Kentucky Rig For Catfish (very simple catfish rig)

How to tie the Kentucky rig for Catfish. This Catfish rig is simple and easy to tie.

The Kentucky rig is a simple rig that gets your bait off the bottom when targeting catfish.

All you need to tie this catfish rig is some strong, abrasion resistant leader material, a high quality circle hook, and a strong swivel.

First, start by tying a large loop in the end of your leader material. This loop is where you attach your weight.

Next, go up the line 1-2 feet, and tie a dropper loop in your catfish rig. Attach your circle hook to this loop.

Next tie on a strong swivel a foot or so up from the dropper loop. Now you just attach the the completed catfish rig to your mainline using your fishing knot of choice.

This rig is most effective when boat fishing for catfish.

00:24 tying the kentucky rig
00:31 figure 8 knot
1:25 how to tie a dropper loop
02:43 how to tie a uni knot
03:12 completed kentucky rig

[nutsswanglow]

I found this rigging useful for catfishing and also surf fishing for perch on the ocean. Thank you for sharing!

[joeramirez]

Best explained fishing rig that works!!! Thank you, I can't wait to try. And I have already tied up my poles!

[AkshaySKumar-cniw]

The Kentucky and Carolina rig by far are my favorite rigs and I catch the most catfish on them out of any other rig, the Carolina is better for lakes and ponds and the Kentucky is better for rivers.

[karamackaben]

Nice simple tutorial, I do wish this video included a little tidbit about how to use this rig though

[ardyrides]

Nice rig, thanks.
This is what I've been looking for to set up a bank fishing rig.

[rudyperezjr]

Wow that’s awesome plain and simple great video Going to practice this set up.

[bradelder]

AMAZING.... Best all in one loop set I've ever seen, for your Sinker, your Hook and the Swivel. I subscribed!

[coltoncheek]

One of the best fishing lessons on YouTube.

[lak-xhiw]

OMGG SIRR THAN YOUU FOR H
THE VID I WATCHED SO MANY VIDS BUT I DID MY FIRST RIG IN YOUR TUTORIAL THANK YOUU 😁😁😁

[nathanielkam]

Good video, i have never heard this called a kentucky rig till now, very common rig for pier fishing as well.

Tip: tie another tiny figure eight on the end of your weight loop, makes it a zillion times easier to pull open. If you use light line <15 this becomes a big deal.

[scottsadlovsky]

Thanks for the video. I found it to be very helpful and I'm going to be using those knots all the time.

[FullMoon]

Man that's slick! Best demonstration & explanation of knot tying that I've seen. And I've watched a whole lot of them!🙂👍

[gtr]

What is the advantage of the Kentucky rig compared to Carolina Rig? Would this rig be effective if I use non-live bait? Also I'm using an octopus circle hook, would that be a problem using the rig?

[claytonsmith]

Thanks this really helped me how to set it up

[neilmccomsey]

I'll have to watch this a hundred times to figure out those knots

[mch.l.trecords]

I do a similar thing but the difference is when I make the loops instead of putting the hook or weight directly on the loop I use a snap swivel on both. this way I can use any weight that can be used on a sinker slider and it also makes changing out the weights and hooks a lot easier. you just snap it open put the hook on one snap swivel snap the other snap swivel open and then just put the weight on and snap both closed.

[SpanishGold]

Cool! This is the set up I was looking for thanks!

[budbundy]

I learned this rig as the “dropper loop” rig and the person who I learned from said this was a rig to catch less catfish and more of everything else in the lake.

[kennethlocke]

Serious pressure will snap that loop from the hook like that. Ive done it. Solution is to put the loop through the eye and Cris Cris it open the loop and around the hook (polymer) now it won't break.

[jokiejokes]

This is the seaguar blue that we know and love. Yes, it is difficult to knot, but it works.