3 Wacky Rig MISTAKES That Are COSTING You Fish!

3 Wacky rig mistakes that are costing you fish! The wacky rig is a super easy technique to catch bass as you just hook a stick worm in the middle and cast it around but I have experimented over the years and learned it is more specific than that. These wacky rig tips will help you to catch and land more fish with this technique! The wacky rig senko is a super effective way to catch bass during the spawn but I used to lose many fish and didn't know why. I started using these wacky rig fishing tips and started catching more fish in no time.

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[TKsw]

I have never lost a fish on those VMC hooks. Love them. I use the same line combination and it is fantastic and I fish gin clear water

[RogerFordTheSmilingBassHole]

Just watched this again, since I do so much wacky. LOVE the explanation of different baits. I have Big Bite & Yum Dingers. I wondered about those for wacky, since I could see it was sinking slowly. I did NOT know about the Bass Pro Stiko! Good value.

I'm 1 week from the New England Fishing Expo. I'll look for colors and density at the soft bait booths, PLUS pick up some VNC Neko Hooks (I do use that Octopus hook).

Great value! Love how you immediately start with educational value (not brewing coffee or mentioning your hair -- both which I've heard in videos!).

[jameslovelace]

I use the VMC Neko Weedless Hook, 15 lb high vis yellow braided line with a 4’ Fluo leader and I do use the Yum Dinger 5” stick worm. I catch more fish with this setup. I’ve used a Senko in the past but I loose way to many. Lately I’ve been using the VMC crossover tube. I love them far more than the o-ring for sure.

[bigmikefishingchronicles-jsmy]

Great job I think that smaller hook is the reason I stopped fishing a wacky rig but I am going with a bigger hook and see if I can build my confidence back up in a wacky rig

[ronforeman]

FYI: Bass Pro makes a Stik O specifically for wacky rigs. It's thinner in the egg sack area to increase the action and is named appropriately enough the Wacky Stik O.

[JS-oynn]

What coincidence.???
Hit the water early this morning 5/19
Didn’t start that great, couldn’t keep the Muskie off my top water dogma.??? Switched to a wacky rig and wore them out till noon. Was definitely a good day of fishing.

[danielmacdonald]

Very interesting. All I do is catch bass on Yum dinger- 6 inch worms with wacky rig. I do agree that at times, it seems like they sink too slow. But I also think that depends on the hook and line choice that I have on a particular rod/reel set up. Who knows though 😂

[FishOn]

Agree with you on hook choice. You can overcome the worm weight issue with a small bullet weight, flick shake head, or nail weight. I like a small weight as it allows me to fish the wack horizontally more effectively, as well as vertically.

[michaele]

A small 3/16 weighted wacky hook makes the less dense worms work well. Especially the 4 inch dingers

[rodwesley]

Great tips! I've been using the #2 Octopus with good results, but I've lost a few on it. I use straight 10# blue ice fluorocarbon and have no trouble seeing it. I'm definitely going to try the Neko hooks and hopefully get a better hookup ratio, especially on those light bites. Another thing I do is use clear shrink wrap instead of O rings. I put a small piece around the midsection of the worm and run my hook through the shrink wrap. I rig a bunch up before I go out, but as a rule, one worm will last me several days because there's no O rings to cut into the worm. Works great and saves me $$ in worms. I'm partial to the Yamamoto Green Pumpkin and the black and blue through spring/summer. Red flake and watermelon work great in the fall.

[williec]

Definitely don't agree with what your saying about the hooks but we all have our own opinions and I appreciate your opinions and I know your just trying to help people out there. 👍🏻

[Cornelius]

As a bank angler I love the wacky rig. Great tips, thanks!

[acon]

Great tips. Gonna say though that I have annihilated on wacky Yum Dingers. I do like the Max Scents too, but they are pretty soft, and the o ring sometimes cuts right through them. Plain ol Eagle Claw weedless bait holder 3/0 work for me.

[Spudz]

I use the small hair rubberbands (cosmetic zone of whatever store, black uncoated basic rubber) instead of O-rings, they are random sizes but usually doubled or tripled over they fit a Senko diameter without hugging too hard or too loose. I've used one worm for like two days sometimes, rarely lose them (Yamamoto's usually, which I always hacked several in half per day with other hook-connection strategies, or lost them on cast). The two or three loop "harness" seems to fatigue the bait less than single rings, and I think it also translates some yanking shock into constriction more evenly around the body instead of just hammering in one spot on the leeward side. And each band loop has a slightly different tension so they apply force more gradually than a hard rubber O-ring. They may also be less weight but I've never checked. I like to keep the weight to a minimum so the drop rate is as slow as possible while still wiggling.

I also use Mutu style short shank hooks, they are similar to the Octopus hooks (which I have used, and agree are bad), but the key feature is the tip angle with an inward curved tip so when it's hookset time that locates the jawbone, slides into a corner and lightly pricks a pilot hole and the rest of the hook body is forced around at hookset, the shape of a #2 size and the angle of the eyelet vs the tip still accomplishes what your long shank ones do, and I have a low loss rate even with the barbs bent, like a hog-ring sort of, hard to spit, easy to loop back out with the correct spin. I also get these in red, so that it appears more like maybe something bleeding or tasty for extra picky bass that know hardware is evil. I'd be afraid of a long shank being too much visible rigging but I do like the weedless aspect and the anti-spit.

[Tony-dilp]

Good on ya ! Great informative information. I'm glad to have found ya
Tony in Modesto CA.

[secretbassrigs]

Some stickworms actually works better on a weighted hook. They're usually a little stiffer but have more spring to them. They also hold up better. The more a Senko gets used, the more torn it gets and the more air pockets it develops.

Also, using wider support collars does increase the resistance against the flow of water, translating to more movement. I recommend using clear shrink tubing in 1/4" ID. Just stretch the worm, to make it thinner, as you thread it through. You can also cut it at different lengths to max out the worms reflexive elasticity. I often cut mine in a "V" shape where the wider end is on top and the narrow end is on the bottom where the hook is. It also preserves the structural integrity that makes the entire body undulate naturally, rather than pinching or cutting into it when setting the hook.

[predatorking]

I use dropshot hooks for my wacky worms, literally never lost a fish or a worm on them, and i stabbed it right through the middle and i never lost a worm ever, it's awesome.

[jeffabbey]

Thanks Nathan!! Great seminar on this technique. Keep on hawgin'!!

[chrisbruce]

Use two o-rings crossed over with your hook going under the crossed area to get your hook going across the worm instead of with the worm ..

[cincinnatiking]

Have you ever tried a Jackall Flick Shake worm on a weighted wacky jig head. It looks amazing in the water!