Fishing senko wacky

Hook ups pretty good?

Anybody out nails/weights in the ends to give it more action? Or is that unnecessary?

Weightless wacky senkos around flooded timber this time of year can be absolutely deadly. And yes the weed guard is awesome. Love the o-rings too. I prefer the weed guard style instead of the one that hooks under the barb but they both work well.

Any other time of the year and I fish almost exclusively the weighted wacky heads which are also called "flick-shake". And I don't just throw them in deeper water. When the water warms up the faster fall rate generates more bites in my experience and the weighted head somehow helps it be more weedless when pulled through cover.

I prefer a skinnier Trick worm. More action more bites

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Weedless wacky hook. I’ve always trimmed the weed guard flush with the bottom of the hook. They are a bit long out of the box.

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I do the same. The only downfall with the wacky rig is that the hook up ratio isn't the best, however the setup will get lots of bites

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downfall with the wacky rig is that the hook up ratio isn't the best, however the setup will get lots of bites

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If you're missing a lot of wacky bites 1 of 2 things is probably happening - either you're not realizing you have a bite initially because they are grabbing it on the fall so the fish has time to eat it and decide to spit it out, or you're setting the hook too hard.

Hook up ratios on a wacky should be very very high. I rarely miss wacky fish. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but you shouldn't miss more fish on a wacky worm than on a tx rigged worm.

Unlike aggressive TX rigged hook sets and jig hook sets, wacky hook sets are much more of a reel down to pick up the slack and position the hook and then a wrist pop/snap to set it home. The small diameter exposed hooks shouldn't require the force of a thicker EWG worm hook.

I have had those weed guards block the hook before. Probably isolated, but has made me go to the other type of weedless shown above.

Mustad makes these. they are hard to find in stores but man do they work great

I throw 10lb or 17lb nanofil. 10lb on smaller finesse/trick worms and 17lb on the senkos but that's just because of the rod I use. And I direct tie. Every now and then I'll tie on a 3-4' 8lb fluoro leader.