Old tip from a crazy Texan
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:05 pm
Hi everyone,
I got this email from Dusty Adkins, requesting that I post this tip. Its about a technique of plastic worm fishing he calls "Whacky worm". At first I thought I wasn't going to be reading anything new, but I was wrong. This is not the "Whacky Rigging" that any hardcore bass fisherman around here knows. This is really different. It's kind of tough to for me to even picture in my mind, but I might have to go rooting around in the garage to see if I can put this together...
Here's Dusty's email...
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Howdy fishhawk.
Thought I would put you on to a technique I used to get me in the top ten in most tourneys I entered, back in my days of bass fishing. Now that I have retired, I quit "work fishing" (bass tourny's) and mostly go for crappie, cats and walleye.....depending on where we go while traveling (ah the life of a retired military man).
Now, enough of the BS and down to business.
Back in the mid 70's, I learned a kind of plastic worm fishing known as "Whacky Worm". If you have heard of this, go ahead and just delete this from your mail box and pay me no mind, but if you havn't heard of it.....I want to just say that it works.
First thing you do is go by a hardware store and get an assortment of cotter pins. Anything from real small ( 1/2" long) to larger/thicker ones up to 1 1/2".
Throw those in your tackle box with your different colored favorite plastic worms, and go fishing.
To rig up....Tie on your favorite size worm hook. Everyone uses different sizes....I prefer the size of a crappie hook, but heavier so it will not straighten out on hook set.
Next...select what color/scent worm you want to use.
Next...select a size cotter pin that will make the worm go to the bottom. Small for a slow swimming effect and larger for a faster drop or thicker weeds.
Next..insert the cotter pin in the head of the worm, pushing it in from the head toward the tail, until the pin is completely inside the worm. This makes the worm "head heavy".
Next...insert your hook into the band of the worm from front to back leaving the point just under the skin of the worm.
Now that your rigged, the best way to fish this rig is flipping to weeds, brush or boat docks.
Let the worm go to the bottom, then raise the rod tip a couple of feet and let the worm drop keeping the slack out of the line so you can feel the bump of a strike....when you do, set the hook.
If you try this in clear water you will see that when you raise the rod tip, the worm bends in the middle on the way up. When you let it drop, it kinda "swims...at an angle....looking like a fresh water eel back down to the bottom or weeds.
Hope you can make sense of this tip. It really has put some big bass in the live well, and has helped me win a few tourny's too.
the name is Dusty Adkins
the handle is Centerdriver ( cuz I have a Kenner vision 1902 w/115 opti)
the object of retirement....fish in as many states and catch as many different kinds of fish possible before I cant do it anymore.
Region fished so far, North Carolina to California, Yuma to Anchorage, Idaho to the Keys, now in Syracuse till august for some walleye's and perch.
Thanks for your time.
Sheryl and the Dust....traveling and fishing.
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I'm guessing his handle is a CB Radio handle?
Thanks Dusty, and safe travels!
I got this email from Dusty Adkins, requesting that I post this tip. Its about a technique of plastic worm fishing he calls "Whacky worm". At first I thought I wasn't going to be reading anything new, but I was wrong. This is not the "Whacky Rigging" that any hardcore bass fisherman around here knows. This is really different. It's kind of tough to for me to even picture in my mind, but I might have to go rooting around in the garage to see if I can put this together...
Here's Dusty's email...
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Howdy fishhawk.
Thought I would put you on to a technique I used to get me in the top ten in most tourneys I entered, back in my days of bass fishing. Now that I have retired, I quit "work fishing" (bass tourny's) and mostly go for crappie, cats and walleye.....depending on where we go while traveling (ah the life of a retired military man).
Now, enough of the BS and down to business.
Back in the mid 70's, I learned a kind of plastic worm fishing known as "Whacky Worm". If you have heard of this, go ahead and just delete this from your mail box and pay me no mind, but if you havn't heard of it.....I want to just say that it works.
First thing you do is go by a hardware store and get an assortment of cotter pins. Anything from real small ( 1/2" long) to larger/thicker ones up to 1 1/2".
Throw those in your tackle box with your different colored favorite plastic worms, and go fishing.
To rig up....Tie on your favorite size worm hook. Everyone uses different sizes....I prefer the size of a crappie hook, but heavier so it will not straighten out on hook set.
Next...select what color/scent worm you want to use.
Next...select a size cotter pin that will make the worm go to the bottom. Small for a slow swimming effect and larger for a faster drop or thicker weeds.
Next..insert the cotter pin in the head of the worm, pushing it in from the head toward the tail, until the pin is completely inside the worm. This makes the worm "head heavy".
Next...insert your hook into the band of the worm from front to back leaving the point just under the skin of the worm.
Now that your rigged, the best way to fish this rig is flipping to weeds, brush or boat docks.
Let the worm go to the bottom, then raise the rod tip a couple of feet and let the worm drop keeping the slack out of the line so you can feel the bump of a strike....when you do, set the hook.
If you try this in clear water you will see that when you raise the rod tip, the worm bends in the middle on the way up. When you let it drop, it kinda "swims...at an angle....looking like a fresh water eel back down to the bottom or weeds.
Hope you can make sense of this tip. It really has put some big bass in the live well, and has helped me win a few tourny's too.
the name is Dusty Adkins
the handle is Centerdriver ( cuz I have a Kenner vision 1902 w/115 opti)
the object of retirement....fish in as many states and catch as many different kinds of fish possible before I cant do it anymore.
Region fished so far, North Carolina to California, Yuma to Anchorage, Idaho to the Keys, now in Syracuse till august for some walleye's and perch.
Thanks for your time.
Sheryl and the Dust....traveling and fishing.
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I'm guessing his handle is a CB Radio handle?
Thanks Dusty, and safe travels!