Chicken rig 2024
Fishin' Fool reply :
I'd like to give this rig a shot. Anybody use it before that can give me any feedback? It looks like a good rig for when the bass are in isolated weed patches.
Darren. reply :
Like it, but I haven't even tried the Ned rig yet!
Too many rigs, too little time on the water for me!! 
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 3/15/2017 at 4:38 AM, Darren. said:Like it, but I haven't even tried the Ned rig yet!
Too many rigs, too little time on the water for me!!
I know I think these finesse type rigs are something to try when the fish aren't biting on your usual go to baits. It sure looks good though.
Team9nine reply :
I'll be the first to openly admit that I won't try certain baits or techniques simply because of their names. The 'chicken rig' falls in this category, as did 'Charlie's Chicken' (Charlie Ingram). Any bait with the word 'Sizzle' in it also qualifies 
-T9
A-Jay reply :
On 3/15/2017 at 4:41 AM, Fishin' Fool said:
I know I think these finesse type rigs are something to try when the fish aren't biting on your usual go to baits. It sure looks good though.
I have just the opposite perception on 'finesse' type rigs; and this includes most any & all light line and somewhat stealthy, light or no weight presentations including drop shot.
Rather than using them After I've exhausted other methods, or after I've alerted a particular group of fish or a piece of structure / cover to my presentence, especially in clear water or when fishing pressured fish, if I think it's the deal, I throw the finesse rig First.
This has proven to be a decent way to pluck out the largest (or wariest) bass out of a spot before she can get wise to my presence.
If I beat the water to a froth first thing by machine gunning a "sizzle" plopper (That was for you @Team9nine) through it for 20 minutes, not even a chicken rig can undo that.
End result - I'm toast.
A-Jay
IndianaFinesse reply :
Never tried the "chicken" rig before. I've always subscribed to the "it's better to do a few things well than everything not so well" theory. And I don't see any advantage over a weedless wacky rig or Texas rig, so I don't plan on using it either.
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 3/15/2017 at 5:04 AM, IndianaFinesse said:Never tried the "chicken" rig before. I've always subscribed to the "it's better to do a few things well than everything not so well" theory. And I don't see any advantage over a weedless wacky rig or Texas rig, so I don't plan on using it either.
Do you see a difference between the Neko rig and a wacky/Texas rig? The tails on the lures stand straight up which is more similar to a shaky head. And I'm very disappointed with the name IndianaFinesse you couldn't squeeze in another finesse technique 
MDBowHunter reply :
I like the looks of it, and it was entered into the memory banks. I hope..
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 3/15/2017 at 5:37 AM, Fishin' Fool said:
Do you see a difference between the Neko rig and a wacky/Texas rig? The tails on the lures stand straight up which is more similar to a shaky head. And I'm very disappointed with the name IndianaFinesse you couldn't squeeze in another finesse technique
There is obviously a difference between the neko and Texas rigs, and I do occasionally use the neko rig, but I tend to stick with the basics. I spend most of time throwing half of a zinkerz on a mushroom head or smaller shaky heads (I am also fond of downsizing everything, finesse jigs, 1/4 ounce frogs, plus tiny cranks and topwaters, I throw standard stuff just downsized), but I haven't got into all of the latest new "rigs", many of which are only slight rigging modifications. An example would be the damiki rig, just looks like a jig head and small fluke type bait fished vertically to me.
The "ned" rig (I use the Ned at least 70% of the time, maybe more), shaky head, wacky rig, and occasionally a drop shot, cover most of my finesse needs, so I try not to complicate it to much by rotating through ten different rigging modifications. Part of the reason is i don't really think the bass care about things like that, so I choose to spend more of my time experimenting with speed and depth. But for guys that can rotate between a dozen different finesse rigs successfully without getting distracted from the most important controls, have at it.
Yeajray231 reply :
That actually looks pretty decent. Kind of a dumb name but I like how it looks.
RoLo reply :
I was fixing to give this rig a college try,
but I reached the inescapable conclusion that I'm too 'chicken'
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 3/15/2017 at 7:15 AM, RoLo said:I was fixing to give this rig a college try,
but reached the inescapable conclusion that I'm too 'chicken'
Anybody that is 'fixing' is no Yankee
RoLo reply :
On 3/15/2017 at 7:39 AM, Fishin' Fool said:Anybody that is 'fixing' is no Yankee
You make an excellent point, which corroborates the fact that I love every corner of America 
Darren. reply :
I spent almost a decade in Texas
and there is no "g" in fixin'.
Fixin' boys. It's fixin'! 
On 3/15/2017 at 7:39 AM, Fishin' Fool said:Anybody that is 'fixing' is no Yankee
On 3/15/2017 at 7:45 AM, RoLo said:
You make an excellent point, which corroborates the fact that I love every corner of America
Bassguytom reply :
ohhhhhh.... that's what that chicken crossed the road for! To become another bass rig. I wonder what would happen if you attached a small egg sinker to that chicken rig.
frosty reply :
On 3/15/2017 at 8:05 AM, Bassguytom said:ohhhhhh.... that's what that chicken crossed the road for! To become another bass rig. I wonder what would happen if you attached a small egg sinker to that chicken rig.
The over easy rig?
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 3/15/2017 at 8:05 AM, Bassguytom said:ohhhhhh.... that's what that chicken crossed the road for! To become another bass rig. I wonder what would happen if you attached a small egg sinker to that chicken rig.
Chicken and waffles?
RoLo reply :
On 3/15/2017 at 8:03 AM, Darren. said:I spent almost a decade in Texas
and there is no "g" in fixin'.
Fixin' boys. It's fixin'!
OUCH!
But it hurts so good
Fishin' Fool reply :
Based on the silly sentiments of this post us Yanks have had enough of the cold weather and are fixin' to get out on the soft water.
Darren. reply :
On 3/15/2017 at 8:25 AM, Fishin' Fool said:Based on the silly sentiments of this post us Yanks have had enough of the cold weather and are fixin' to get out on the soft water.
See, there you go. Even a yank can spell it right!
I'm a yank by philosophy, a southerner by birth,
a Texan because once you lived there, you become
one for life. At least that's what they said back in
the 1980s. And I got my BA there!
But of cold weather, we agree. It is no fun. Hated it
when I lived between Buffalo and Rochester, and
hate it now. They can keep it! 
BassWhole! reply :
On 3/15/2017 at 7:39 AM, Fishin' Fool said:Anybody that is 'fixing' is no Yankee
Oh, I don't know about that. We're fixing our pitching staff.
TOXIC reply :
To me a 7 inch worm is not finesse. Now there are finesse techniques that can be upsized but they are not really finesse anymore. Fishermen are "fiddlers" always tinkering with baits to fool a fish with a brain the size of a pea. I will say I wrote an article for Yamamoto where I came up with 78 different ways to rig a 5 inch Senko. They released 1 a day for 30 days to their twitter subscribers.
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 3/15/2017 at 8:42 PM, TOXIC said:To me a 7 inch worm is not finesse. Now there are finesse techniques that can be upsized but they are not really finesse anymore. Fishermen are "fiddlers" always tinkering with baits to fool a fish with a brain the size of a pea. I will say I wrote an article for Yamamoto where I came up with 78 different ways to rig a 5 inch Senko. They released 1 a day for 30 days to their twitter subscribers.
Adjust it based on the location you fish. I could downsize it to their 5" worm. Just an example from the video. I thought it looked pretty sweet hence the share. 78 different ways to fish a senko you say? Post that up on this website or does Yamamoto have exclusive right to it?
TOXIC reply :
Yep it belongs to them, they paid for it. But I still will comment and give different rigging options when the topic comes up.
I don't want to be one of those who sound like a talking head for a product. Senko discussions that I have seen can get heated.
Choporoz reply :
Hmmmm....maybe we could pool our resources and commission a thread titled "Stik-O: 73 different presentations."
TOXIC reply :
On 3/16/2017 at 12:05 AM, Choporoz said:Hmmmm....maybe we could pool our resources and commission a thread titled "Stik-O: 73 different presentations."
I was pro staff for BPS for 15 years. Many times I substituted "Stick-O" for Senko. 
S-T-R-I-K-E-R reply :
so... has anyone actually tried it? how well did you do?
HookRz reply :
I hear Loomis is coming out with a line of chicken rig rods at ICAST.
fishwizzard reply :
On 4/14/2017 at 8:43 AM, S-T-R-I-K-E-R said:so... has anyone actually tried it? how well did you do?
I was fishing a small pond the other day the only thing they would bite was a pink colored roboworm. I was fishing them on a Neko rig and a slider head. The neko was wining, I believe due to the tail having more action and being higher up In the water when retrieved quickly. As each worm became a little too ripped to hold Neko style, I would switch to a chicken rig, using the hook to bridge the weak spot where the Neko hook had pulled out a few times. It got hit pretty often, but the plastic would be ruined after a single good hit.
S-T-R-I-K-E-R reply :
On 4/14/2017 at 8:49 AM, HookRz said:I hear Loomis is coming out with a line of chicken rig rods at ICAST.
wow..... april fools was a few weeks ago (just kidding).
umm your statement made me think what kind of rod action should i look for to use on this rig.
beardown34 reply :
Tried out the chicken rig for the first time today.
A couple thoughts.
The part of the worm that is pierced by the hook eye gets torn up pretty quickly even without any strikes. Just by jigging the rig up and down.
Last week I posted about how I made my own wacky saddle out of vinyl tubing with 2 holes drilled through it. That has been working out great for me with wacky rigging and I have not lost a worm due to wear and tear so far since the hook never goes through the worm. Turns out, I can use that same vinyl tubing saddle for the chicken rig. So that area of the worm where the line and hook eye start to tear through the worm when rigged like above -- now my line and hook eye just travel under the vinyl tubing but above the worm, so the worm never gets pierced anymore. Of course the hook end has to pierce the worm to complete the texas rig, so that part will eventually wear out. Makes it nice/convenient when fishing from the bank to be able to carry worms pre-rigged with a saddle, but then be able to fish it wacky or chicken (or Neko for that matter) without anything other than an appropriate hook size/style.
Minus the nail weight, it's a texas rigged wacky worm, rigged parallel to the worm. I'm not sure why no one bats an eye about the hook being parallel to the worm in this presentation, but the parallel orientation gets brought up with a traditional wacky rig.
Minus the nail weight, this is essentially Wayne P's wacky setup right? Except with an EWG or straight shank hook instead of a circle hook?
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