Description
Almost everyone thinks of a wacky rig or Neko rig as a slow finesse bait that falls or gets worked along the bottom, but I’ve been catching bass by doing almost the exact opposite — swimming a wacky rig through the water column. In this video I break down the exact swimming wacky rig setup I’ve been using for smallmouth, spotted bass and largemouth, including the short baitfish-style worms, 1/16 oz tungsten nail weight, O-ring placement, Trokar drop-shot hook orientation, chartreuse target trick, long spinning rod, braid and light fluorocarbon leader. The key is keeping the bait suspended and shaking it back to the boat almost like a finesse swim jig or minnow, with quick reel bursts to trigger followers. It’s especially effective on clear, pressured fisheries and suspended bass that will follow a minnow, Sakamata or jerkbait but refuse to commit. I’ll show you how to rig it, how to swim it, where to fish it around points, docks, bluff walls and other vertical cover, and why this has become one of my favorite power-finesse wacky rig techniques for bass fishing.
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MosterBass Wacky Rig Tool https://bit.ly/4hJTNX6
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Wacky Rig Setup
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Chapters
0:00 The Wacky Rig Technique Nobody Talks About
2:01 How to Rig a Swimming Wacky Rig
2:29 Best Worms & Colors
3:14 Why You Need a 1/16 oz Tungsten Nail Weight
4:15 Best Hook for This Wacky Rig
4:31 Hook Direction Is CRITICAL
5:37 The Chartreuse Target Trick
6:26 Rod, Braid & Fluorocarbon Setup
8:31 Giant Smallmouth on the Swimming Wacky Rig
9:37 When Minnows Won’t Get Bit
10:49 How to Swim a Wacky Rig
11:07 Shake, Pendulum & Trigger the Bite
12:03 Keep the Wacky Rig Suspended
13:26 Why It Can Still Catch Fish on Bottom
13:57 Best Situations for Swimming a Wacky Rig
14:50 Docks, Bluff Walls & Vertical Cover
15:55 The Last-Chance Bottom Trick
16:34 Pink Nova Gets CRUSHED
17:05 Rattle vs No Rattle
18:10 Why Power Finesse Works