I learned for the first time today what a "Donkey Rig" was. It got me wondering. How many different "rigs" are there?

I can think of Alabama, Carolina and Texas rigs along with Mojo, splitshot, dropshot and weightless rigs. There is also the Ned rig and Jika rig. I'm not sure if using a Florida screw in sinker is called a Florida rig. There must more I can't remember or never heard of. The scary thing as that they all catch bass.

Im planning on giving the double fluke rig a try this season.

There's also the Wacky rig and Neko rig.

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Alright, please list them all I'm dying to know!

I can think of Alabama, Carolina and Texas rigs along with Mojo, splitshot, dropshot and weightless rigs. There is also the Ned rig and Jika rig. I'm not sure if using a Florida screw in sinker is called a Florida rig. There must more I can't remember or never heard of. The scary thing as that they all catch bass.

 

I just discovered the neko rig yesterdat ... Learned two new rigs today.  Thank you!

 

Now to carve out enough time to try them all!

Sometimes bass fishing cracks me up. There are infinite ways to rig a bait (duh.) Bass fishing has borrowed a number of these rigs from other types of fishing (example: the Alabama rig is just a glorified umbrella rig that striped bass fisherman have been using for years, with the exception that you cast it. But whether this rig is really 'castable' is a matter of opinion, I suppose.) It's just hilarious to me how bass fisherman like to think that bass are somehow only suckers for 'bass fishing rigs.' 

 

BTW, the neko rig looks interesting.

The number of rigs is really only limited by your imagination.

Ned, Jika & Neko...sounds like characters in the Bible. I'll check them out.

So Ned is like a half Senko and jig head? I knew about the Jika rig, just didn't know what it was called. But what is the advantage or reason for the Neko rig?

There's also the Wacky rig and Neko rig.

Silly fresh water guys, you can't just tie a hook at the end of a line and call it a rig, what's next casting trolling lures?...Oh wait, never mind...

So Ned is like a half Senko and jig head? I knew about the Jika rig, just didn't know what it was called. But what is the advantage or reason for the Neko rig?

a neko rig will allow you to flip it to edges of docks or structure and it will fall inward and under docks and overhangs further 

there is a new rig in the makings made by myself (slammerhead) rig  i'll post a video soon!

In olden times, when I was a bank bound, younger fisherman, I used a jig & popper rig quite a bit.  It consisted of a larger crappie jig (1/8 oz) with a line tied from the bend of the hook, 6 or 8 inches and ending in a fly rod popping bug.  I would fish this on med/lt. spinning gear and 6 lb test line.

 

Many of the ponds I fished then were stunted and  had too many 10 to 12 inch fish in them.  In these ponds this rig tore them up.  Other ponds, with a more balanced and potentially larger fish in them, this rig didn't fish so well.  So, there is one more rig - the jig & popper rig.

a neko rig will allow you to flip it to edges of docks or structure and it will fall inward and under docks and overhangs further 

 

So will a Fat Ika or hell, for that matter, a Flying Lure.