I've given that a thought before when the bites were very subtle or the wind was blowing too hard to line watch. Felt too guilty like it'd be cheating though.

I experimented with various umbrella rigs, this one I was thinking, since bass are so territorial...

11 hours ago, Dogmatic said:

I experimented with various umbrella rigs, this one I was thinking, since bass are so territorial...

Haha, that's awesome. Probably the most expensive umbrella rig ever too. 

 

One that I saw on YouTube and want to try is a double rigged whopper plopper. I would think rigging a 130 at the back and a 90 up front would give the imitation of a fish chasing small baitfish. 

3 hours ago, MassYak85 said:

Haha, that's awesome. Probably the most expensive umbrella rig ever too. 

 

One that I saw on YouTube and want to try is a double rigged whopper plopper. I would think rigging a 130 at the back and a 90 up front would give the imitation of a fish chasing small baitfish. 

No, I've made, and lost more expensive ones! Lost a 6" Bullshad three rig($180), Baitsmith Shad three rig($75, and you can't get them anymore), and a Mattlures Baby Hardgill/Hardgill five rig($300). Ouch! I've seen the double whopper plopper rig (with the straw). I'm going to start "experimenting" with that rig soon. ?

57 minutes ago, Dogmatic said:

No, I've made, and lost more expensive ones! Lost a 6" Bullshad three rig($180), Baitsmith Shad three rig($75, and you can't get them anymore), and a Mattlures Baby Hardgill/Hardgill five rig($300). Ouch! I've seen the double whopper plopper rig (with the straw). I'm going to start "experimenting" with that rig soon. ?

Haha, and I'm scared of throwing a $30 swimbait in an area it might get snagged. Did you ever double hook up on any of those with some big ones? 

2 hours ago, MassYak85 said:

Haha, and I'm scared of throwing a $30 swimbait in an area it might get snagged. Did you ever double hook up on any of those with some big ones? 

I've only had one double hookup, and it was with a traditional jig head and plastic swimbaits flash mob rig.

Lots of the stuff mentioned is not that weird and other people use similar rigs you just don't hear about it. I have rigged up all kinds of crazy stuff just to see. You might be surprised at how well some things actually work. 

On 10/20/2016 at 11:09 PM, Dogmatic said:

I experimented with various umbrella rigs, this one I was thinking, since bass are so territorial...

World's most dangerous baby mobile.

I caught a bass on a T-rigged weightless Gummy Worm once just to prove I could.I also have a wrench rig I made, but I haven't used it yet. I've thought about dipping it in gold because there are golden shiners where I fish.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:54 AM, MassYak85 said:

Haha, that's awesome. Probably the most expensive umbrella rig ever too. 

 

One that I saw on YouTube and want to try is a double rigged whopper plopper. I would think rigging a 130 at the back and a 90 up front would give the imitation of a fish chasing small baitfish. 

I wouldn't fish this but it makes a great mobile.

Over the years, I've tried some really weird things. The majority involved tinkering with existing baits,I even altered a cheap craw crank to run backwards. Two of the most productive things I've done is Carolina rigging an Original Rapala and subsequently just about every shallow running crankbait I've ever owned. The other is drop shotting a hair jig in cold water. I plan on trying that one out through the ice this winter.

12 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

Over the years, I've tried some really weird things. The majority involved tinkering with existing baits,I even altered a cheap craw crank to run backwards. Two of the most productive things I've done is Carolina rigging an Original Rapala and subsequently just about every shallow running crankbait I've ever owned. The other is drop shotting a hair jig in cold water. I plan on trying that one out through the ice this winter.

C-rigging a Rapala sounds like a big fish bait.

I once caught a Northern on a Carolina rigged Twizzler. We were up north and one day I had a few too many beers, one thing led to another. I always had an idea a pike would eat anything, that verified it for me.