Carolina Rig Question

I was reading an interesting article in one of my magazine’s yesterday…Have any of you ever tried replacing your egg sinker w/a jig-n-pig type bait for your Carolina Rig

Reason being….the author had experienced several “Strikes” on his bell sinker….he actually had once Bass take down the sinker, then proceed to eat the trailing worm…so he switched the sinker to a jig and actually started catching bass on both lures..

Thoughts/ideas/experiences?

Interesting , never tried it……Would that be considered two lines in Minnesota? Sounds like it would work. I have used a Northland gumdrop floater on an 18″ leader behind a Fireball jig for walleyes. Just tied it to the eye for the stinger. Caught quite a few walleyes on it last year below the Red Wing Dam. Oops, sorry about the walleye comment in the bass forum.

hmmmmmmmm interesting not real sure that would be legal in tournament,but very interesting

I have never heard of that before, but I would assume it would work fine. I have though, tried something that I used to do with white bass. In the summer when the white bass are feeding on the surface I would always throw a streamer on my fly rod and flip it out. I then started putting two and even three streamers on them. I’ve only caught two at a time ever though. Anyways, in the fall when I’ve gotten into small largemouths up in the bays heavily I have thrown a 5-0 hook with a white grub on it with a superfluke trailing about 2 feet behind it. It works real well but I’m not sure what would happen if you hooked into two nice fish.

kevin

this technique has been around for years
4 or 5 years ago maybe longer bass pro was selling a jig called a carolina rigg jig it was basically a bullet shaped sinker with a hook and a skirt the line passed thre the head if i rember right

i believe its legal or was at one time

i have used this and didnt catch any fish and i lost feel for the bottomn(maybe the jigg was to light)neither time was i impressed

now i got a video up stairs saying its a pros secret and have seen in in a couple older books

ot fears mentioned it in his seminar (acording to him if your getting sinker bites to use it also sinker bites are usually created by the weight coming off the bottomn from the way its being fished (hopped instead of dragged)

if im getting sinker bites on the hop wich happens ill drop throw a jig and see if that dont help before id change how i rig my rig

it’s a good technique on schooling smallies on such structures as rock bars where the smallies are feasting on forage.

Champman…..on those schooling smallies, what is good to use on the end of the Carolina Rig leader???

This rig is an illegal rig on all inland waters of Minnesota. It is considered two lines therefore can only be used where two or more lines are legal.

Gator Hunter

a fluke or minnow imitation bait works well with a realitively short leader, say under two foot. number of times you’ll get double hook ups if you fight the fish slow enough to encourage other fish to investigate the action, wheather it’s on the jig or the trailer. It’s all about invoking the feeding instinct of the other fish.

I have a couple of the riggin jigs for C-rigs but they dont have the feel of a big hunk of lead . They kind a glide too much and you cant get a real good read on the bottom content. Good idea but I havent had one on much since I got them . No confidence in them I guess

the problem with the “glide” is the skirt strand count. If your using the ones i’ve seen sold, they have a real bulky skirt, which slows the fall and creates glide. try thinning the skirt

Here is a picture from the article:

The technique is legal in states where more than one rod can be used. Although, only one rod can be used in a bass tournament. Usally while dragging a tube and worm on top of rig while drifting. This is the technique known as ‘dragging’.

Welcome to the site Dave