Wacky Worm Jigs

[Oscar O.]

They apparently have a nice action when falling, and Jackall makes some worms specially for them. Anyone have experience with these lures and jigs? Seems like a nice lure to use on fish...

Thanks for any feedback!

[Crestliner2008]

For use with any of the multitude of regular plastic worms, they should work just fine. However, if I am going to wacky rig anything, it's going to be a Senko!   With that, I don't need a jig at all.

[island bassin]

I prefer weighted hooks. The presentation is totally different than using a jig and far more productive

[Oscar O.]

No the jig i am referring to is a special jig made for a worm that is meant to rigged wacky, it does not have a skirt, and the weedguard is puny. There are ones that do not have a weedguard also. I have tried rigging senkos wacky but they don't seem to work well on the lake i fish, i used to use a storm rattle finesse worm (weightless), and would catch fish every day! Now they stopped making them and the ones online aren't the ones i want. I rig it wacky and the bigger fish love it!!! I caught a 8lb then a 5lb on back to back days! ;D They can be searched on the internet if you want to take a look.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

by adding a jig, IMO, you are negating the action achieved by wacky rigging in the 1st place.  a slower fall with both ends wiggling is the goal, adding weight makes it fall to fast and the worm takes a "U" shape as opposed to a straight line shape.

JMO

[Tin]

by adding a jig, IMO, you are negating the action achieved by wacky rigging in the 1st place. a slower fall with both ends wiggling is the goal, adding weight makes it fall to fast and the worm takes a "U" shape as opposed to a straight line shape.

JMO

What I was thinking, you taking away that great wiggle action. :-? If you want to do it right wacky rig it with a hook with a wire weed guard and stick a nail or screw in it. That it a fall no fish can resist

[Oscar O.]

I've never used it but they say that because of the way you hook the worm it will have a special "squirming" action and also the jig will go up and down during its fall. The jigs, i guess, are supposed to enhance the action because of the way it is made.

[Sam]

Where did you see this technique?

Can you give us the source or web address?

I can't think of putting a plastic designed for shaky or wacky worm fishing on a jig but who knows, this may be the next super technique once the swimbaits die down.

Please let us know.

Thanks.

[Oscar O.]

The technique is called "flick-shakin'" and it came from Japan. I've never seen anyone use it but maybe nobody actually knows about it yet.

There is a slight problem... I cant post web addresses until i have 10 posts!!! Just searsh wacky worm jigs and one of them will be from another site (website). That is one of the articles, and another search would be "Inchi Wacky" and you should get some results.

[Oscar O.]

This forum wont let me put the name of the website either!!! well just search for the things that i said and you will find it! (chalk up another post too!)

[BassFishingMachine]

I was curious and took a look and this is what I found http://basstournament.blogspot.com/2006/12/finesse-wacky-jig.html. Im not confident in the wacky rig style, so I probably won't bother with it, but thought you'd guys like to take a look  8-).

[Oscar O.]

Thanks for putting up a website. Again for anyone who is curious, another thing to do is to search for Wacky Worm Jigs (or jigheads) and also "Inchi Wacky" I personally like the wacky rig, but senkos are not very productive on the lake i fish (is that possible? lol). Also i guess there are worms in stores specially made for the jig that i saw recently and I think i will try it out.

[Brad_Coovert]

I've used the Inchi Wacky heads from Zappu and they worked great.  I was using them to wacky rig in deeper water where waiting for an unweighted worm to sink took too long and using a nail weight in the end of the worm would not give the same action.  Yes, a weighted hook could be used, but most weighted hooks I have seen are too big IMO.  I like the smaller style of hooks designed for wacky rigging and these jigheads use those types of hooks.

The wacky rig jighead has a lot of aplications and I'm looking forward to using it over deeper grass beds, on drop offs, etc. for something the fish have yet to see.

You can see more on this technique at Optimum Bait's website under the Zappu product line.

Brad

[Oscar O.]

Thanks for the feedback on the jigs. I will probably have a chance to pick some up tomorrow. I am also looking forward to using it to give the fish something they have never seen! This may become the replacement for those rattle finesse worms i used to have. If I'm lucky i might even fool one of those big ones and give myself a new PB! I better no get too hopeful until i use it though. heh heh... ;D

[Tin]

In one the benefits of the rig it says "It falls faster". I didn't think that was always a benefit with a stickbait?

[Crestliner2008]

I can see these "finesse wacky" plain headed jigs for regular straight worms, to impart the action you get with a Senko. But I don't see where just using a Senko, in this case, wouldn't work just as well? I agree with LBH - the purpose of wacky rigging is to maintain the straight line of the bait while wiggling just the ends. O.O. - I can't imagine a lake where you couldn't catch a bass on a wacky rigged Senko? Are you sure there are fish where you're putting it? I've used this rigging successfully in clear as well as very muddy water.

[Oscar O.]

O.O. - I can't imagine a lake where you couldn't catch a bass on a wacky rigged Senko? Are you sure there are fish where you're putting it? I've used this rigging successfully in clear as well as very muddy water

I never said i couldn't catch fish with it, it just didn't produce as well as other baits (texas or wacky rigged). Yes I know that there are fish there because i would switch to another bait if a senko didnt work, and then a fish would strike (It might be a confidence thing). Also keep in mind that it (the jigheads) can be used with a normal worm (like a senko) but there are worms that are made to have a squirming action during its fall, and a normal senko most likely would not have that desired action. The worms that i have seen have curved ends and a pre-curved body which supposedly gives it the action. I guess it is supposed to look like a squirmin' worm trying to not die in the water! ;D I don't think that these jigheads are meant for use with a senko, since a senko has a fat body compared to the "flick-shake" worms made by jackall.

[LCpointerKILLA]

I have never used any lead whenever I have thrown a senko rigged wacky worm (which I have not done very much as it is). But thanks to you guys I'll give it a shot. I appreciate it!