Anyone tried - Arkie Salty Crawlin’ Fry?

[FryDog62]

4.25 inches long - anyone tried them and if/so what technique?  Kind of an “in-between” size... maybe too small for a Neko or Carolina rig, but too big for Ned?  Maybe about right for a split-shot rig?  Assuming they sink.

[Cgolf]

I have used it cut into Ned sized pieces (3 pieces per bait) and got bites on it. Once they got tore off or lost I didn’t go back to them. Honestly they caught em as good or better than other baits, so maybe next season I will give them a go again. Not sure why I stopped using them. 

[heavyduty]

Smallies love them! I usually break them in 1/2. I've fished them on a 1/0 EWG with a split shot up about 3" before I learned of the ned. Fish them both ways now.

[Fishes in trees]

I think that they are a decent pitching bait.  I have a plastic shoe box or two full of them.  I never saw them for sale at any other place than Walmart, and that's been a few years ago.  They were marketed during that time when it seemed like every soft plastic maker had their version of a centipede.   It has been a while since I've seen any Arkie plastics at Walmart.

These come under that class of baits that I bought a couple of bags, had modest success, they went on close out, bought a bunch of bags, stored them in plastic shoe boxes, and then kinda forgot about them as I went on to the next hot plastic.  I think that if I fished more small mouth waters I'd throw them more often.   A kinda similar bait that got ignored by almost everyone was the Gene Larew Ring Shad.  I keep gallon zip lock with half a dozen different colors of the Ring Shad in the boat, but I almost never fish them.   I think that bait got discontinued a long time ago.

[FryDog62]

12 minutes ago, Fishes in trees said:

I think that they are a decent pitching bait.  I have a plastic shoe box or two full of them.  I never saw them for sale at any other place than Walmart, and that's been a few years ago.  They were marketed during that time when it seemed like every soft plastic maker had their version of a centipede.   It has been a while since I've seen any Arkie plastics at Walmart.

These come under that class of baits that I bought a couple of bags, had modest success, they went on close out, bought a bunch of bags, stored them in plastic shoe boxes, and then kinda forgot about them as I went on to the next hot plastic.  I think that if I fished more small mouth waters I'd throw them more often.   A kinda similar bait that got ignored by almost everyone was the Gene Larew Ring Shad.  I keep gallon zip lock with half a dozen different colors of the Ring Shad in the boat, but I almost never fish them.   I think that bait got discontinued a long time ago.

Yes, we’re in smallmouth territory up North and have thought about using them for that.  Given the salt content I assume they sink, how would you rig them?

[Fishes in trees]

I tx rigged them on 12 or 15 lb fluorocarbon line with a 3/16 oz sinker and a 3/0 offset hook, and pitched them at stuff.  I also threw them on quarter ounce Brewer Slider Heads.  I tried them on split shot/mojo rigs.  I tried them with real light line (6 lb) wacky style.  I tried them nose hooked on a drop shot rig.   Never did try making them shorter.  Wasn't throwing/had never heard of a Ned rig at the time.   Best results were on the Brewer Head with 10 lb Abrax.