Rigging Artificial Crickets For Bass.

[Bazoo]

I have in mind a sneaky lure for my heavily pressured local lake; I have a small amount of artificial crickets that were given to me for Christmas. However... I cannot find anything about how to rig them. I am thinking, a small aberdeen hook rigged so it'll be weedless, and then behind a split shot. Am I thinking right? how else does one use these things?

 

 

[Eric 26]

@Bazoo maybe you can include a photo so we know what yore working with. I’m only familiar with the gulp alive crickets.

Edited July 15, 2024 by Eric 26
Removed double comment

[OmegaDPW]

I bought a couple from Jiffy Jig's when I visited their shop/factory awhile back. Theirs were pre-rigged with a small jighead and a Beetle Spin type of spinner. 

 

 I've had good luck with crappie by removing the spinner and running them under a bobber with a slow retrieve. Hadn't had a bass hit one yet, though- I run them really high up in the water column and that may be why. 

 

 As much as I love to fish weedless, I'd stick with the open hook jighead. Yeah, you'll probably get hung up some but definitely better hook-ups than trying to punch through with an aberdeen hook. Mine are fat little jokers. 

[Bazoo]

1/4oz beetle spin body and a penny for reference.

[OmegaDPW]

Oh, another thing- if you do use a regular hook, they'll probably spin like crazy and won't run true. Mine are exactly the same but brown.

[Bazoo]

I'll definitely have to experiment with the rigging.

 

Hmm I can't find my aberdeen hooks... dagnabit. Can't even find one from when we went fishing with worms last.

[RRocket]

While not a plastic, I used Rebel Crickhoppers as a kid.

 

Very potent pond lure.

[WRB]

Use a size 4 drop shot weedless hook and nose hook the cricket on a split shot rig.

Tom