Craw Wacky Rig Success!

[BrianMDTX]

I made a post in Fishing Tackle about seeing on YT (what was new to me) a craw wacky rig. Using a half-moon nail weight, it really is more of a Neko rig, but hey, I didn’t name it lol. I bought some 1/16 oz weights that came Thursday and was anxious to try them. 
 

I didn’t start off with it, as I wanted to see if the bass were hitting anything else. Started with a Pop Max, then a chatterbait, a Texas Rig with a Zoom Trick, a weightless TR with a Yum Dinger and a wacky rig with a Zoom Trick and/or a 5” Senko. I caught one bass on the Dinger. Didn’t get a bite on anything else. 
 

I broke out a Rage Craw and inserted the weight in the tail. I thought I had large enough o-rings but alas, they were not big enough to fit the craw, so I simply rigged the hook through the body (parallel to the body with the point facing forward). 
 

Wow. In five minutes I hooked 6 bass and boated 5. Two whacked it as soon as it went below the surface and the others took it as I skittered it along the bottom. Then it got very breezy and the bite just died. 
 

All-in-all, I’m impressed. All the bass were 1.5 lbs. or so. It’s likely no one has ever fished that presentation so it was something new they’ve never seen. Next time I’m trying Adrenaline Craws and bringing my larger o-rings as well. 

[fin]

I read your post the other day and I actually tried this for the first time today as well, but I only played with it for a few minutes, not really trying to catch anything. I just wanted to see how it looked in the water.

 

For a weight I just used a 3 penny finishing nail with a 1/8 oz round split shot sinker clamped onto the head, then painted black with nail polish. I was using a 4” Big Bite craw worm with an O-ring.

 

It did look like the videos, but I found that when stopped, it would fall over on its side or backwards sometimes. It seems like it’s probably best if you keep it moving, otherwise it doesn’t look natural. Or maybe my hook was too big. I was using a 4/0 Octopus.

 

What size/kind of hook did you use?

[BrianMDTX]

I used a 1/0 Gamakatsu circle octopus hook. The water is not clear so I could not see what it looked like on the bottom. The bass seemed to like it! 

[bowhunter63]

Right there with ya. Been using Rage craws and Zoom UV speed craws for a smaller presentation. The Rage craws with rattles dipped in spike it kill it .