Wacky rigging isn't just for bass !

Everyone has heard or used the Senko wacky rigged for bass. By accident I discovered a wacky rig for panfish using a 2.5" stick lure and 1/32 oz jig.
https://i.imgur.com/TTXEjVt.jpg

It doesn't look like it would have any action but believe me it has the same body/tip wobble as the Senko on the drop. Last year I caught over 100 fish on it in water 2'-10'. Much of the time I wouldn't let it drop all the way to the bottom but twitch it mid-depth and let drop a few feet.

Here are a few fish that clobbered it:
https://i.imgur.com/BAhqWEx.jpg?2https://i.imgur.com/MZMRiTc.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/BJtHAMG.jpg?1



It caught fish in water over 85 degrees:
https://i.imgur.com/vu0glZ5.jpg?1

and even caught catfish:
https://i.imgur.com/U1y4tCH.jpg

So I figured, why not cut the curl tails of two grub and fuse the two bodies together using a candle:
https://i.imgur.com/88kbYZh.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/ITEAQBs.jpg?1

Caught just as many fish!
The same can also be rigged the usual way and worked real slow to catch many species:
https://i.imgur.com/sCpNCJu.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/4z6aoIK.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/1ulFiA7.jpg?2

Now if Bob (Snake) can only make these .....

Thanks for sharing this. I've read about this before but have never tried it. I will this summer for sure. Now to find a 2.5" stick bait mold.

Thinking about this for quite sometime I haven't check for mold But I got an ideal can use Grub bodies .Are you welding Two bodies together.?
Somebody a while back ask me About this So I guess there is Interest .

I do a lot of wacky rigging for panfish on a drop shot. Powerbait trout worm or berkley gulp mini earthworm or angle worm wacky rigged will catch any fish in the lake.

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Originally Posted by snake River

Thinking about this for quite sometime I haven't check for mold But I got an ideal can use Grub bodies .Are you welding Two bodies together.?
Somebody a while back ask me About this So I guess there is Interest .

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Exactly Bob! I'll most of us that 1000 curl tail grubs lying around that have been forgotten. After having had fantastic success using mini-sticks from the mold, I figured - hey, why not fuse two grub bodies together ! All of the ones pictured worked regardless of color and if the color wasn't to my liking, I used Spike-It dye. It's so easy to make a lure that can be wacky rigged or rigged the usual using a light ball head jig.

Thanks everyone for the interest shown, but do yourself a favor : two grub bodies and a candle are all you need. Fish of all species bite them when twitched mid depth. Maybe they think the shape is a caterpillar but in any case they can't help themselves! Who would of thought the shape would have an action fish respond to ?

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Originally Posted by Spoonminnow

Exactly Bob! I'll most of us that 1000 curl tail grubs lying around that have been forgotten. After having had fantastic success using mini-sticks from the mold, I figured - hey, why not fuse two grub bodies together ! All of the ones pictured worked regardless of color and if the color wasn't to my liking, I used Spike-It dye. It's so easy to make a lure that can be wacky rigged or rigged the usual using a light ball head jig.

Thanks everyone for the interest shown, but do yourself a favor : two grub bodies and a candle are all you need. Fish of all species bite them when twitched mid depth. Maybe they think the shape is a caterpillar but in any case they can't help themselves! Who would of thought the shape would have an action fish respond to ?

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I see bass tackle makes a 2 inch mold .

Nice read spoon. I used to love to fish a wacky style worm for LMB by tossing it to the edge of grass and simply letting it tumble down the edge of the grass toward the bottom.
It was definitely a deadly technique. I also used a wacky rigged worm on a drop shot rig for bass (at various depths) and discovered that it caught crappie a gills too.

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I'll most of us that 1000 curl tail grubs lying around that have been forgotten

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Meant to say : I'll bet most of us that have 1000 curl tail grubs lying around can now put them to good use.

Note: The grub bodies shouldn't be too thick or the action is killed.