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[jr45]

I am getting to fish for the first time in over 2 months this weekend. Baseball is finally over. I am night fishing. I am going to try some different things, as I know fishing has been farely tough where I am fishing in the warm water (85+). I thought about wacky rigging a worm, but never really done that when I have fished 30'+. Would you do that w/a carolina rig set up?? Or would I need to use my normal Texas rig type set up and just wacky hook the worm? What kind/size of worm would you all use for this and hook size? I am up for other ideas of different lures to use, other than the same ole jig and 10" worms that everyone elses uses. Thanks!

[roadwarrior]

Lots of guys are having great luck with Rage Anaconda and Thumper.
We're also killin'em on big jigs/ Craw and Lobsters. For "something
different" I would go with a futter spoon.

[Captain Obvious]

I usually make it a point not to post about things that I have never tried. But after reading your post I think I found just what you are looking for.

This is a rig Matt Alan uses for night fishing in 30+ feet of water. It consists of a wacky rig hags tornado bait (8" or 12" bait) on a 3/4 oz dirty jigs pivot football head.


Like I said I've never fished this bait but Matt Alan is a lunker catching machine so I tend to listen when he starts talking about fishing.

Here is a link to the video where he talks about how to fish it.



Good Luck

Capt.O

[J Francho]

I'll vouch for the wacky jig. It's won a few bucks. The fish in my avatar came on one.

Also, a senko or other heavy worm wacky rigged on a drop shot rig with a long dropper works well. You're basically expediting the bait through unproductive water column. Once the weight hits bottom, give the bait slack of it's natural sink rate. Lift, repeat.