Craw Wacky Rig

[BrianMDTX]

I don’t watch a lot of videos on YT anymore, but every once in a while I do. And a few days ago I saw something that really piqued my interest. It was a weighted wacky rigged craw. 
 

I used craws on Texas rigs and as trailers, but never as a WR. Didn’t seem to be the kind of bait that would work well fished as a WR. But this presentation uses a mushroom head (half-moon) weight in the tail with an o-ring and hook, and as you work it, the tail stays down and skitters backward, just as live craw does. 
 

Just ordered some weights and some new Rage Tail craws and X-Zone Adrenaline Craws to try this technique with. I’ve never seen anyone locally fish this presentation so hopefully it’s something new the bass haven’t seen. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

With a weight and relying on bottom contact.... sounds to me more like a neko craw rig thing.  

 

Whacky Rigging is weightless to me.  

 

Sounds cool, hope you catch a monster on it.  

[BrianMDTX]

I thought so, too. But TW lists it as a VMC half moon wacky weight, so there it is lol. 

[Team9nine]

Snag Proof came out with the first version of that back in the 1970s. It was a soft plastic craw with a hook ran through the middle of the bait (where the line tie exited) so the hook points were next to the nose, and a hollow tail pocket that you placed a split shot or two in to tail weight the bait so it ran/swam in an upright and backwards position like a real craw fleeing. Mister Twister later created their own version of this with a custom jig head rigged similarly. As you mention, you could probably do the same with most any soft plastic craw these days with a little creative rigging and a Neko-type weight. Report back after you get a chance to try it.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Yeah the industry is all the place on some things.

 

I use a mixture of "whacky rig" hooks from Owner, half the ones I buy are "Jungle Wacky Rig" and the other half are "Sniper Finesse Neko".   While they're two different style hooks, they both work equally well for Whacky/Neko rigging.  

 

This is one of those Damiki, Mopping, Strolling deals 

[GetFishorDieTryin]

Craw and creature nekos smash em.  I dont try to catch bedding fish really, but if I wanted too, its hard to beat a paca craw or air craw.  Brush hogs are really good too.