Ringworm

[fishin58]

I have been river fishing a few times lately and I have lost quite a few rigs lately! I was wondering if any one has rigged a twister or a ringworm to be weedless/treeless.The way I am thinking of is to almost carolina rig it like for bassfishin with no hook exposed. The only drawback I could think of would be the actual presentaion, it would change the shape of the rig and maybe the wallys wont like it. But I thought of trying rigging some up today, has any one tried this before. I wont be able to try em until hopefully later this week, being that we are in a flood warning.

[Liar]

I was wondering the same thing. I did see a picture from someone I would consider a knowledgable fisherman with the ringworm going thru the hook at a 45 deg. angle with the point tucked into the bait but not sticking out. He said he uses it for pitching brush. He was talking about how he used them with the knuckleball jig heads. The pic is on "another site", so I dont think it would be proper to post it. I hope this helps

Dan

[fishin58]

Over lunch I tried rigging one up... tough to try to keep the twister straight on a regular jig. I have some bass hooks and I tried some with these and I think it looks pretty good. But will a wally bite it.

[fisherking01]

I've never had luck rigging in a way that changes the shape of the grub. I've been on hot bites with plastics and when worn they pull down, you can cast all day with it down, and not get a bite. That's my experience. Brent

you would do better to find a weedless jig that allows the twister or ring to work the way it is supposed to.

[Liar]

I think the hook on the knuckleball looks similar to a bass hook. I am going to buy some in a day or two. I'm heading to S.D. for a few days, on Thursday. I will give them a try out there. Dont think I will get to P4 before we go, but you never know

[Bobb-o]

Mepps makes a jig that could be very easily used for this, it is called the Spinflex.

[uwecsteeple]

I love the spinflex, I use them all the time with a nice firecracker or white/bluespeck grub though I imagine a big spinflex with a ringworm would work great. The only thing bad is they are kinda pricey for what you get and they are hard to find, so far I found only sportsman warehouse carries them.

[tunrevir]

The knucklehead/oddball jigs work well for a weedless/snagless presentation or you can go to a jighead with either the wire/plastic brush/weedgaurds like a weed weasle northland has ball head jigs with the platic "Y" guard if you can find them, I fish these all of the time through the wood and downed trees with alot of success and few snags. You will lose a few fish because of the weedgaurds when the bite is lite but you'll save alot in time and money going to these type of jigs. You may have to down size to 3" twisters and/or shorten the ring worm a little to increase you hookups.

Tunrevir~

[Random guy]

What I do for pitching ringworms and grubs this time of year on Rivers is use a jig with a super soft hook and stronger line. When ya get hooked up just pull the hook straight and bend it back once retrieved. I tried the different rigging style and I was out fished every time by a buddy fishing rigged the right way.

[markkstanley]

Try using a lighter jighead before you attempt to go weedless. It's amazing how just a 1/32 can reduce snags. Jon's method works too but then he typically uses his musky rods so he can just yank out anything smaller than a pickup truck.

[Random guy]

8'6" MH rods work great for walleye, and they never chew through my 80lb Suffix.

[superhawk16]

have any of you guys ever had any consistent success fishing ringworms (or other plastics for that matter) in lakes or is it mainly a river thing? I have caught plenty of walleyes using them in river systems but I guess I have never used them in lakes.

[Team Otter]

I like using them in July and August for weed 'eyes, especially on windy days, when draggin' typically rules the roost.