Ahead of the learning curve? (Ray Esboldt)

[st.crioxfishin]

This was from an article on the bassmaster web site about Greg Hackney's (professional bass angler) heavy duty shakey head rig...

"I like to rig 'em heavy — 1/2 or 3/4 ounce, maybe even a full ounce — with a football head jig and a Strike King Zero plastic trailer. I want to give quality bass something new to look at, and this does the trick. I don't even think the pros are doing it yet," he says.

Ray...haven't you been using this for a long time? A senko on a jigworm head? I beleive you used it to clean house on Waconia this year..Looks like you've been fishing with a technique thats still a "secret" on the pro tour, what other secret techniques are you hiding from us , just thought that was interesting..

[Central Bassman]

Ray is in Canada chasing big smallies for the Ifalls Tournament... so give him a few days to reply.

[Ray Esboldt]

Yes. But, that was really out of shear stuborness. I fish wacky rigs some and I fish senkos t-rigged without a weight some too. However, I think the bait just works the best on a mushroomhead, a football jig on rocks, or a lightly weighted carolina rig.

I still use lots of "regular" worms on mushroom heads, but fishing a 5" senko in the wind is just easier to manage than the regular worms. Easier because you have more bait weight to work with.

I just figured everyone did that. As for secrets, I have none.

[french_lake_kid]

I also heard that they would take a senko fish it wacky-style on a football jig like a roller jig. Weird