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![]() would it be Mosquito Hooks? I've been using size 1, but may go up a few sizes
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![]() No, but those would work.
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![]() Instead of o rings you can go to Home Depot/hardware store and buy clear plastic tubing by the foot...size based on the size of the Senko. There are diameters that fit the 5 and 4 inch perfectly but I can't remember them off the top of my head. Then cut it into small pieces/rings. You get a ton of rings for cheap and they hold up well. Also work good for trailer hook keepers on spinner baits.
I often switch back and forth between wacky and T-rigged and I'm too lazy to change the hook each time. I have had good success just using the regular worm hook I use to fish them T-rigged. 3/0 wide gap black eagle claw for 5" and 6" and an eagle claw 1/0 worm hook for the 4". Never felt I was missing fish due to the hook. Unless you were going to a weighted wacky hook to get a different fall rate or something.
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![]() I just went back and checked my amazon order from when i got the mosquito hooks, which it dawned on me that that among the uses on the package besides wacky rigs, was dropshot that is what i bought the mosquito hooks for ... I also got some #1 owner wacky rig hooks in the same order being i wanted to try both techniques out this year. Now I need to find what i did with them.
Never really fished softbaits in the past, but after last night catching a small LMB on the wacky rig in the short time i had to fish I am gaining more confidence in them, but still feel like its been luck on the hook ups I still don't have the feel for whats a fish vs an obstruction. But i suppose the more hookups i get the sooner that feel will be learned |
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![]() They also sell wacky weedless hooks. It's like a hinge- have worked well for me if the bass are lazy and don't want the Texas rig
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![]() O rings mean money saved, since Wacky rigged, they slip off so easy. I just use a size 2 plain shank Mustad. Senkos sink faster than the traditional-style worms I use, though. I even have some Strike King worms, which don't sink without weight added.
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![]() The only way I use wacky rig Senkos is with a 1/0 or 2/0 circle. You will invariably gut hook fish otherwise and even a circle doesn't work all the time. Trying to remove a small hook deep in the throat is a real trick if you can do it. Too, circle hooks almost never get thrown even with the barbs pinched.
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![]() The pinched barbs also make extraction from fingers for instance which made my Friday trip to the ER a lot easier to deal with.
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