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Rigging & Fishing Tips 

Have you ever been so excited to get to the tackle shop that you just start grabbing stuff without actually thinking about what your grabbing. You get back home and realize that you aren't 100% sure how to rig up the lures you just bought. This page is to guide you through the ways that I recommend on how to rig and fish my lures! Below you can scroll till you find the lure in question, there you will find rigging and fishing tips. Lets get started! 

Football Jig

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Rigging Tip 

​There isn't much to rigging up a football jig, the main thing you just need to know is if you want a trailer or not. A trailer can add loads of action and volume to the bait. You can add a trailer by simply treading the bait onto the back of the lure until it lines up and straitens out. Here are the lures I recommend to use as a trailer for a football jig! 

  1. Flappin' Shad 

  2. Beaver  

Fishing Tips 

The football jig is meant to fish arounds tough cover, so you want to make sure you are casting right along those stumps, trees, weed lines and you want to make sure you are casting on top of those rock piles. Football jigs are great for popping the lure up and down but you can also drag it across the bottom letting that head bounce across rocks and structure. 

Swim Jigs 

Rigging Tips 

​Swims jigs are usually paired up with a trailer, however you can fish them by themselves as well. By adding a trailer you will add a lot of action and volume to your lure which could be the different between a bite or not. You can add a trailer by simply threading the lure onto the hook and centering it up where the hook comes out in the middle of the lure. Here is the trailer I recommend adding to the back of the swim jig!

  1. Flappin' Shad

Fishing Tips 

Swim jigs are great for covering lots of water in a short amount of time. You can cast the swim jig and have a steady retrieve, possibly giving it a couple pops. Cast the swim jig along weed edges, along structure, along steep drops in depth and in open water. 

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Under Spinner

Rigging Tips 

An under spinner should always be rigged up with a trailer. Adding this trailer will help balance out the lure and add that action it needs. You can add the trailer by threading the lure onto the hook and centering it out. Here is the lure I recommend to use as a trailer. 

  1. Flappin' Shad

Fishing Tips 

The under spinner is great for casting out and covering some water. You want to make sure that you cast this lure in open water and along cover, never through the middle of cover. The open hook will not deflect weeds or sticks like the swim or football jig will. Another great way to fish it is jigging this lure. Find steep changes of depth or structure and jig next to it. This is great for fishing for walleye. 

A-Rig

Rigging Tips 

With the a-rig you have to be very careful on what your state allows for amount of hooks. On this a-rig there are 5 possible locations for a hook, however, you state may not allow that many. A great way to rig this is to add a jig with a trailer on as many as you can. If your state does not allow all 5, add "dummy" lures on the rest. You can do this by purchasing a plain twist lock. Here are the lures I recommend as using as trailers! 

  1. Under Spinner

  2. Flappin' Shad

Fishing Tips 

The A-Rig is supposed to represent a school of fish with all of the different lures on the back. With this amount of hooks you wan to make sure you are casting in open water. Try to find those areas with a ledge where you can cast parallel or perpendicular with that ledge.  You can also cast this along a weed line, however, be very careful. The A-Rig with all of its lures gets very heavy and will sink fast. Make sure you don't get it caught on the bottom or edge of the weeds. 

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Flappin' Shad

Rigging Tips 

The Flappin' Shad is a very versatile lure with its unique design and action. This means this leaves the window wide open on what you can do with this lure. Here are the top ways to rig the Flappin' Shad! 

  1. Used as trailer

  2. Texas Rig

  3. Mooneye Jig

  4. Weighted wide gap hook

Fishing Tips 

With its unique tail, the Flappin' Shad is really god used as a swimbait style lure but also can be used as a creature stye. Use this lure to imitate a bait fish by casting it out and having a steady retrieve with sudden pops. You can also jig this lure through structure and pull fish out from the middle with its slender body. 

Finesse Worm

Rigging Tips 

The Finesse Worm can be rigged up may different ways, all depending on your person preference and what you have available. Here are the top ways you can rig up this Finesse Worm!

  1. Texas Rig (Weightless or Weighted) 

  2. Shakey Head

  3. Drop Shop

  4. Carolina Rig

Fishing Tips 

The Finesse Worm is meant for those fish that just don't want to bite. This could because of the season, temperature, or pressure. Fish the Finesse Worm along weed edges and along cover. Work this lure slow, you want to make sure you don't spook the fish. Cast it out and you can give it settle pops while dragging it along the bottom. 

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Flapper

Rigging Tips

The Flapper is great as a trailer on the back of small jigs (1/16-1/8oz) jigs. Here are some of the recommended ways to rig the Flapper! 

  1. Ball Head Jig (1/16-1/8oz)

  2. Road Runner  

Fishing Tips 

The flapper is a great lure of crappie and walleye. Jig this lure up and down along isolated structure like a pine tree or stumps. You can also blind cast it out into a water column as well. The Flapper works best if you cast it out and slow retrieve while popping it. 

Beaver

Rigging Tips 

The beaver is a great creature bait that can be rigged all by itself or used as the trailer on the back of another lure. Here are some of the top ways to rig the beaver! 

  1. Texas Rig 

  2. Carolina Rig

  3. Shakey Head 

  4. Used as a trailer 

Fishing Tips 

​The creature style body is great for punching through cover while at the same time covering large amounts of water. Cast the beaver up against cover and weed lines and drag it across the bottom while giving it settle or large pops. 

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Ned Rig

Rigging Tips 

The Ned Rig is great for rigging up all by itself. The Ned Rig does not need to be used as a trailer. Here are some of the ways I recommend rigging up the Ned Rig! 

  1. Ned Rig Hook

  2. Texas Rig

Fishing Tips 

You want to use the Ned Rig when fish are pressured, water is high temperature or the climate is making the fish finicky. Cast the Ned rig in open water, along cover, or against rocks. Pop the lure up and let it sink to the bottom to give it the perfect action! 

Stick Bait

Rigging Tips 

The Stick Bait is perfect jus the way it is, its meant to be rigged up all by itself. There is no reason for extra added weights do to its sinking ability however if you want to add weights you can. Here are the top ways I recommend to rig up my Stick Baits! 

  1. Texas Rig (Weightless or Weighted) 

  2. Wacky Rig

  3. Neko Rig

Fishing Tips 

The Stick Bait has the perfect sinking rate so you can really cast it wherever. Cast it out and let it sink, let the action of the bait sinking do the work. As it gets to the bottom give it a couple of pops, bringing it back to the top. Repeat this process. You can cast it out in the open or along cover suck as a weed line, stumps, or isolated trees! 

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