bmc Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 What is your #1 bait for wacky rigging smallies? I usually use a 5" Gary Yamamoto silver senko, but think that might be too big at times.Anyone, anyone?On a side note, my daughter had her 1st experience last week using the wacky rig and she's got it down! She had a nice mix of smallies and largies. Her biggest LMB was 17" and biggest SMB was 15". Fun, fun, fun!!!Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainbutter Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 If the bass is too small for a 5''er, I'm not targeting it. I've caught some surprisingly small fish on 5'' senkos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infishquinn Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 If I had to pick a single bait it would be a 4" senko, the 5" has definately worked for me, but often times those big smallys want the 4". Countless times I have seen the 4" outfish a 5" for big fish, hands down. Big fish don't ALWAYS want a big bait, especially smallys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SledNeck Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 5" only.If you wanna see about 100 pictures of hawg smallmouth caught on em. I'd be glad to post em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deitz Dittrich Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 You should be fine with the 5".. As stated, they do make a 4" as well. I use the Mr.Twister Comida, or the OutKast Stick worm. They are less expensive and still seem to work as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunker Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 4". I like to downsize my senkos. Don't ask me why, but a couple of years ago I made the switch, and think I've done a lot better with the smaller baits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bemidjibasser Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Anyone ever go with the 6" zoom trick worm or 4" finnese worm? I have used both of those with good results as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassfshin24 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 what hooks and hook sizes do you guys use to wacky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RK Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Hiya - I use 5" Dip Stick worms a lot. Have done pretty well with the Power Bait Heavy Sink Worms too. They're nice because you can cast them in a wind and they can be worked a lot deeper. I also use some finesse worms too. Zoom trick worms are good, as Bemidji said, and Gulp Fat Dover Crawlers are pretty good too. A 5" Gulp Alive Leech is also pretty dang good believe it or not.For hooks I use Gamakatsu Finesse wide gaps just because I happen to have some, but when I finally run out of those I'll probably use an Owner Mosquito hook like I use drop shotting. Either #1 or 1/0. Actually though a plain old baitholder hook in the same size works just as well.Cheers,Rob Kimm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallydog Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 try a 4" #117 Bonzai wormBonzai's are hard to find anywhere but a few Southern California bait sellersWorks like a dream here in IDaho where we have gobs of smallies.They grab hold on and eat this baby.WD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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