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Favorite Bait to Wacky Rig? 2025


fishing user avatarNateCatchesFish reply : 

Hey everyone. So I personally am a huge fan of throwing a wacky worm. I could throw that all day if the fish out biting. Im curious as to what some peoples favorite baits to wacky rig are. I obviously wacky rig a senko or stick bait and recently have been wacky rigging trick worms and the slow fall destroys bass sometimes. It can be very hit or miss but when its on its on!


fishing user avatarIndianaFinesse reply : 

Senko, your already throwing the best.


fishing user avatarCatt reply : 

Wacky.jpg


fishing user avatarstk44 reply : 
  On 5/5/2017 at 2:34 AM, Catt said:

Wacky.jpg

 

LOL You keep this picture on standby huh?


fishing user avatarDarren. reply : 

Senko

BPS Stik-O

Yamamoto Shad Shape Worm

Zoom Finesse Worm

Zoom Trick Worm

others...

 

Quite the versatile technique.


fishing user avatarBurtonxj reply : 

Senkos and trick worms


fishing user avatarJelvas reply : 

Recently, on one of those boring days that leads you to experimente, i discovered that a wacky rigged Zoom The Fluke (the ones without the split belly) works very, very, good!

 

 

PS- But the good ol Senko is still my favorite...


fishing user avatarRoLo reply : 

 

- Zoom 4.5" Finesse Worm  (high visibility)

- Zoom 6.5" Trick Worm

- Gambler 5.0" Ace             (stickworm)

 

Roger


fishing user avatarbuzzed bait reply : 

rage cut-r is something that's kinda similar, but a little different than what they're used to.


fishing user avatarWIGuide reply : 

4" Yum Dinger is my favorite


fishing user avatarCatt reply : 
  On 5/5/2017 at 2:48 AM, stk44 said:

 

LOL You keep this picture on standby huh?

 

It's deadly! ;)


fishing user avatarNateCatchesFish reply : 
  On 5/5/2017 at 3:44 AM, Jelvas said:

Recently, on one of those boring days that leads you to experimente, i discovered that a wacky rigged Zoom The Fluke (the ones without the split belly) works very, very, good!

 

 

PS- But the good ol Senko is still my favorite...

That's why I posted this was to see if anyone would give me some good ideas lol. I might have to try that sounds like it would be a pretty solid bait

  On 5/5/2017 at 3:53 AM, buzzed bait said:

rage cut-r is something that's kinda similar, but a little different than what they're used to.

I've never heard of that but I'll have to look into it


fishing user avatarMassYak85 reply : 

BPS Stick-O


fishing user avatarOklahoma Mike reply : 

Senko, Savage Gear Armor Tube Worm, or Biospawn Exostick. 


fishing user avatarBrayberry reply : 

Havoc Money Maker is deadly!!!


fishing user avatarfishwizzard reply : 
  On 5/5/2017 at 2:34 AM, Catt said:

Wacky.jpg

 

I gave this a try, sans swivel, and it does work very well, nice slow fall and a very very good hook up ratio.   

 

It does burn through worms though, it's good that Trick Worms come in packs of 20.  


fishing user avatarbigturtle reply : 

I wacky rig yum dingers and savage gear armour worms more than anything else.


fishing user avatarsnake95 reply : 

 

  On 5/5/2017 at 6:02 AM, NateCatchesFish said:

That's why I posted this was to see if anyone would give me some good ideas lol. I might have to try that sounds like it would be a pretty solid bait

Well, how about a Zoom Z-drop drop shot worm, wacky rigged on a 1/16 oz Z-man ned rig head?

 

On really hot (high 90's) Georgia August afternoon when I was a little delirious from the heat and not getting bit on the drop shot, I mixed up what finesse stuff I had at hand that started with a "Z" - wacky style.  Caught two bass on it in super clear shallow water.  

 

Using the morning dawn color Z-drop.


fishing user avatarNateCatchesFish reply : 
  On 5/5/2017 at 10:20 AM, snake95 said:

 

Well, how about a Zoom Z-drop drop shot worm, wacky rigged on a 1/16 oz Z-man ned rig head?

 

On really hot (high 90's) Georgia August afternoon when I was a little delirious from the heat and not getting bit on the drop shot, I mixed up what finesse stuff I had at hand that started with a "Z" - wacky style.  Caught two bass on it in super clear shallow water.  

 

Using the morning dawn color Z-drop.

This sounds like a pretty good thing to try. I think a lot of people think that a wacky rig is limited to stick baits but theres a lot of other things that bass havent seen that could be awesome techniques. This is something im definitley going to try!


fishing user avatarBrayberry reply : 

If your gonna fish Lake Prince, you better throw a crankbait, instead of the weightless stuff, at least for the bass 4+


fishing user avatarBluebasser86 reply : 

If money is no object, a Strike King Ocho. Since money always is an object, a BPS Stick O or YUM Dinger. 


fishing user avatarbitsandbass reply : 
  On 5/5/2017 at 4:39 AM, WIGuide said:

4" Yum Dinger is my favorite

 

I saw I Youtube vid on the Bass Resource channel where the guy said he prefers these over the Senkos because of durability.  Im going with this!


fishing user avatarNYWayfarer reply : 

In no particular order:

 

Senkos

Yum Dingers

Biospawn Exostick Pro

Strike King Ocho


fishing user avatarJ Francho reply : 

I like the Yum Dingers for < 4'.  They are slow to sink, and I think that's a good thing for shallow, clear water.  I like OG senkos for deeper stuff, up to 10'.  If I'm wacky jigging, I like the Jackall Flick Shake worms.


fishing user avatarFCPhil reply : 

Try a Yum swimmin' dinger. It may seem odd but the boot tail makes it shimmy on the way down. You have to rig it so it falls upright which is a bit tricky but it really works. 


fishing user avatarMunkin reply : 

Weightless = Senko

Weighted = Jackall Flick Shake

 

Allen




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