Holy cow that is pure gold right there!!! I can see so many uses for that rig its incredible!!! Mr Stefan the bait wizard!!!! Awesome tip on this one Matt!!!
Absolute bite-getter. I put this rig to use over the weekend at a local highland reservoir on a bluebird day on offshore structure after trying everything else with no success. Fish were suspended several feet off the bottom, and even the dropshot rig failed to get any bites. Threw this floating worm with a 3/8 oz free rig weight and immediately started getting fish to react. The coolest thing is watching the worm float up on livescope...right before a fish takes it. Caught fish when all others couldn't. Thanks again, Matt.
Just tried your “Floating Worm Free Rig” yesterday (Memorial Day Sunday). Lake was a Zoo with tons of recreational boaters, Waverunners, and just craziness. Water was chocolate milk color. In about 2-hours, I caught three Largemouth Bass with this technique. Largest was close to my Personal Best for this lake. Well done. Effective. I expect to crush them today as I plan to fish a secluded spring fed smallmouth bass pond where weed growth is probably 18” high already. Technique should be perfect! Thank you. Be Well. Life is Good.
Great stuff, Matt. I've been using a "wacky free rig" with a sinking worm, but I will definitely start to incorporate the floating version. Thanks for sharing this secret. Heading over to TW now.
Your right Matt, this will help catch folks some more fish. I use the same rig with a tube and place a styrofoam ear plug inside to give it a slow rise. Love to toss it around docks.
I know I'm late on this video with my reply, but I don't think I've ever been so excited about a rig before...the most innovative rig I think I've ever seen!! Did you created this rig Matt?
Ingenious idea Matt, keep playing around with your imagination and who knows when you will come up with the one that leads to massive wealth. You deserve it.
OMG U got me ! TNT ! Thank the heavens most guys won't give it the time it obviously deserves...Matt sir best lure tip ever ! Again OMG thank you...........
Using it for years for marsh bass. Have an area that they wanted red truck worm which I use H&R as they float better. Keeps the worm next to stumps when the tide or current keeps the worm from staying next to a stump or cypress tree.
Super clever Matt! I'm going to try this today with some Z-Man Bang StickZ. That's the Elaztech stickbait with zero salt and is totally buoyant. It's a tremendous Neko Rig plastic, now I have a new way to use the Bang StickZ.👍🏻🙌🏻👏🏻🎣
give it a try. not all the zman baits are super buoyant. Im not very familiar with the bang stickz so im not sure it will work. but the zman floating wormz is awesome for this technique.
That's pure juice right there!!! Awesome idea!!! Love it! I've always used floating worms, but that Zman floats way better than the couple different brands I have. This is my second time watching this video! Thanks Matt!!
@@MattStefanFishing I'm definitely going to be trying it. Using the zman worm because it's very buoyant is something I hadn't thought of and I'm new to the free rig
WOW, never thought about doing this with a worm. I have done something similar with an original floating Rapala. Thanks for the videos Tight lines and Godspeed
Now that's one cool idea. Wish I had thought of it. I use a bobber stop to limit how close to the bottom I would get. Don't have to worry about that with the reverse free rig. You got another one on me!
Sir, let me tell you that I love how honest you are about these things. KVD and Zman both make fluke style bait in various sizes that I have been using on this style of rig for a while now. They work awesome!!
Very inventive/innovative idea! I need to try that, so much range of motion in the water column! I have been wacky-shotting a lot of the Z-Man worms but that's even better! I think the bait moves better on your rig... it almost swims around a little bit as it floats up. Killer action.
Alright! now that is secret! So versatile and subtle. longtime fisherman who prides himself on my bait creativity and I can't believe I haven't tried that...floating worm on a free rig? ..you bet💪thank you Matt
Great Stuff here Matt. I really like fishing the FREE Rig. This is a great alternative that the fish probably Don't see often. I can see this Reverse Wacky Rig really catching them. Thanks and keep up the great content......
So do you have a stop of some sort at the end of your line for a weight stop? Could you show a video on how you actually rig it? Tnx for the tips....love your channel.
Thanks Matt. Neet o. Nose hooking the worm would be good also. That way it would look like a worm swimming to the bottom. I tried a tube with a ear plug in it, on a free rig, same principle. Should work, good luck with it.
I have a similar tech. I use 7'3" medium mod spinning 6lb P-Line Tactical Fluorocarbon with a swivel to 10lb mono with the weight between swivel and light wire wacky and same worm. I work it the same way.
Thanks for that tip Matt!! Will have to keep this one from my nephew!! lol Been telling him of tips and he's crushing them but I'm not on this one. Stay Safe & God Bless!!
Cool video Matt. I fish a floating worm alot...but never like that. Gonna give it a try and send this video to my tournament partner and my dad. Love it.
Excellent idea Matt. I will give it a try on the Potomac River this spring. I assume this will work Texas rigged also when the grass gets growing during the summer?
I have never done it with a free rig, which is a good idea. But I fish dropshot & wacky drop shots with zman worms & other zman baits. I have ton of zman baits & really like most of them! The razer shads on texas rigs also good. Looks like a small fish pecking on bottom
@@MattStefanFishing I was watching one of your videos that you showed like a flashy swimmer but this clipped on the hook that you we're using and had the weight stamped on it also.Were can I get those for my Bass Tournaments. Tackle warehouse????.I forgot the company name you said it was chatbor something 🤔 like that. It was 2:30 this morning I was watching it.
This is a local secret in my area. We fish alot of ponds so we mainly do this as a very finesse set up with light gear and we mainly use the TRD ned worms especially if the full size worm is not working.
Tough fishing today, could not get a bite. Switch to the reverse wacky rig and I caught three fish in a matter of minutes, one weighing 4-1/2 lbs. That’s a nice fish for a small lake in Michigan.
I wonder if you can do that with a regular bullet weight. I make my own floating worms that I use on the Baby Carolina rig. Next time I head out, I'm going to try it and see what happens.
Matt, is there a maximum effective depth you suggest for using this rig? I ask because of the slack line needed when allowing the bait to float to the surface....I would think more slack line out at extended depths would make hook setting more difficult.
killer deal .man that's a good one .That 1 on 1 is too. Can you tell fall is on the way. I can down here bet up there for sure .I bet top water is getting crunk up.
Good idea! I have tried this rig with TPR shrimp. The shrimp is 3", but it is not floating enough, so I have canceled this rig, as your info, the worm is big enough, and the floating rate is higher; the potential problem is between the hook and the dropshot or free rig weight special, maybe we need a bead, or rubber stopper to protect the line broken. I have caught a big fish yesterday; I will see the details.
Whats up Matt . Im pumped to give this a go. Dope idea just a complete different look needed in such an overpressured lake like the big O in my local club tournaments. What size hook is the finese wide gap. ?
Holy cow that is pure gold right there!!! I can see so many uses for that rig its incredible!!! Mr Stefan the bait wizard!!!! Awesome tip on this one Matt!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Its a good one!
Absolute bite-getter. I put this rig to use over the weekend at a local highland reservoir on a bluebird day on offshore structure after trying everything else with no success. Fish were suspended several feet off the bottom, and even the dropshot rig failed to get any bites. Threw this floating worm with a 3/8 oz free rig weight and immediately started getting fish to react. The coolest thing is watching the worm float up on livescope...right before a fish takes it. Caught fish when all others couldn't. Thanks again, Matt.
its a good rig thats for sure!
Just tried your “Floating Worm Free Rig” yesterday (Memorial Day Sunday). Lake was a Zoo with tons of recreational boaters, Waverunners, and just craziness. Water was chocolate milk color.
In about 2-hours, I caught three Largemouth Bass with this technique. Largest was close to my Personal Best for this lake.
Well done. Effective.
I expect to crush them today as I plan to fish a secluded spring fed smallmouth bass pond where weed growth is probably 18” high already. Technique should be perfect!
Thank you.
Be Well.
Life is Good.
Awesome! glad to help!
What an awesome setup can't wait to try it. This is why I am addicted to this channel.
Great to hear!
You Never Cease To Amaze Me!! Thank You!!!!! Your Friend From Northern Michigan!!!!!
Rock on!
DUDE again has to be the most 🔥 tip on TH-cam in a long time. Always learning on this channel!
I appreciate that!
Great stuff, Matt. I've been using a "wacky free rig" with a sinking worm, but I will definitely start to incorporate the floating version. Thanks for sharing this secret. Heading over to TW now.
Go for it! Thanks for the TW support!
BRO! I don't know if I can point to another tip that blew my mind this much. Thank you!
haha! Nice!
Thanks for the juice Matt! That is an awesome presentation!
Glad you liked it!
Your right Matt, this will help catch folks some more fish.
I use the same rig with a tube and place a styrofoam ear plug inside to give it a slow rise. Love to toss it around docks.
Shhhh 🤫😆
awesome! thanks for sharing! i do the styrofoam trick for carolina rigging tubes
Sounds like another good idea.
The secret is out shhh
I know I'm late on this video with my reply, but I don't think I've ever been so excited about a rig before...the most innovative rig I think I've ever seen!! Did you created this rig Matt?
Yep
Ingenious idea Matt, keep playing around with your imagination and who knows when you will come up with the one that leads to massive wealth. You deserve it.
Ive got a bait coming out soon that is amazing! Stay tuned!
OMG U got me ! TNT ! Thank the heavens most guys won't give it the time it obviously deserves...Matt sir best lure tip ever ! Again OMG thank you...........
Haha! its a good one go give it a try!
Wow! Thanks for teaching a old man a great new trick! You can bet I’ll try that one next trip! 👍
good luck!
This looks freakin awesome ! Gonna try it ! Thanks, Matt !
Hope you like it!
Is it hard to set the hook???
Nope just reel into them like a carolina rig
This is amazing!!! Thx for showing it. It’s the first time I see this trick. Absolutely amazing
Glad you liked it!
I like that you think outside of the box. Always great information in your videos
I appreciate that!
That is such a brilliant idea! That definitely looks like a game changer! Can’t wait to try it out, thanks! 👍🏻🇺🇸🎣
Have fun!
Using it for years for marsh bass.
Have an area that they wanted red truck worm which I use H&R as they float better.
Keeps the worm next to stumps when the tide or current keeps the worm from staying next to a stump or cypress tree.
great idea
Super clever Matt! I'm going to try this today with some Z-Man Bang StickZ. That's the Elaztech stickbait with zero salt and is totally buoyant. It's a tremendous Neko Rig plastic, now I have a new way to use the Bang StickZ.👍🏻🙌🏻👏🏻🎣
give it a try. not all the zman baits are super buoyant. Im not very familiar with the bang stickz so im not sure it will work. but the zman floating wormz is awesome for this technique.
That's pure juice right there!!! Awesome idea!!! Love it! I've always used floating worms, but that Zman floats way better than the couple different brands I have. This is my second time watching this video! Thanks Matt!!
You got that right!
Man this is awesome! I certainly haven't heard anybody talk about this before! Thanks Matt!
well ive never seen anyone else do it. just something i thought up. not saying others havent done it but im not aware of anyone.
@@MattStefanFishing I'm definitely going to be trying it. Using the zman worm because it's very buoyant is something I hadn't thought of and I'm new to the free rig
Wow love that rig I think I'm going to like it also thx for that tip keep em coming
You bet
thats amazing never even thought it possible. gonna try it saturday thanks
good luck!
LOVE IT! You can rig a fluke, big TRD... so many different elaztech lures. Brilliant. Kudos
Has to be a high floater! The zman floating wormz is a super buoyant worm
@@MattStefanFishing Word. I'll be experimenting with this one for sure. Looks super deadly
WOW, never thought about doing this with a worm. I have done something similar with an original floating Rapala.
Thanks for the videos
Tight lines and Godspeed
No problem 👍
Pretty cool, good explanation followed by a great demonstration
thanks!
Now that's one cool idea. Wish I had thought of it. I use a bobber stop to limit how close to the bottom I would get. Don't have to worry about that with the reverse free rig. You got another one on me!
Awesome! give it a try!
Tips like this will keep people coming back
Thanks!
Sir, let me tell you that I love how honest you are about these things. KVD and Zman both make fluke style bait in various sizes that I have been using on this style of rig for a while now. They work awesome!!
great! thanks for sharing!
Very inventive/innovative idea! I need to try that, so much range of motion in the water column! I have been wacky-shotting a lot of the Z-Man worms but that's even better! I think the bait moves better on your rig... it almost swims around a little bit as it floats up. Killer action.
Thanks!
Now that's very interestingthanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
Alright! now that is secret! So versatile and subtle. longtime fisherman who prides himself on my bait creativity and I can't believe I haven't tried that...floating worm on a free rig? ..you bet💪thank you Matt
Thanks! go catch some fish with it!
Wow! This might be the best looking rig I’ve seen in a very long time!
Great Stuff here Matt. I really like fishing the FREE Rig. This is a great alternative that the fish probably Don't see often. I can see this Reverse Wacky Rig really catching them. Thanks and keep up the great content......
You bet!
Wow, that's cool. Trying out later, or tomorrow, not sure. Thanks!
good luck!
Awesome info. Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome information will try it when I can get out there. Thanks for sharing 🎣 👍
good luck!
Awesome Matt! I use free rig in most of my wacky rig presentations but never tried a high floating bait
You should!
Genius! That is an awesome technique 👏...def going to be given this one a go!! Great content!
Awesome! Thank you!
Solid rig brotha! Thank you for sharing a pro tip!
you bet!
So do you have a stop of some sort at the end of your line for a weight stop? Could you show a video on how you actually rig it?
Tnx for the tips....love your channel.
i dont use a stop but you could. What i showed in the video is exactly how i rig it
Thanks Matt. Neet o. Nose hooking the worm would be good also. That way it would look like a worm swimming to the bottom. I tried a tube with a ear plug in it, on a free rig, same principle. Should work, good luck with it.
I have tried nose hooking it but prefer hooking it wacky style
That is dope never even thought of that thanks for sharing I will put that to good use
thanks for watching!
I have a similar tech. I use 7'3" medium mod spinning 6lb P-Line Tactical Fluorocarbon with a swivel to 10lb mono with the weight between swivel and light wire wacky and same worm. I work it the same way.
awesome!
Great idea Matt. I really love the idea 💡
Glad you like it!
WOW! I'll let you know how I do when I use this at night. Thanks Matt
Good luck!
That's wild. Thanks for sharing that technique. Looks fun to fish with.
It is!
Thanks for that tip Matt!! Will have to keep this one from my nephew!! lol Been telling him of tips and he's crushing them but I'm not on this one. Stay Safe & God Bless!!
Please do!
@@MattStefanFishing Will do. What weight is your go to?
I see also same setup video and guy used bobber stoppers top and bottom of an sliding sinker to control the length to the wacky rig
thanks for sharing
Cool video Matt. I fish a floating worm alot...but never like that. Gonna give it a try and send this video to my tournament partner and my dad. Love it.
Please do! Good luck!
That was absolutely phenomenal!! Thank you!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the tip Matt!
you bet!
Damnnnn Matt!! Genius!! This will definitely get used
go for it!
I think that is a great idea! Thank you for sharing it.
thanks!
Thanks for your good information and video and good fishing
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent idea Matt. I will give it a try on the Potomac River this spring. I assume this will work Texas rigged also when the grass gets growing during the summer?
thanks for watching!
Nice, Thanks Matt.
you bet!
This is really great and thanks for showing this to us!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love it . Thanks Matt
My pleasure!
I have never done it with a free rig, which is a good idea. But I fish dropshot & wacky drop shots with zman worms & other zman baits. I have ton of zman baits & really like most of them! The razer shads on texas rigs also good. Looks like a small fish pecking on bottom
the zman floating worms floats much better than other zman baits. you cant do this with all of their products
Thank you Matt.
you bet!
Amazing tip to share Matt 💰 This has an amazing built in trigger to create a reaction strike 🍺
It works so good!
Wow! That’s amazing! Thanks for sharing
You bet!
That's awesome. Always enjoy your content.
Glad you enjoy it!
Thanks for that one , I love wacky fishing 🎣 That's a great idea 💡 ! Man I'm doing that !
Good luck!
Wow that's awesome Mr Stefan thank you for showing that 👏 😀 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
@@MattStefanFishing I was watching one of your videos that you showed like a flashy swimmer but this clipped on the hook that you we're using and had the weight stamped on it also.Were can I get those for my Bass Tournaments. Tackle warehouse????.I forgot the company name you said it was chatbor something 🤔 like that. It was 2:30 this morning I was watching it.
Very cool, I’ll have to give that a shot … thanks !
go for it!
I like this a lot. The best ideas are simple. 👍🏻🎣
they really are!
This is a local secret in my area. We fish alot of ponds so we mainly do this as a very finesse set up with light gear and we mainly use the TRD ned worms especially if the full size worm is not working.
awesome!
On the 1on 1 sessions. Could it be done while I was on the water? So maybe you can tell me what I’m doing wrong.
Yep we can do it over the phone!
Tough fishing today, could not get a bite. Switch to the reverse wacky rig and I caught three fish in a matter of minutes, one weighing 4-1/2 lbs. That’s a nice fish for a small lake in Michigan.
Good one!
It looks awesome. Gonna try it soon.
Have fun!
That is wicked cool. I'm trying it next time out!
Have fun!
Thank you! Should be perfect for shallows.
You bet!
I like this idea. Will be trying this one.
go for it!
I definitely will get this. Thanks, Matt!
Fantastic!
Great stuff Matt.....
thanks!
I wonder if you can do that with a regular bullet weight. I make my own floating worms that I use on the Baby Carolina rig. Next time I head out, I'm going to try it and see what happens.
you can but it works better with a standard casting weight or free rig weight
Try using the Do-It drop shot mold. All you have to do is turn the drop shot swivel around.
great idea , thanks for sharing !
You are so welcome!
Matt, is there a maximum effective depth you suggest for using this rig? I ask because of the slack line needed when allowing the bait to float to the surface....I would think more slack line out at extended depths would make hook setting more difficult.
Just reel until it gets tight
killer deal .man that's a good one .That 1 on 1 is too. Can you tell fall is on the way. I can down here bet up there for sure .I bet top water is getting crunk up.
topwater is starting to ramp up!!!!
Matt your going to turn is all into pro fisherman. Thanks buddy can’t wait to try it
good luck!
Thats a great idea! Thank you!
Thanks!
Any specific colors on that rig Matt? And really nice detail thanks for your reply
I prefer natural colors
Pretty cool! Now I need a big list of buoyant baits lol
You and me both!
Good idea! I have tried this rig with TPR shrimp. The shrimp is 3", but it is not floating enough, so I have canceled this rig, as your info, the worm is big enough, and the floating rate is higher; the potential problem is between the hook and the dropshot or free rig weight special, maybe we need a bead, or rubber stopper to protect the line broken. I have caught a big fish yesterday; I will see the details.
thanks for sharing
Thank you
You’re welcome!
Matt thank you
you bet!
Now that’s a great tip. Thank you
You bet!
Whats up Matt . Im pumped to give this a go. Dope idea just a complete different look needed in such an overpressured lake like the big O in my local club tournaments. What size hook is the finese wide gap. ?
Wow amazing!! Thanks for sharing such a deadly secret Matt!
My pleasure!
Have you ever tried this with an elaztech creature bait? It has me thinking 🤔.
nope but you should!
Thank you excellent video!!!
Glad you liked it!
Genius! Thanks for the tip!!!
Happy to help!
Looks good. Thanks for the vid
its a fun one to fish!
Seriously man amazing rig!!! I will be using this for sure!!!
Nice!
Great tip as usual!
Glad you think so!
Hey Matt outstanding tip bro