Something I started using a bit last fall and plan on using a ton more this year is a twist on the neko rig. The neko rig was developed in Japan. Neko is the word for cat in Japanese. In the eyes of Japanese anglers, the neko rig travels along the bottom the way a cat often uses its paw to scratch the ground or a litter box. (don't ask me I'm just a simple hillbilly fisherman) A neko rig normally ...is a wacky rigged worm with a weight placed in the head of the worm. The worm falls straight, standing upright off the bottom wriggling around for the fish to see. You can just leave it there shaking it in place. Also when you pull on the line the worm folds in half like a normal wacky rigged worm when lifted then when it falls straightens out and plummets straight down to again stand on its head. It's a finesse presentation that can be fished either way faster or way slower than most finesse presentations. My twist on it is the addition of several small washers. (the stinko rig???)
If you do not tighten the screw too tight against the worm but instead leave a bit of play the washers clack against each other and the screw as the lure is worked along the bottom. And if you use several small washers you can fine tune the weight of the lure for whatever depth or current you are fishing. I've found I like to use this with a four inch ringworm Vic makes for smallmouth. I really like it in the upper LMR from say above Corwin all the way to the headwaters and in the bigger tribs to both the LMR and the GMR as well as below the smaller lowheads way up the GMR. What I'm looking for are gravel bars, ledge pools or rock bars made up of smaller rocks. Places where I can throw it out and let it set for a bit standing upright kind of working in place. One big advantage of this rig is that it costs very very little and you can afford to lose a few without going broke. Two or three top line crankbaits probably cost more than a years supply of the small hooks and worms you will use in this rig and if your like me you probably already have the screws and washers out in the garage. If you haven't seen a neko rig in action watch a couple you tube videos of one in the water and I bet you'll want to throw one.
If you do not tighten the screw too tight against the worm but instead leave a bit of play the washers clack against each other and the screw as the lure is worked along the bottom. And if you use several small washers you can fine tune the weight of the lure for whatever depth or current you are fishing. I've found I like to use this with a four inch ringworm Vic makes for smallmouth. I really like it in the upper LMR from say above Corwin all the way to the headwaters and in the bigger tribs to both the LMR and the GMR as well as below the smaller lowheads way up the GMR. What I'm looking for are gravel bars, ledge pools or rock bars made up of smaller rocks. Places where I can throw it out and let it set for a bit standing upright kind of working in place. One big advantage of this rig is that it costs very very little and you can afford to lose a few without going broke. Two or three top line crankbaits probably cost more than a years supply of the small hooks and worms you will use in this rig and if your like me you probably already have the screws and washers out in the garage. If you haven't seen a neko rig in action watch a couple you tube videos of one in the water and I bet you'll want to throw one.
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