Weighted Wacky Rigs?

[bhubbard387]

I have been having a devil of a time trying to catch large mouth lately and really had no luck with everything I tried.  I threw a 4 Inch Senko onto a wacky hook and got HAMMERED!  Second cast I caught a 3 pounder and got more hits in the next 30 minutes than I had in the last month.  That got me wondering, from you more experienced wacky riggers, do y'all use the weighted wacky hooks and if so in what situation/what weights.  I can't really imagine a wacky rig being too effective with over an 1/8 Oz weight but prove me wrong!  I'd love some advice/techniques/stories here!

[bassinfool]

They don't work at all and you definitely shouldn't think about trying it for yourself  

But on a serious note, it does work and works really well under the right conditions.  It's what I go to when I am looking for a bulkier finesse presentation.  Usually around docks, crack rock or along a grass line.

[bhubbard387]

They don't work at all and you definitely shouldn't think about trying it for yourself  

But on a serious note, it does work and works really well under the right conditions.  It's what I go to when I am looking for a bulkier finesse presentation.  Usually around docks, crack rock or along a grass line.

Do you use the weighted hooks or just go weightless?  I would think that even 1/16 would drag it down to fast in some of those places.

[Lamar]

  This time of year I go deeper. That doesn't mean you can't use a finesse bait like a four inch senko wacky rigged. But to try and fish that 15 feet deep or better is hard. It may drift off from where you want it to go and very hard to feel the bottom. I like to get them sort of hung on a stump or rock pile and then pop it off. That's when you get your tough bite to bite. So I rig it mojo style. I take a o ring over the worm and hook it with a 1/0 circle hook. Then a foot up from that I peg a long 1/4 to 3/8 oz weight. This way the bait still has that fall your looking for but you have the weight to keep it down. I like doing it this way over a Carolina rig because I can adjust the length of my leader by just sliding the weight up or down on the line. The shorter the leader the better you'll feel the bite.

[kipbass]

There is an article in this months Bassmaster magazine about it. Maybe they posted it on their website.

[smalljaw]

I use a jig head, specifically the Do-it wacky jig and the sizes I use most are the 1/16oz and 3/32 with the 1/8oz occasionally used. When you use that it is different than the standard wacky rig, look up the term "flick-shake" and you'll see what it does. What happens is the action is changed, you get a little less of that side to side shimmy as it falls, but you get an exaggerated folding action, the two ends will come together quicker and you fish it in a different style.

[Muskygary]

I think it depends on how deep your fishing them. Around boat docks, I like to fish them weightless. ( I make mine using HD sinking additive) I want the sinko to fall slowly. If I'm fishing deeper then I go to a weighted wacky rig, but usually around 1/8 oz. ( Fishing around 10 to 15 feet deep)

[efishnc]

I have never used HD in my worms specifically to simplify what is in my box.  I either go weightless for ultra slow and/or shallow presentations, but more often than not, 70 -90% of the time, I use a weighted hook (which is actually the 1/8 poison tail with the collar removed, making it about 1/16) for my wacky presentations and I've had great success.