Improved Zoom Super Fluke Rigging with Owner Twistlock CPS and Heat Shrink - instructions w/ pics

[the reel ess]

Hey, I like this! I'vebeen nose-rigging flukes for years. It helps the action out a lot by getting action throughout the entire bait and the hookup ratio is better. Plus you don't need to swing for the fences on the hookset. Just tighten up and reel. Have you tried the Mann's Hardnose jerkbait? It's extremely durable in the nose area. You won't need anything but the hook for it. But I understand brand loyalty. I've caught a lot of fish on the Zoom as well.

 

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Manns_Hardnose_Jerkbait_/descpage-MHNJ.html

[Joshua Vandamm]

On 7/19/2017 at 8:14 AM, 1201vilbig said:

What about putting a wacky o-ring on the nose of the fluke & bring your nose hook behind the o-ring?

I think you'd loss the fluke on every strike. 

 

[tcbass]

2 hours ago, the reel ess said:

Hey, I like this! I'vebeen nose-rigging flukes since I saw a YouTube video on it. It helps the action out a lot by getting action throughout the entire bait and the hookup ratio is better. Plus you don't need to swing for the fences on the hookset. Just tighten up and reel. Have you tried the Mann's Hardnose jerkbait? It's extremely durable in the nose area. You won't need anything but the hook for it. But I understand brand loyalty. I've caught a lot of fish on the Zoom as well.

 

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Manns_Hardnose_Jerkbait_/descpage-MHNJ.html

 

 

Thanks. I'll have to look into that. I could work better than the Zoom. Next time I order from TW I'll have to order some.

 

 

One nice think about Zoom is that you can find them at any store and they are cheap. So, that would have to be an online order. 

[Joshua Vandamm]

3 hours ago, the reel ess said:

Hey, I like this! I'vebeen nose-rigging flukes since I saw a YouTube video on it. It helps the action out a lot by getting action throughout the entire bait and the hookup ratio is better. Plus you don't need to swing for the fences on the hookset. Just tighten up and reel. Have you tried the Mann's Hardnose jerkbait? It's extremely durable in the nose area. You won't need anything but the hook for it. But I understand brand loyalty. I've caught a lot of fish on the Zoom as well.

 

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Manns_Hardnose_Jerkbait_/descpage-MHNJ.html

Some interesting colors...I'm eyeing the black chart nose, and maybe root beer metal fk. Which do you like in clear to green-stained waters?

[tcbass]

2 minutes ago, Jvanda1 said:

Some interesting colors...I'm eyeing the black chart nose, and maybe root beer metal fk. Which do you like in clear to green-stained waters?

 

 

If it was me I'd do pearl and chartreuse metal flake. 

 

 

When it comes to flukes I've always like white and white with chartreuse tail. In all reality I use white so that I can see it. Color doesn't seem to affect fish catching. 

[Joshua Vandamm]

Yea pearl always. Got a bunch of SK in pearl. And chartruece I have dip for. 

 

Thx 

[the reel ess]

1 hour ago, Jvanda1 said:

Some interesting colors...I'm eyeing the black chart nose, and maybe root beer metal fk. Which do you like in clear to green-stained waters?

Well, someone I use to work with 3 years ago gave me one root beer and two chartreuse metal flake. Since I was into Zoom, I didn't use any of the Mann;s until last fall when I started trying the nose hook method. There's one place I fish where they just love shades of gold. The fish loved the chartreuse this spring around the spawn. I still have one root beer tied on. I have noticed they aren't in every store, but I believe I've seen them at the local Walmart. 

1 hour ago, tcbass said:

 

 

If it was me I'd do pearl and chartreuse metal flake. 

 

 

When it comes to flukes I've always like white and white with chartreuse tail. In all reality I use white so that I can see it. Color doesn't seem to affect fish catching. 

I have some Zoom in bubble gum color that bass bite.

1 hour ago, tcbass said:

 

 

Thanks. I'll have to look into that. I could work better than the Zoom. Next time I order from TW I'll have to order some.

 

 

One nice think about Zoom is that you can find them at any store and they are cheap. So, that would have to be an online order. 

If you have an Amazon prime account (my wife does) you can get them in certain colors with no shipping. I've bought a lot of baits that way. Just be careful. I've bought some the wrong size because I didn't do my research.

[TxHawgs]

20 hours ago, Jvanda1 said:

Totally different presentation. He's nose hooking with a dropshot style hook. More erratic action. 

Yea I read that I just don't understand how weedless and that kind of rig are in the same sentence lol.

[Joshua Vandamm]

26 minutes ago, TxHawgs said:

Yea I read that I just don't understand how weedless and that kind of rig are in the same sentence lol.

If there's no lay downs or brush?

Pearl black and chartruece are kinda my go to for most plastics. That's why the black interests me. Anyone try it for low light conditions?

[flyfisher]

Even easier solution is to find a buddy who pours and have them dip the nose of said fluke in clear hard plastic.  Yo ulna then nose hook to your heart's content with no issues.  I have some stankxbaitco stick baits that i asked him to do this for me and i can fish the same bait almost all day and have zero issues.

[tcbass]

1 hour ago, TxHawgs said:

Yea I read that I just don't understand how weedless and that kind of rig are in the same sentence lol.

 

 

I don't know how it works either but it just works now. I obviously don't throw right into weeds but fishing under docks and open water that have weeds and it still works well. Sometimes you do get weeds though.

 

 

 

[bowhunter63]

Thanks for posting,Gonna give it a try.

[the reel ess]

11 hours ago, TxHawgs said:

Yea I read that I just don't understand how weedless and that kind of rig are in the same sentence lol.

It's more weedless than you imagine. Of course it's not totally weedless, but was surprised. And the hookups are great with it. Apparently the fish take the bait head first.