Cool rigging Matt. Thanks for the video. Similar to other comments, I saw another cool option from Debo’s Fishing where you use two O rings, and hook the X where the two rings cross and getting that perpendicular hook as well. That perpendicular hook is critical however you get there!
I use a piece of heat shrink tubing. They come in different colors and sizes. You can also heat the tubing with a lighter to make it fit snug. You wont melt the worm unless you over heat the tubing. Better and stronger than any o rings and a better hook orientation.
Great tip Matt, But do it my way also and let us know if you like it. Use electrical tape(Waterproof 3M recommended) and turn it one or two times around where you want to put your hook and fish with it all season😁
Try a mini hair rubber bands. You can double it up, and where the x is you can get the hook the right way and still use very few baits. Plus the hair ties are easier, and cheaper than using 2 o-rings
That’s a great idea. I’ve used 2 prongs and position them in a x. That holds good but the prongs still tear the worms. Like your method much better. I’ll be trying that this year. Thanks for the great videos.
I like using the eco pro tungsten whacky weight… it has a wire loop you slide up into the middle of the worm and run you hook through and it puts your weight just under your work too which gives it a good fall… but I do like your plastic dot trick I’ll have to try it out.
You can put on 2 o-rings without having to cross them. Thread hook under one o-ring, then over and back under the other one and the rings are now crossed over the hook.
Take a really small rubber hair tie, twist it to double the band. Where the X is created insert your hook perpendicular to the worm. It is the easiest, cheapest way to rig the wacky rig "correctly" and still save the worm
Good tip. Innovative idea to use a disc of plastic inserted into the worm. I've found that piece of rubber tubing, like what's used on spinnerbait trailer hooks, works pretty well. It keeps the worm from casting off, like sometimes happens when using a single o ring, and lets you hook the worm perpendicular or parallel if you prefer. The rubber tubing works well too and pretty much the same way as shrink tubing ,but you don't have to heat it.
Thanks, Matt! Since this video TW started carrying clear silicone tubes by Arsenal in 4 different sizes. They are very durable and they allow to place the hook perpendicular to the stick worm!
Back in the early 1970s when BASS and Bassmaster Magazine were both in their infancy, Bob Cobb bought an article from me where, using a paper hole punch and a plastic lid, I was able to create little plastic circles I used to keep an Uncle Josh pork chunk from coming off a jig hook. I still use the method today primarily for plastic baits. It was the beginning of a part-time writing career.
I remember that! That was back in the days when it was the 'B.A.S.S.('s) Master magazine' -in other words, it was the Master Magazine of B.A.S.S. .The 'BASSMASTERS' moniker was a (genius) marketing move that Montgomery dubbed all anglers participating in Open and Pro/Am events. Then came the TV show of the same name. Somewhere in the mid to late 80s, it became 'BASSMASTER' Magazine. As you can see, I too, grew up with B.A.S.S. as it was headquartered near my home.
Ok what I do is take a piece of clear tubing and cut it about a 1/4 of a inch wide and drill 2 small holes through it then slide it over the worm then I push the hook through the 2 holes and it’s perpendicular thru the worm
I wonder about a single wrap of electrical tape. You could cut the roll in half on a band saw to make it pretty unobtrusive on most natural color baits. Cut the wrap with scissors so you don't get a curly tag end. Wrap it fairly tight so it doesn't slip off from the oil on the bait, but not so hard as to squish it.
Matt, always look forward to your videos. Congratulations on the Mudhole sponsorship. For years, I’ve been using clear tubing sized for the worm. That way I can insert the hook vertically in a manner that reduces worm ripping and holds the hook at the same time
I have been using clear 3/8 shrink tube to run hook through and skips better and bait lasts longer. Red shrink is good too. I know you can buy silicone tube pieces and pliers. But this way cheaper
3/8 inch clear shrink wrap for senko type lures and 1/4 inch for zoom finesse or trick worm size. Goggle clear shrink wrap, real cheap and easy to use.
I use the clear shrink wrap too. Works great for wacky and Neko rigs. Hook is held at the right angle and definitely avoids worm rolling over. It’s a little time consuming (similar “little chore”) but using a big candle you can roll the worms quickly. Highly recommend!
This is a good idea. I like to use shrink tubing and heat it so it adheres to the worm. I can then punch my hook through both the worm and tubing and it gets me tons of fish catches on one worm.
I’m a Cheesehead and it’s so obvious that you too are a Cheesehead. Cheeseheads are always thinking how they can modify something to make it better and if it saves them money it’s a double whammy! I watch lots of your videos and appreciate the things I learn from you. Keep up the good work. All of us Cheeseheads in Wisconsin like to see a fellow Cheesehead living the dream.
Great tip! I find I lose as many with a single o-ring by slinging them off as I tear up by hooking them through the middle. I've also heard of the shrink tube trick but haven't tried it yet.
@@MattStefanFishing silicone tubing works better then shrink tubing. Get yourself 20 feet of silicone tubing from Amazon, cut it up, and use your needle nose to stretch it and put your worm. Bonus is I typically just put it down an inch, then slowly pull the tubing to the middle, which stirs up all the salt on the way down. Works great and it's quick and cheap.
@@MattStefanFishing the cool thing about the Crossover Rings is your not tearing up your bait and can rig it wacky or neko. Been using this year and really like them.
Sometimes I do, but sometimes I dont want them to be roughed up. In fact on rayburn if a worm was roughed up i took it off because it wasnt as dark as I wanted and i was getting less bites in muddy water.
Hey Matt how often have you brought the worm back and it was stuck to the hook without getting a bite? Do you think it could get stuck when the worm is in the fish's mouth, gets beant and then you set the hook into the worm? Just wondering. Love the videos.
Maybe it is my hook/worm, but I've literally never had my worm get wrapped on the hook when setting it parallel to the bait. Not once in thousands of casts.
@@MattStefanFishing I should add I only do that for practice, to save baits. Also I have the flat rubber trailer hook keepers not the round O rings. Don't think the black round ones will allow this method. I should had clarified. Love the channel
I use 2 - O rings crossed over each other and put the hook at the crossover point. Stays at a 90ﾟ angle 👍
Another option!
Same here. works great.
Need a hole punch! (May try milk jug strips first)
Cool rigging Matt. Thanks for the video. Similar to other comments, I saw another cool option from Debo’s Fishing where you use two O rings, and hook the X where the two rings cross and getting that perpendicular hook as well. That perpendicular hook is critical however you get there!
I use a piece of heat shrink tubing. They come in different colors and sizes. You can also heat the tubing with a lighter to make it fit snug. You wont melt the worm unless you over heat the tubing. Better and stronger than any o rings and a better hook orientation.
thanks for sharing!
Great tip Matt, But do it my way also and let us know if you like it. Use electrical tape(Waterproof 3M recommended) and turn it one or two times around where you want to put your hook and fish with it all season😁
thanks for sharing!
Try a mini hair rubber bands. You can double it up, and where the x is you can get the hook the right way and still use very few baits. Plus the hair ties are easier, and cheaper than using 2 o-rings
thanks for sharing!
That’s a great idea. I’ve used 2 prongs and position them in a x. That holds good but the prongs still tear the worms. Like your method much better. I’ll be trying that this year. Thanks for the great videos.
thanks for sharing!
I like using the eco pro tungsten whacky weight… it has a wire loop you slide up into the middle of the worm and run you hook through and it puts your weight just under your work too which gives it a good fall… but I do like your plastic dot trick I’ll have to try it out.
thanks!
try using 2 o rings crossed insert hook behind the x then the hook will be in the right place
This!
You can put on 2 o-rings without having to cross them. Thread hook under one o-ring, then over and back under the other one and the rings are now crossed over the hook.
Take a really small rubber hair tie, twist it to double the band. Where the X is created insert your hook perpendicular to the worm. It is the easiest, cheapest way to rig the wacky rig "correctly" and still save the worm
thanks for sharing
Good tip. Innovative idea to use a disc of plastic inserted into the worm. I've found that piece of rubber tubing, like what's used on spinnerbait trailer hooks, works pretty well. It keeps the worm from casting off, like sometimes happens when using a single o ring, and lets you hook the worm perpendicular or parallel if you prefer. The rubber tubing works well too and pretty much the same way as shrink tubing ,but you don't have to heat it.
100 percent agree.
thanks
Genius Matt!
thanks!
Love the tip...I have always used any small piece of wire in the past.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks, Matt! Since this video TW started carrying clear silicone tubes by Arsenal in 4 different sizes. They are very durable and they allow to place the hook perpendicular to the stick worm!
Ive actually got some and do like their product. Arsenal makes some great stuff!
I use a short piece of 3/8” heat shrink tubing and it works great.
Good idea!
Back in the early 1970s when BASS and Bassmaster Magazine were both in their infancy, Bob Cobb bought an article from me where, using a paper hole punch and a plastic lid, I was able to create little plastic circles I used to keep an Uncle Josh pork chunk from coming off a jig hook. I still use the method today primarily for plastic baits. It was the beginning of a part-time writing career.
Very cool!
I remember that! That was back in the days when it was the 'B.A.S.S.('s) Master magazine' -in other words, it was the Master Magazine of B.A.S.S. .The 'BASSMASTERS' moniker was a (genius) marketing move that Montgomery dubbed all anglers participating in Open and Pro/Am events. Then came the TV show of the same name. Somewhere in the mid to late 80s, it became 'BASSMASTER' Magazine. As you can see, I too, grew up with B.A.S.S. as it was headquartered near my home.
Ok what I do is take a piece of clear tubing and cut it about a 1/4 of a inch wide and drill 2 small holes through it then slide it over the worm then I push the hook through the 2 holes and it’s perpendicular thru the worm
thanks for sharing!
I wonder about a single wrap of electrical tape. You could cut the roll in half on a band saw to make it pretty unobtrusive on most natural color baits. Cut the wrap with scissors so you don't get a curly tag end. Wrap it fairly tight so it doesn't slip off from the oil on the bait, but not so hard as to squish it.
thats an interesting idea!
Thanks for this! I am always looking for ways to cut down on wasting soft plastics and will definitely give this a try!
Matt, always look forward to your videos. Congratulations on the Mudhole sponsorship. For years, I’ve been using clear tubing sized for the worm. That way I can insert the hook vertically in a manner that reduces worm ripping and holds the hook at the same time
awesome!
I have been using clear 3/8 shrink tube to run hook through and skips better and bait lasts longer. Red shrink is good too.
I know you can buy silicone tube pieces and pliers. But this way cheaper
thanks for sharing!
I am going to put a 3/8 piece of heat shrink tubing over the center of the worm. Faster and still tough material.
that works too
Solid tip!
thanks!
3/8 inch clear shrink wrap for senko type lures and 1/4 inch for zoom finesse or trick worm size. Goggle clear shrink wrap, real cheap and easy to use.
Thanks for the tip!
I use the clear shrink wrap too. Works great for wacky and Neko rigs. Hook is held at the right angle and definitely avoids worm rolling over. It’s a little time consuming (similar “little chore”) but using a big candle you can roll the worms quickly. Highly recommend!
This is a good idea. I like to use shrink tubing and heat it so it adheres to the worm. I can then punch my hook through both the worm and tubing and it gets me tons of fish catches on one worm.
I used that as well and it works extremely well
I’m a Cheesehead and it’s so obvious that you too are a Cheesehead. Cheeseheads are always thinking how they can modify something to make it better and if it saves them money it’s a double whammy! I watch lots of your videos and appreciate the things I learn from you. Keep up the good work. All of us Cheeseheads in Wisconsin like to see a fellow Cheesehead living the dream.
Thanks buddy! I appreciate the support!
Thanks buddy! I appreciate the support!
Thank you for the video
You're welcome
Use shrink tube, hook through worm and tube .definitely lasts longer.
thanks for sharing
Just melted a few on senkos we found out n bout hour
Check out the double o-ring method.. save yourself all that rigging time
thanks for watching!
Great video
Thanks!
Heat shrink tubing works good too
Yes it does!
Great tip! I find I lose as many with a single o-ring by slinging them off as I tear up by hooking them through the middle. I've also heard of the shrink tube trick but haven't tried it yet.
Shrink tubing works as well
@@MattStefanFishing silicone tubing works better then shrink tubing. Get yourself 20 feet of silicone tubing from Amazon, cut it up, and use your needle nose to stretch it and put your worm. Bonus is I typically just put it down an inch, then slowly pull the tubing to the middle, which stirs up all the salt on the way down. Works great and it's quick and cheap.
I missed the part where you said "old" Tupperware bowl. Now my wife is mad at me. lol
Haha!
What a great idea. Thank you
I just cut some holes and going to try it in the morning
Good luck!
Great idea!
It works!!
I believe the like your idea already! I will try it and let you know how it does. best of luck to you on the water in tournaments this year.
Good luck!
G7 silicone worm sleeves work great
Thanks for sharing
Thanks
No problem
I use the plastic discs for spinnerbait trailer hook keepers.
That works too
VMC Crossover Rings and Gambit Worm Protect Tubes solved this problem for me. Cool video
Ill look into it thanks for sharing
@@MattStefanFishing the cool thing about the Crossover Rings is your not tearing up your bait and can rig it wacky or neko. Been using this year and really like them.
Those gambit worm protect tubes (size 7) work great for the 5 inch senko type baits
How do you set the hook on this, do you set it straight up or only reel off to the side?
i set to the side
I use those Berkley wacky rig jig heads and I always have a hard time getting the hook out of the fish, any tips?
needle nose pliers are the best option anytime taking hooks out
Thanks Matt. Now my senko smells like left over spaghetti.
haha
Great tip, probably going to do this from now on! Do you rough up your worms like Randy?
Sometimes I do, but sometimes I dont want them to be roughed up. In fact on rayburn if a worm was roughed up i took it off because it wasnt as dark as I wanted and i was getting less bites in muddy water.
Or you can overlap two O rings on a cross pattern and slide the hook point thru both
Senko less damaged when 1st O-ring is 5/16"ID and 2nd O-ring is next size up (3/8"ID).
I’m all over this. Thanks so much
No problem
This is brilliant.
Thanks!
Hey Matt how often have you brought the worm back and it was stuck to the hook without getting a bite? Do you think it could get stuck when the worm is in the fish's mouth, gets beant and then you set the hook into the worm? Just wondering. Love the videos.
i think this happens a lot unfortunately
Oh
thanks for watching!
Wouldn’t that be cool 😎 Iff somebody inserted a heavier piece of rubber in the pour. Mold. 🤔🤔. Maybe make some money 💰.
Yep
How about trying a small piece of shrink tube?
another good option!
Thanks. I like following your fishing tournaments.
Pour your own with no salt, much stronger.
but i like salt
I got a hole punch .I like that idea all about
give it a try
Maybe it is my hook/worm, but I've literally never had my worm get wrapped on the hook when setting it parallel to the bait. Not once in thousands of casts.
interesting
Very clever. Isn't a tip on how to save baits going to upset your lure manufacturer sponsor? ;)
Not if it means catching a few more fish on the baits you already have!
Couple wraps of electrical tape.
Just run the hook through the Oring, stays on
ill give it a try
@@MattStefanFishing I should add I only do that for practice, to save baits. Also I have the flat rubber trailer hook keepers not the round O rings. Don't think the black round ones will allow this method. I should had clarified. Love the channel