Wacky worm – Tricks/Tips

I have not done a ton of Wacky rigging in the past. Hope to do a little more of it this season. Anyone care to share any of their tricks or tips? What does everyone use to keep the worms from tearing up? doing a little research I found the following – Split rings, o rings, zip ties, srink wrap. electrical tape. Has anyone used any of these methods? How have they worked? I found these online – they look like they would work well to fish the rig a little deeper. Anyone have any other tips they care to share?

I’ve posted this to you before but this method is really good for protecting the worm and you retain the full hook gap.

Wacky Nuckle Ball

I’ve tried some wacky rigging methods that will destroy the bait setting the hook on water alone. This one will make the bait last and you can add a bit of weight to it without really changing the action. 3/32, 5/32 or 7/32 oz.

I found some better rubber bands for this method too, silicone ones won’t melt with the plastic.

Silicone rubber bands

cool tip Otto. 90% of the time I use either a zoom double ringer or a jersey rigg impaled with an owner mosquito hook. If I need to increase the fall rate, I’ll stick a small nail in the end of the bait. As far as rod choice goes, that depends on what I am fishin. For skipping docks, I use a 5’9″ MXF Avid spooled with braid. Line Conditioner is a must for this. For open water, I’ll still use braid, but I’ll tie on a fluoro leader and use a longer rod.

Another thing I have heard guys do is, they take an old tube bait that is beat up from catching fish and cut the top off, then slide it over the worm and put the hook through the tube and the worm. It gives you a thicker spot of plastic to not lose the worm as easy.
The nail in the end of the bait seems to be pretty popular with some tour pros, like gary yamamoto, and it can make the worm stand up on the bottom.

For depth, I think alot of guys use some type of weedless wacky jig head.

sweet tip, I like it and will be buying some of those knuckle heads.

search for Icky wacky, and make sure you rig the jig in the proper direction to make it weedless..In the wrong direction it will roll over and snag the bottom every time.
Add a oolorado blade on a hitch hiker to the back of the senko and swim it and take 3rd place in the bass master classic, maybe…
I prefer shrink wrap to save senkos, especially when skip casting them.
Neko rig is pretty cool too. With the right balance you can get your senko to swim away from you like an IKA.

I like to start with the worm hooked weedless from one end. Then when that end gets beat up, I switch and hook it from the other end. (I think it has better action when hooked this way). Finally when that end gets tore up, I’ll hook it through the middle, wacky style.
Worms last 3 times as long this way.

you said you have not much experience of Wacky worm in the past but inspite of such you have nice information about it… i get information nice…..here

heat shrink tube around middle.. be careful not to heat to long.. hook right through the worm like you would with out the heat shrink tube.

O rings and a weedless #2 hook placed under o ring. I am going to save the slightly injured worms and try gluing them back to health.

Gamakatsu and others, VMC, Buckeye etc.. Have come out with some new Wacky hooks and jigs worth trying…

Gamakatsu’s Weedless Finesse Wide Gap Hook features an innovative nylon weed guard that allows you to pitch your wacky rig into the heaviest cover.

Wacky rigs and Dropshot rigs are my mainstay rigs most of the season for Smallies. The big bonus is that 90% of the fish are safely nose hooked…