Thread: capps coleman vs. carolina rigs

Originally Posted by bow tek

trying to take a poll of who uses what

I don't use either one :p

But, a C&C rig is a trolling rig ... while a Carolina rig is a bottom dragging rig, used primarily for Bass.

Are you sure you don't mean a Capps/Coleman rig vs a KY Lake rig :p

C/C rig = hook/sinker/hook (primarily for trolling)
KY Lake rig = hook/hook/sinker (primarily for bottom bouncing)

... cp

C'mon guys. Capps and Coleman did not invent this rig. In the 70's, we used to buy the Ky Lake rigs all the time and you could buy them with the sinker on bottom or a hook on bottom. They came on a flat piece of wood or a white cardboard tube. Capps and Coleman are great fisherman no doubt but they are far from the inventors of this style of fishing.

Handy though. You say C&C rig everyone knows what you're talking about. Same with Kentucky rig. It may not have been tied the first time in KY.
I troll with both, normally KY rig. Thinking I might switch to RF rig (single jig) the next time I'm down there though.

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