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Fishing Centipedes/french Fries

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  • Super User

How do you guys fish a centipede or french fry, I'm just curious. Basically how do you rig it and what type of retrieve do you use?

I think most people are using these on Carolina Rigs.

  • Super User

Drop shot and C-rig.

My go to c-rig bait. But also great weightless fished like a senko

  • Super User

what makes them so good on a c-rig? I have some and im curious.

They glide and settle really nicely. They're essentially a "Do nothing" sort of bait.

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  • Super User

They glide and settle really nicely. They're essentially a "Do nothing" sort of bait.

When you guys are C rigging them do you just drag them slowly or do you hop them off the bottom once in a while? I usually use pretty light weights on my C rigs, as light as 1/8 of an ounce, because the lakes I fish are shallow, 18 feet at the deepest and most of the "deep" water is 10 - 12 feet. If I was fishing around 20 feet I would go with the traditional 1/2 ounce or bigger weight.

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They're one of my go to baits on a shakeyhead too. They glide and settle really well on a shakeyhead and are a very subtle action but still a little bigger profile than a small finesse worm.

Even in your 10-12 foot spots I'd be using a 1/2oz weight to help keep contact with the bottom and get an idea of what is down there. I drag my C-rig slowly to give fish a chance to find the source of the noise they're hearing and to help me feel what the bottom is like. I've found some pretty good brushpiles and rockpiles C-rigging.

I fish them wacky.

Stick a nail weight in the tail, rig it on it's side. When you lift it will fall back to the bass that's following your bait, fish on!

I fish them on the Carolina Rig, shakey head and texas rigged with a 1/16 or 1/8 ounce bullet weight.

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