SENKO wacky vs Texas rigged?! 2025

juicebass reply :

I started using Senkos purely on a Texas rig. Then I started to experiment with Wacky.

Honestly they both catch fish, but the Texas rig is weedless so why would someone want to throw it wacky and risk being caught up?

like does anyone ever wacky still a creature plastic bait?

just wanted to Clarify why I would use wacky over Texas rig. I like that Texas rig is weedless and also I find fish stay hooked up better on a EWG hook vs a wacky hook.

thanks

Bladesmith, reply :

There are times when a wacky rig will outfish a Texas rig. A wacky rig can be fished in one spot without moving it too much, whereas a Texas rig travels. We old timers were using wacky rigged worms long before senko type baits were available.

the reel ess reply :

Well, I've only caught one bass with the bait rigged with an offset bend hook, weedless. I was not using a bullet weight. But I've caught a good bit with it wacky rigged. I just placed an order for more because i can't seem to find the bags I had. I guess I'll give it another shot the regular way.

RoLo reply :

By the way, a wacky worm can be fished weedless by burying the hook-point in the worm,

and also by using a hook with a weedguard.

The latest is a fluorocarbon weedguard...finally , a use for fluorocarbon

Both Wacky-rigged and Texas-rigged stickworms catch lots of bass,

the choice boils down to personal preference. I can't say that one rig is better than the other,
but I prefer fishing a T-rigged stickworm over a W-rigged stickworm, because it requires less patience.

Roger

Darren. reply :

I do both with Senkos, but mostly wacky.

I also make my own weedless hooks, but @RoLo,

I'm using mono leader! Cheaper, heh.

RoLo reply :

On 4/6/2017 at 3:59 AM, Darren. said:

I do both with Senkos, but mostly wacky.

I also make my own weedless hooks, but @RoLo,

I'm using mono leader! Cheaper, heh.

Well Done!

ThePolkFolk reply :

Like Roger said, I like to keep the hook point a little buried if I want a weedless wacky.

My typically set up is a small size 6 octopus hook with a 4" Ocho. Just enough hook to get it through the plastic. That's how I deal with grass when throwing wacky.

Darren. reply :

On 4/6/2017 at 4:11 AM, RoLo said:

Well Done!

Gratzie, señore.

IndianaFinesse reply :

On 4/6/2017 at 3:59 AM, Darren. said:

I do both with Senkos, but mostly wacky.

I also make my own weedless hooks, but @RoLo,

I'm using mono leader! Cheaper, heh.

How much does the mono keeper help to reduce weeds?

Yeajray231 reply :

Two totally different actions ???!!? Wacky has both ends kicking then quivers on the fall.. tx weightless (depending on how you retrieve it) will make the senko dart around sort of like a fluke.. and will also have that nice quiver if you don't use too big of hook. Standard Texas rig and shaky head will make the senko land tail up and is very effective this way as well !

I've been experimenting with the "neko" and "chicken" variations and have already had good results. But I prefer the kut tail for these rigs so far.

Which brings me to the conclusion... Bass like worms. Regardless of how they're rigged.

BassThumb reply :

The wacky-rigged Senko has three advantages over the Texas Rig that I can think of:

1. When rigged with an O-ring, the wacky rig is far more durable and will hold up to dozens of fish.

2. The wacky rig is easier to skip.

3. Less time is spent making adjusting a wacky-rigged bait and making sure it's rigged straight.

Darren. reply :

On 4/6/2017 at 8:21 AM, IndianaFinesse said:

How much does the mono keeper help to reduce weeds?

Quite a bit, actually. I started with 50# Ande

mono leader and felt it was too stiff so I bought

some in 40#. I think I could even drop to 30#,

but I keep forgetting to pick up a roll when I

stop at BPS.

I've tried it with 20# wire and it works great,

as well.

Burke reply :

On 4/6/2017 at 3:59 AM, Darren. said:

I do both with Senkos, but mostly wacky.

I also make my own weedless hooks, but @RoLo,

I'm using mono leader! Cheaper, heh.

That is so wicked - I love the work you have done on this -

Darren. reply :

On 4/6/2017 at 10:27 AM, Burke said:

That is so wicked - I love the work you have done on this -

Thank you, but rest assured, there was a LOT of

tying and retying and cutting and retying to get

the right knot size I was after.

Burke reply :

Im def gotta learn how to do that ---

If you dont mind - what is that black thing you have on it to hold it ? is that some kind of epoxy ?

bma3 reply :

To me I like the action of wacky more. If I know I'm at a high risk of getting caught up I will fish texas but if it's just rocks on the bottom, i'll 90% opt for wacky.

Yakalong reply :

90% of the time it's Texas rig

yosef reply :

For senkos I fish mostly wacky rig I just have more luck with them for whatever reason , the bass love it on my lake

MassYak85 reply :

If I feel the fish are hitting on the fall and not when I'm twitching the worm around I will opt for the wacky rig. If I am working the worm faster or am fishing around really heavy cover where snagging is likely I will go texas rig.

Bluebasser86 reply :

I wacky rig far more often than T rig stickworms, but for some reason I seem to catch bigger fish on the T rig.

lmbfisherman reply :

I like wacky rig, other than Darren version of weedless, I buy wacky hooks premade weedless. I catch far more fish wacky.

NHBull reply :

This is. It an either, or decision , as both should be in the quiver

MIbassyaker reply :

My decision rule for wacky vs. texas-rigged is a combination of two considerations:

1. Heaviness & degree of contact with cover:

--Light or brittle weeds, open water, open pockets, = wacky,

--heavier weeds/stems, wood, physical contact = texas

2. vertical vs. horizontal movement ratio:

--Wacky if it will be moving more often or farther vertically than horizontally (e.g. smaller, deeper target areas).

--Texas if it will be moving more often or farther horizontally than vertically (e.g., larger, shallower target areas)

Bankbeater reply :

I fish a t-rig most of the time.

Oklahoma Mike reply :

I use both but will only go to the wacky rig if I'm not having success with it T-rigged. My reason for this preference is the increased chances of gut hooking them on the wacky rig.

Mosster47 reply :

I fish a Senko a lot slower than most and I dead stick on the bottom for a minimum of 15 seconds before I will move it. 90% of my fish come on the dead stick. The hookup ratio on the wacky just isn't as good.

If I start getting bit regularly on the drop I will switch to a wacky. Also if there is a solid couple feet of weeds on the bottom I will rig wacky on a drop shot to keep it just over them.

Either way will catch fish, you just have to find the way you are confident in fishing them or the way the fish are forcing you to use them.

Pkfish49 reply :

Among the posters here, I probably have the least Bass fishing experience, but I used both the Wacky and Texas Rigs when last fishing for Bass and I'll throw my 2 cents in:

Without any O rings or anything else but the worm and the hook, I was losing the fake worms all day with the Wacky Rig, as they kept flying off the hook mid cast. When I switched to the Texas Rig, that never happened. In the small lake that I was fishing, the Largemouths were going after both setups equally, so my vote is for the Texas Rig.

KCFinesse reply :

I fish mostly Texas or split shot rig senkos, but I am a really big fan of working them as tight to or within laydowns/water willows/reeds etc. In my opinion, the ability to snake through cover with the subtilty of the senkos action on the fall makes this bait extremely productive. The split shot rig adds a nice lateral action to the bait on the fall where it glides to the side similar to a tube, but has the 'senko wiggle'. It's a rigging nuance to the bait that I lean on more often than not.

I like the wacky rig when I want the bait high in the water column or when I'm fishing clean rocks. The bait has more inherent movement on a wacky rig at the expense of some of the concepts mentioned above. It 'target' fishes very well wacky rigged, but if I'm fishing through cover there are better rigging options.

I do not fish weighted wacky rigs very often. I'm usually fishing a ned or a shakeyhead in the conditions that would call for a weighted wacky rig.

-Jared

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