Wacky rig and hookup percentage

[Allen Der]

2 hours ago, plawren53202 said:

Last trip to BPS I picked up a pack of the VMC Neko hooks, size 1, no weedguard. I'll give those a try. I am hoping to be able to go weedguard free but as a bank fisherman I have to throw it through a lot of nasty stuff. I'll report back.

I think you'll be fine.  the weed guards really only work on certain weeds and pads.  nothing stops that nasty stuff the will even catch the tag ends of you knots

[padon]

On ‎6‎/‎21‎/‎2020 at 8:03 PM, The Bassman said:

Even though it seems a bit large for wacky rigging I'm finding that a Kahle hook is getting me higher % hookups. A side benefit is that they don't seem to gut hook.

along the same lines the gamakatsu wicked wacky its a khale style hook with 2 little fiber weedgaurds . comes through cover pretty good and almost never misses . you can set hard or just reel and slightly sweep . doesn't matter hook uo ratio is extremely high.

[BrianMDTX]

2 hours ago, plawren53202 said:

Last trip to BPS I picked up a pack of the VMC Neko hooks, size 1, no weedguard. I'll give those a try. I am hoping to be able to go weedguard free but as a bank fisherman I have to throw it through a lot of nasty stuff. I'll report back.

As a bank fisherman currently, I feel your pain. I pick up a ton of algae at times after my weightless Senko WR sinks. But as 90% of my catches are after the initial cast, I can liove with that as long as I don't miss hook-ups on those strikes. The 1/0 Gamma octopus hooks are great for not missing a fish.

[Manifestgtr]

I feel your pain, guys who fish in a lot of weeds. I couldn’t use the wacky rig at all until I went with the weedless gammies. What’s worked for me is to really bend, twist and work the weed guard like crazy until it has almost no more stiffness to it. It’ll still keep a lot of the junk off but it doesn’t foil your hookup percentage near as badly. A stiff weedguard on your wacky rig is no good...