Gonna try wacky rig tomorrow

[NavyVet1204]

I have never tried this technique.YouTube shows me multiple ways of rigging of course. I like the hook though the center of the senko/worm method. I have googan lunkerlogs, kvd senkos, yum dingers, zoom everything it seems like. I do not have any drop shot type of weights so that’s out. Any particular method or plastic you like to use? What colors do you suggest?

[detroit1]

I have a dedicated "senko" rod - 6'9" ml (spin) with 15# power pro braid to a black swivel, then about 5' leader (floro) to 2 different "hooks". In spring i use senkos only (doesn't matter color) on an unweighted hook and fish pre to post spawn shallow. After that i switch to a weighted wacky hook with any stickworm brand, and is mostly used as a throwback bait (or whatever you call it) to a missed strike on a different lure. I always use an o ring which usually keeps from tearing up the bait. New to me this year is dropshotting wacky style, and i'm not liking it much. Good luck, it is a fish catcher for sure.

[Bluebasser86]

I like the Strike King Ocho, but most any stick bait will work. Green pumpkins, watermelons, black, black and blue, white, and bubblegum all have their place.

[waymont]

I've been killing it with my summer rig. 5" stick bait with two split rings (to make an X) and an 1/8oz wacky jig head.

 

I like the old Cabela's stick bait, BPS Stik-O, Yum Dingers the best.

Seems like any color works.

[optimator]

It seems that for wacky worms I've had the same luck with cheap generic eBay senkos that I have with Yamamotos. Meaning they both work well. I use o rings and octopus hooks. 

[Luke Barnes]

Ive Neko rigged a total of once, but never wacky rigged. It sounds like my ned rig setup would work for wacky too. 6'6 ML spinning with 10lb braid to a fluoro leader. 

[BoatSquirrel]

So NV--Did you catch any today?  

The senko has caught me a ton of fish the past few years.  Good ol green pumpkin rigged with an o-ring and a VMC weedless neko hook.  Keep your bait in the shade this time of year.  

Good luck man!

[BrianMDTX]

1 minute ago, BoatSquirrel said:

So NV--Did you catch any today?  

The senko has caught me a ton of fish the past few years.  Good ol green pumpkin rigged with an o-ring and a VMC weedless neko hook.  Keep your bait in the shade this time of year.  

Good luck man!

I normally use a 5” green pumpkin or watermelon Senko with a 1/0 Gamma octopus hook and an O ring. The shade is spot on. Especially right at the sun/shade demarcation. 

[RoLo]

 

 

There's no doubt that W-rigged stickworms are here to stay.

I have used O-rings, but since I use the Ace instead of the Senko, I no longer bother.

Any blackish worm will do, ideally with a bluish hue (junebug, blueberry, black & blue, black ~~)

Beyond that, I'm uninvolved with color and focus on important stuff.

 

Roger

[NavyVet1204]

16 minutes ago, BoatSquirrel said:

So NV--Did you catch any today?  

The senko has caught me a ton of fish the past few years.  Good ol green pumpkin rigged with an o-ring and a VMC weedless neko hook.  Keep your bait in the shade this time of year.  

Good luck man!

My apologies friend. I got a later start than I wanted to this morning(nearly 11am) and it was 97 degrees by the time I got to the lake. I fished for a couple hours from the bank, but didn’t catch diddly squat.

[Waterford]

I use either a 4 or 5 inch Senko. I put a rubber ring around it and use a circle hook. I cast it out and let it fall naturally. 

 

It is a great technique.  

[NavyVet1204]

I can’t get anything to bite anywhere on any lure in my locale. Wacky, t-rig, spinners, buzzbaits, nothing. 
 

it has been a very dry couple of weeks here.

[Captain Phil]

Here in Florida, the wacky rig is a shallow water finesse tactic.  For deeper water, I use a Mojo weight.  I throw it on a spinning rod with 8 pound mono. 

 

Normally, I use a Zoom Trick worm.  Color doesn't seem to matter much, dark worms for dark water, watermelon green for clearer water.  If fishing is really tough, I use a 4" Zoom finesse worm.  Tournament anglers don't talk much about finesse for good reason.  It's won more tournaments than anyone knows about. 

[Bluegillslayer]

I like the 4 inch Basspro Stick-os in green pumpkin wacky style.

[schplurg]

I'm loving the wacky rig right now, and I'd never really used a worm much at all until a few weeks ago.

 

Until now, I hadn't caught a single bass this season in my area, now I nail 'em almost every time. Started with a T-rigged YUM Dinger, and then the wacky.

 

I'm bank fishing a clear-ish shallow creek so I'm hitting the edge of any cover I can find. It's cool watching the fish come out to hit it. This is a new spot on the creek for me and it's clear and a lot of fun.

 

I've never actually been able to see the fish before the strike until now. Now I'm catching them visually as well as by feel - some are small so I need to wait until they get the hook. It's cool when you can see them stalk and hit the bait - I'm learning a LOT from that.

 

Anyways I went from never using worms to using them almost exclusively in a matter of days. BPS Stiko Worms worked too. I really don't see much action on the fall with a Dinger, or any worm I've tried. I mean it's not like they squirm around. Using a VMC Neko 2/0. I think.

 

Sometimes I'll reel it to the surface so it splashes a little, then let it sink again. Caught a few this way.

[NHBull]

Weightless wacky for 5 feet or less

Neco for 5-20, weighted accordingly .

MB Addermine for wacky.

I do through the Neco on an NRX 852 baitcaster

.......I don’t make long cast as increased snags comes with increased distance .

 

[Captain Phil]

On the Harris Chain our fish often bed in the numerous residential canals surrounding the lake. A wacky worm is deadly on these fish.  The water is clear, so you must make long casts in order to keep from spooking the fish off the beds. Drop a weightless wacky worm into one of these beds and you are almost guaranteed to get bit.  Many beds are missed because anglers only fish the sides of the canal.  It is common for the bigger fish to bed right in the middle.