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Wacky Rig / Neko Rig

There’s been a bit of talk about the wacky rig lately and with O-Rings, so I thought I’d share the rig I’ve been using and caught around 50 Bass during 2 1/2 days fishing.

 The worm is a 6″ floating worm that I buy in Korea at http://www.probasszone.co.kr/shop/goodalign/good_detail.php?goodcd=1168048983 The hook, o-rings and sinkers can be bought from the same place. I use an empty ball pen to put the o-ring onto the worm (cheap, fast and easy !!)

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This rig has amazing action, it stands up straight on the bottom of the lake or river and when twitched, it drives the bass crazy…….and because the hook point is facing up, it very rarely gets snagged up.

Also, as someone mentioned already, because of the o-ring the worm doesn’t get damaged when you catch a (or several) fish  :idea: :idea:

6 Comments

  1. Rob says:

    Interesting Steve. I’ve never seen them rigged with a weight on one end. I’ll have to give it a shot…

  2. Nomad says:

    Hmmmm that is interesting. Heck, I’m still waiting to use a shaky head jig…LOL

  3. Steve says:

    There’s a few different ways to fish them. They are super soft!!

    The Koreans like to fish them as a wacky rig using a jighead.
    I sometimes fish them with a small nail weight in each end, but the big nail weight in the bottom only is by far the best way I’ve used :idea:
    They are also great fished texas rigged without weights over the think water plants like lily’s that cover our lakes during the summer.

  4. Rob says:

    The video at that link is pretty cool… Thanks!

  5. rodney says:

    hook is backwards hook it from tail down this will stop the tail from covering the hook and losing fish.

    Damiki Makes a neko weight in 1/16,1/8,3/16,and 5/16

    the rig is doing great in Norhtern Cal still being kept QUIT there

  6. Steve says:

    Rodney,
    Thanks for your input. However, whether the hook is backwards or not, I can’t remember ever missing or losing fish with the way that I hook this rig, but with the hook point facing up as seen in the above photos, it makes this rig much more weedless or snag proof. If the hook was facing the other way, I would lose this rig on every cast in the waters we fish here i Korea.
    I will have to look into those Damiki weights.

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