Still learning how to fish wing dams and bought several of the dork rigs this spring during the fishing seminars from River Rat Randy. Just a couple of questions hopefully someone will answer:
1) When should you use them
2) How are they used
3) What is the best bait to use on them
4) Any other tips or tricks
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I THOUGHT DORK RIGS WERE USED BY “DORKS”. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO FISH FOR LESS DESIRABLE FISH… BASS OR CATFISH ETC…
HEY! Don’t put catfish and those “green carp” in the same category! 
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Still learning how to fish wing dams and bought several of the dork rigs this spring during the fishing seminars from River Rat Randy. Just a couple of questions hopefully someone will answer:
1) When should you use them
A: When the fish want bait but aren’t aggressive enough to hit jigs and bait.
2) How are they used
A: A dork rig is great for slowly washing into the face of dams or hovering bait in a small spot behind the boat on the face of a dam. Long story short… any time you need to work a bait slowly but can’t get away with weight at the bait itself.
3) What is the best bait to use on them
A: Crawlers and leeches are most common on dams. Willowcats can be dynamite… if you can find and afford them.
4) Any other tips or tricks
A: Play with leader lengths A LOT depending on the amount of flow. I tend towards less leader length in higher flow, more leader length in lower flow.
James – thanks for the info. I am going to tie up a few of these and try them the next time I get out on the river
I thought it was the name of BK’s boat 
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I thought it was the name of BK’s boat
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