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What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 01:38 AM
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SenkoSam
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I wacky rigged a 5" black stick for the first time in years to see how well it would do on a 1/8 oz ballhead jig. The action was as expected except faster on the way to the bottom and bass soon grabbed it. Like most anglers, I always assumed wacky rigged sticks used only bare hooks, but having caught fish on a mini-stick rigged on a 1/32 oz jighead, I figured 1/8 oz should do well.
Over the years I accumulated over a few hundred stick in different colors: black, laminates, watermelon & flake, pumpkin with seed, etc., but never tried them except black which caught my first stick bass and all bass after that.
Does anyone use soft stick colors other than black? Does color matter?
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 01:39 AM
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SenkoSam
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I wacky rigged a 5" black stick for the first time in years to see how well it would do on a 1/8 oz ballhead jig. The action was as expected except faster on the way to the bottom and bass soon grabbed it. Like most anglers, I always assumed wacky rigged sticks used only bare hooks, but having caught fish on a mini-stick rigged on a 1/32 oz jighead, I figured 1/8 oz should do well.
Over the years I accumulated over a few hundred stick in different colors: black, laminates, watermelon & flake, pumpkin with seed, etc., but never tried them except black which caught my first stick bass and all bass after that.
Does anyone use soft stick colors other than black? Does color matter?
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
[Re: SenkoSam]
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07/24/18 01:42 AM
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Fish2222
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So, I fish the Strike King Ocho, my fave stick bait. I fish it wacky, weightless, with a VMC weedless hook through an O-ring. Best color for me has always been watermelon......Green Pumpkin is a close 2nd. My best luck is always on the edges of grass.
"I only catch the ones that bite" BassCat Sabre Mercury EFI 175
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 01:45 AM
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GIG'EM AGGIES
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Pumpkin/green or green/pumpkin is always my first choice.
Last edited by GIG'EM AGGIES; 07/24/18 01:47 AM.
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 01:49 AM
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kevine80
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june bug senkos with gama wicked wacky 2/0 or 3/0 o ringed
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 02:44 AM
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Taylored
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I like green pumpkin or black blue flake. Usually fish them on a #2 worm hook wacky rigged with an o ring. If I want weight I add a split shot above the hook.
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 03:07 AM
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TOMCAT21
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My favorite is a Confetti Senko or Mardis Gras Dinger.
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 03:29 AM
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David Burton
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Chartreuse is my signature color. Watermelon colors as well. Junebug and black blue flake for more dingy water or cloudy days. I love the Zappu Inchi weedless wacky jigheads 1/8 oz. Eco-Pro Tungsten is another version of that.
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 03:49 AM
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Thad Rains
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3 colors I always take are watermelon, green pumpkin and chartreuse. They all work well, but I believe they go in that order. It is amazing how many fish will bite a chartreuse wacky rig when nothing else seems to work. I hope this helps. Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.
Thad Rains
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 12:32 PM
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Bissett
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Can;t go wrong with watermelon red. That's my go-to anyways for just about all kinds of water I have here in OK
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 01:10 PM
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Jarrett Latta
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Green pumpkin or a black/BLK and Blu are the only 2 colors you need
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 01:34 PM
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Mike Keenan
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I like the color code 912 and 221 for wacky rigging, but just about any watermelon combo will work.
R.I.P. Mike "pappy" "broken rod" Green born 07-16-62 on to better fishing 06-10-08. www.basscat.com
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 02:57 PM
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Hookem
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 03:03 PM
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FlaNative
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Watermelon/candy or watermelon/red alternating with black w/blue fleck... don't normally need any other color, although a bright chartreuse stick at times seems to work when nothing else does.
Steve Raulerson Ranger RT188 Florida Native by Birth, Texan by Choice
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Re: What is the best color (or colors) for wacky rigging stick baits like the Senko?
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07/24/18 03:57 PM
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Creekhead
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Seems like we catch the bigger fish on Black Blue Flake regardless of water color
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