My testimonial...

[Jaderose]

On 6/7/2016 at 0:15 PM, hezeez@gmail.com said:

I have yet to try this technique - is it really that simple?  Hook a worm perpendicular in the middle and go to town?

 

In my best infomercial voice........It really is...just that simple.  Plop it next to a stump or or something and let it fall,  IF it hits bottom, raise your rod straight up, reel in the slack and let it fall again.  A lot of guys use the Watermelon/Green Pumpkin colors, and I do too, but don't rule out bright colors either.  I've caught a LOT of bass on Bubblegum Senkos on a wacky rig.

[mojojojo]

I wacky rig Zoom magnum lizards lol. Looks like a dying lizard spazzing out

[primetime]

2 hours ago, mojojojo said:

I wacky rig Zoom magnum lizards lol. Looks like a dying lizard spazzing out

Creative thinking like that is what saves the day many times....If a wacky rigged senko looks good because both ends are wiggling "maybe it imitates a dying minnow, but a lizard falling weightless wacky rigged sounds like something I want to try since Lizards are one of the best baits here in Florida in Spring and really all year...I never thought about wacky rigging but that makes alot of sense as a lizard falling out of a tree or washing into water would fall more horizontal through the water...Thanks for the idea....I fish them weightless so why not try sticking the hook in the middle?

I will be trying that on my spinning rod tonight since fish in some ponds and lakes seem to be tiring of the Senko with all the pressure.

[mojojojo]

1 minute ago, primetime said:

Creative thinking like that is what saves the day many times....If a wacky rigged senko looks good because both ends are wiggling "maybe it imitates a dying minnow, but a lizard falling weightless wacky rigged sounds like something I want to try since Lizards are one of the best baits here in Florida in Spring and really all year...I never thought about wacky rigging but that makes alot of sense as a lizard falling out of a tree or washing into water would fall more horizontal through the water...Thanks for the idea....I fish them weightless so why not try sticking the hook in the middle?

I will be trying that on my spinning rod tonight since fish in some ponds and lakes seem to be tiring of the Senko with all the pressure.

I haven't tried it on the normal sized lizard, but on the zoom magnum lizard it works great. Lots of action. I wacky rig it a little off center, more towards the head

[Jaderose]

18 hours ago, mojojojo said:

I haven't tried it on the normal sized lizard, but on the zoom magnum lizard it works great. Lots of action. I wacky rig it a little off center, more towards the head

This is a terrific idea and one I WILL be trying!

[Evan K]

A tip I head that's really working for me is using a regular old EWG worm hook for wacky rigging. I usually use 1/0 or 2/0. The idea is to prevent gut hooked fish, and it really does work.

[Master Bait'r]

On June 7, 2016 at 1:20 PM, riverbasser said:

What makes a wacky senior better than a weightless t-rig senko? It still sinks parelell with tail shimmy

 

Well it's not necessarily better, but it's very different.  When you t-rig, the tug pulls the bait forward in the water and that's what gives it the action- looks like a dying minnow but with lots more "forward progress" in the action.  The wacky rig tug gives a lateral pull across the belly of the stick worm so it doesn't really go anywhere it just wiggles a ton- it looks like it's struggling super hard and still sinking vertically.  

 

Two very important looks for sure though!  

 

Oh yeah, and one word:  Zinkerz