Weedless Wacky Hook

[MN Basser]

Anybody use a weedless hook when fishing wacky?

[.dsaavedra.]

i have. i still got snagged and the weedguard came off after one fish.

[Tin]

Sometimes with my finesse worm or trick worm, gamakatsu makes two good ones, the finesse wide gaps and the worm hook with the wre weed guard. Have hook up ratio issues with the finesse wide gap. :

[Sam]

That's all I use.

Never had a problem with hook ups.

Have had the wire weed guard come loose and got hung up, but rarely.

I also use the heat shrink tubing technique with the weedless hook and it is a super combination.

[Wayne P.]

Not any more. The ones I've tried were too weak to handle big fish in heavy cover and the wire guard would break after several fish.

[Crestliner2008]

I've used several different kinds. The weed guards are not durable enough on most however, so even if I start off using one, I usually switch back to a texas rigged, off-set worm hook. Doesn't seem to affect my strike ratio much. I think the wacky really shines in deeper, clear water lakes.

[links_man2]

I have had some good luck with 3/0 Gamakatsu Finesse Widegaps that I tie my own weedguard on. I fish heavy salt cedar cover mostly and the regular weedguards will come open when they touch anything. Here is what I use:

I just tie a loop of cheap 50# mono to protect the point. Have no problems with hookups and it is pretty weedless even in heavy cover.

[John J.]

I use the same as Links_man2, but instead I put the hook point through the middle of the lure and then turn it around and bury the point into the worm, just like texas rig. It is fairly weedless and it can still catch fish!  8-)

just like this:

[Crestliner2008]

Don't forget! Bass inhale and frequently tend to swallow a Senko right off. Which is why, when I wacky rig one, I always use an inline circle hook and crimp down the barb. Even when I Tx rig, I crimp down the barb. The resource is too precious to screw up - imo. The few bass I don't boat, because of doing this, aren't worth mentioning.