianaFinesse said:

Never tried the "chicken" rig before.  I've always subscribed to the "it's better to do a few things well than everything not so well" theory.  And I don't see any advantage over a weedless wacky rig or Texas rig, so I don't plan on using it either.

 

Do you see a difference between the Neko rig and a wacky/Texas rig?  The tails on the lures stand straight up which is more similar to a shaky head. And I'm very disappointed with the name IndianaFinesse you couldn't squeeze in another finesse technique

[MDBowHunter]

I like the looks of it, and it was entered into the memory banks. I hope..

[IndianaFinesse]

26 minutes ago, Fishin' Fool said:

 

Do you see a difference between the Neko rig and a wacky/Texas rig?  The tails on the lures stand straight up which is more similar to a shaky head. And I'm very disappointed with the name IndianaFinesse you couldn't squeeze in another finesse technique

There is obviously a difference between the neko and Texas rigs, and I do occasionally use the neko rig, but I tend to stick with the basics.  I spend most of time throwing half of a zinkerz on a mushroom head or smaller shaky heads (I am also fond of downsizing everything, finesse jigs, 1/4 ounce frogs, plus tiny cranks and topwaters, I throw standard stuff just downsized), but I haven't got into all of the latest new "rigs", many of which are only slight rigging modifications.  An example would be the damiki rig, just looks like a jig head and small fluke type bait fished vertically to me.  

The "ned" rig (I use the Ned at least 70% of the time, maybe more), shaky head, wacky rig, and occasionally a drop shot, cover most of my finesse needs, so I try not to complicate it to much by rotating through ten different rigging modifications.  Part of the reason is i don't really think the bass care about things like that, so I choose to spend more of my time experimenting with speed and depth. But for guys that can rotate between a dozen different finesse rigs successfully without getting distracted from the most important controls, have at it.

[jr231]

That actually looks pretty decent. Kind of a dumb name but I like how it looks. 

[RoLo]

I was fixing to give this rig a college try,

but I reached the inescapable conclusion that I'm too 'chicken'

 

[Fishin' Fool]

23 minutes ago, RoLo said:

I was fixing to give this rig a college try,

but reached the inescapable conclusion that I'm too 'chicken'

 

Anybody that is 'fixing' is no Yankee

[RoLo]

6 minutes ago, Fishin' Fool said:

Anybody that is 'fixing' is no Yankee

 

You make an excellent point, which corroborates the fact that I love every corner of America  

[Darren.]

I spent almost a decade in Texas

and there is no "g" in fixin'. 

 

Fixin' boys. It's fixin'!  

24 minutes ago, Fishin' Fool said:

Anybody that is 'fixing' is no Yankee

 

18 minutes ago, RoLo said:

 

You make an excellent point, which corroborates the fact that I love every corner of America  

 

[bassguytom]

ohhhhhh.... that's what that chicken crossed the road for! To become another bass rig. I wonder what would happen if you attached a small egg sinker to that chicken rig. 

[frosty]

5 minutes ago, Bassguytom said:

ohhhhhh.... that's what that chicken crossed the road for! To become another bass rig. I wonder what would happen if you attached a small egg sinker to that chicken rig. 

The over easy rig?

[Fishin' Fool]

6 minutes ago, Bassguytom said:

ohhhhhh.... that's what that chicken crossed the road for! To become another bass rig. I wonder what would happen if you attached a small egg sinker to that chicken rig. 

Chicken and waffles?

[RoLo]

32 minutes ago, Darren. said:

I spent almost a decade in Texas

and there is no "g" in fixin'. 

 

Fixin' boys. It's fixin'!  

 

 

 

 

OUCH!

But it hurts so good

[Fishin' Fool]

Based on the silly sentiments of this post us Yanks have had enough of the cold weather and are fixin' to get out on the soft water.

[Darren.]

2 minutes ago, Fishin' Fool said:

Based on the silly sentiments of this post us Yanks have had enough of the cold weather and are fixin' to get out on the soft water.

 

See, there you go. Even a yank can spell it right!  

 

I'm a yank by philosophy, a southerner by birth, 

a Texan because once you lived there, you become

one for life. At least that's what they said back in 

the 1980s. And I got my BA there!

 

But of cold weather, we agree. It is no fun. Hated it

when I lived between Buffalo and Rochester, and 

hate it now. They can keep it!  

[Deleted account]

12 hours ago, Fishin' Fool said:

Anybody that is 'fixing' is no Yankee

 

Oh, I don't know about that. We're fixing our pitching staff.

 

 

[TOXIC]

To me a 7 inch worm is not finesse.  Now there are finesse techniques that can be upsized but they are not really finesse anymore.  Fishermen are "fiddlers" always tinkering with baits to fool a fish with a brain the size of a pea.  I will say I wrote an article for Yamamoto where I came up with 78 different ways to rig a 5 inch Senko.  They released 1 a day for 30 days to their twitter subscribers.  

[Fishin' Fool]

1 hour ago, TOXIC said:

To me a 7 inch worm is not finesse.  Now there are finesse techniques that can be upsized but they are not really finesse anymore.  Fishermen are "fiddlers" always tinkering with baits to fool a fish with a brain the size of a pea.  I will say I wrote an article for Yamamoto where I came up with 78 different ways to rig a 5 inch Senko.  They released 1 a day for 30 days to their twitter subscribers.  

 

Adjust it based on the location you fish.  I could downsize it to their 5" worm.  Just an example from the video.  I thought it looked pretty sweet hence the share.  78 different ways to fish a senko you say?  Post that up on this website or does Yamamoto have exclusive right to it?

[TOXIC]

Yep it belongs to them, they paid for it.  But I still will comment and give different rigging options when the topic comes up.

 

I don't want to be one of those who sound like a talking head for a product.  Senko discussions that I have seen can get heated.  

[Choporoz]

Hmmmm....maybe we could pool our resources and commission a thread titled "Stik-O:  73 different presentations."