I love doing this on a BFS setup. I’ve got a pile of the 3” senkos and the micro flick shake works. Super fun time!

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Right on!

@gabrielm.4554

2 ай бұрын

BFS is the fixie of bass fishing

I love the small bates. And got to use my car tackle wacky shot hook yesterday for the first time. I've had them since they were released just didn't find the proper situation to put them into use. I tell you you guys are innovating the hell out of terminal tackle

@MattStefanFishing

15 күн бұрын

Thank you!

I really appreciate all of your videos and the style in which you deliver them. I started using your Tackle Warehouse link to help support your channel.

@MattStefanFishing

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! your support is very much appreciated!

I have never used that one. Thanks for sharing your tips and trip. Very cool.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

you bet!

🍺Thanks Matt🤠Looks like you had a decent time. Water clarity even showed up well on video.👍

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

so clear!

@secretbassrigs

8 ай бұрын

looks like a great place to develop new techniques and baits.

Great info! Thanks for sharing. Glad you're still able to fish.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Me too!

nice Matt! wow I can’t get over how clear that water is!

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

gin clear!

That EXACT worm nose hooked on a drop shot was an ABSOLUTE killer, all species. A fella from Canada sent them to me to try out 2 years ago. Afterwards I bought tackle warehouse out of them.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

nice!

Another fun one. I have not seen that hook/weight head. Ill look for it to use with my various BFS setups. I think it will add even more fun to my BFS joy!

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Try it

Man I've got to get some of these, wacky rigging is becoming one of my favorites, I wish I started sooner, it does catch some fish, like this video, you smashed them!🎣👍

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Right on

Good video Matt , I've got to try that rig. Thanks

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

You should!

I have never done the Wacky Shot, but seeing you rail them makes me think Im going to try it especially since Lake of the Ozarks is my home lake.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

it works there!

Great video Matt, putting my order in today and thanks.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

That’s some clear water!!! Can’t wait to get out tomorrow this whole week has been mid 70 degrees all week , I think it’s gona be the last hurrah

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Nice!

I never saw such clear water. Beautiful.

@MattStefanFishing

5 ай бұрын

It is

Matt, would you have to make adjustments to your basic set up for darker water (1’ visibility)? Under what conditions would you choose a drop shot over the shot wacky? Thanks.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

these are pretty intercahgeable but if i was fishing deep or in windy conditions the drop shot gets the nod

Thanks Matt.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

you bet!

I mostly use weightless but I also use a 5-6 inch zoom or senko. What is your preferred weight for this method. Sorry if I missed it in the video. Tackle warehouse has different options

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

I like all of them

A Charlie Brewer style 4" worm is an very effective bait in any water especially in a pressured body of water! On the lightest line you're brave enough to use! Braided line running through the guide eyes still doesn't sound right!? Like that split shot on the hook! Good idea!

@MattStefanFishing

4 ай бұрын

It works well

I have a question about the drop shot hooks with swivels. What the disadvantage of using them. I like them because no line twist. Thanks great video

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

i just like to reduce as much hardware as possible. if you like them thats is all that matters. confidence is king!

I gotta find these hooks! First time I’ve seen them, cool! Thanks☺️

@MattStefanFishing

3 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Good stuff like usual. Please share your resource for the metal plate installed on your front deck that the trolling motor support leg rests on. Thanks.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

I made it

@lesteranderson222

8 ай бұрын

@@MattStefanFishing Did you use stainless steel or aluminum?

Great video. Curious about why you pull some line out after casting with the spinning reel?

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

puts the line in the proper place in the spool

@bass4996

7 ай бұрын

Cuts down on line twist

I was able to order everything from tackle warehouse and Went with the Jungle spark color. Kayak fished a small lake near my house and absolutely crushed it using this setup. Caught several really nice largemouth bass. You will catch a ton of small fish as well. I guess that is to be expected considering the size of the hook and worm. Either way, it worked great catching fish. I did. However, lose a lot of those little worms. the full pack of 20 within about an hour. I may be hooking them wrong. Any ideas on keeping that little fella on longer? Thank you for posting this video!

@MattStefanFishing

15 күн бұрын

No you go through a bunch

I can just about guarantee that if you put that rig in front of redfish or flounder they'd tear it up. If it smelled right there's zero question. When it gets really cold the redfish get easy to see and tough to catch and small finesse baits worked super slow is the only way to catch them. I'm planning on trying wacky rigs for them. I caught a redfish yesterday on a spinnerbait from Strike King called Redfish Magic. They're neat because they work with any jig head. And I am sure bass would hit them. If you ever want a spinnerbait with no skirt or you want to be able to change the head or soft plastic you might want some of those. It was really cool to see a swirl in the shallow water and cast past it, reel through and catch my first spinnerbait fish.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Awesome!

Gave up some juice here... really good stuff. Thx u.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

thanks!

What is your opinion of using a split shot in the hook as you are showing in the video vs using the split shot on the line above the hook… do you think that one or the other would impact your hook-up ratio? Pro tip: Zoom trick worm wacky rigged with a split shot is a killer.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

The weight on the hook creates different movement than a weight away from the worm

Nice thanks for sharing

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

you bet!

We've got small mouth in our trout streams and started tie'n the hooks 3-4 yrs ago. The weighted beads con be found in trout shops. This commercial hook may save me some time at the vice. IT'S GOT A NAME, wacky shot!?! Who knew?

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

haha!

This is something I have to try!

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

its so good!

Hey Matt, cool technique! Did you cut off the weedless guard? I haven't found any zappu w/o the guard. Thoughts?

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

yes i did

Isn’t this essentially the flick shake technique from jackall quite a few years ago? I use the flick shake worms from 4.8 to 6.8 with great success for years.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

flick shake hook has the weight seperated from the worm wish gives it a different fall

Definitely will use on Table Rock

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

go for it!

I wouldn’t expect a wacky worm Finesse size would be a bait used at a time you’d need to wear gloves 😮,I have definitely learned from you once again Mighty Matt 🍀🎣🍀👊

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Nice!

Line-through drop shot wacky. It's crazy awesome.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing

I came across these a while back but wasn’t able to get them where I am so I just simply crimped a split shot to my existing wacky hooks.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing

Neat little rig.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

yep!

Hey man, whats the color of the worm your using? The one in tackle warehouse looks too light?

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

They don’t have it at TW at the moment

What weight is the Zappu & color & size on the duo worm u using in video? Thanks

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

1/32 oz and the worm was a 4.8"

I wonder if you can just crimp a split shot weight on a circle hook and get the same results

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

give it a try

The Flick Shake Head (original by Zappu) was made to shake the slack for a pendulum swing to make the best out of the actual flick Shake Worm by Jackall. This is different... Interesting.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

it gives the bait more wiggle...not sure how but it sure looks like it to me

@steveodonnell2921

8 ай бұрын

Seems like you'd be pulling the hook out of the mouth without hooking the fish with that weight placement

@cerebraltackle

8 ай бұрын

​@@steveodonnell2921it allows for less of a total gap, yes...but it's doable.

What are the bottles and boat bumper floating around for?

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

they are marking bouys...people take them out in the winter before it freezes otherwise the buoys would crack in the ice

Man that’s some clear water. Almost like a swimming pool.

@MattStefanFishing

4 ай бұрын

Thanks

before zappu make those hook; the japanese been hammering and super glue a 1/16oz slip-shot weight onto a size 4 & 6 circle/wacky hook to fish that rig already like a year or year 1/2 ago so it not new, i know this because i follow japan fishing blog and forum

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

Matt, what length is your rod you are using? Cannot find a 7'3" NSJ 871 blank.

@kennybowen5603

8 ай бұрын

Never mind, I found it. Thanks anyway!

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

mudhole.com/products/matt-stefan-73-med-light-all-around-spinning-rod-component-kit?_pos=4&_sid=5466ce101&_ss=r

Matt sharing the juice before it becomes the juice!

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

haha

1/32 seems good for ponds and lakes. What about river smallies? Thinking the 1/16?

@MattStefanFishing

2 ай бұрын

Slightly heavier yes

Whats that hook called? I can't find it in the description. I want to try this shot whacky rigs!

@ericgeiger8082

15 күн бұрын

Zappu Zero Inchi Weighted Weedless Wacky Hook 3pk 1/32. I removed the weed guard from the hooks like he did. Works great!

Did you remove the weed guard?

@MattStefanFishing

7 ай бұрын

Yep

My luck is I'd stick a 10+lb largemouth with this and break him off or straighten the hook where I live... I did start throwing a wacky rig with a little pegged 1/16oz tungsten weight and the weedless wacky hook from Gamakatsu with those VMC crossover rings and really fell in love with a wacky rig again. On Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn its hard for me to finesse fish with light line and baits with little hooks knowing I have a legit chance of sticking a 10+lb bass especially when the technique is very slow to fish. That's why I shyed away from throwing a wacky rig outside of spring time but ever since I started throwing it with a little weight its made it a lot easier. I like the fact this is weighted but still using such a small exposed hook would be tough to do but if you just needed a couple fish and couldnt get them to commit to your normal baits I can see where this would play for sure...

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

just loosen the drag and hope he doesnt go into a tree haha

@DanielBoone337

8 ай бұрын

@@MattStefanFishing I guess it goes back to the age old dilemma you have to worry about getting the bite before you worry about getting them out... It's definitely tough for me just because of where I'm at but I've broken down and incorporated the fairy wands light line and open hook techniques especially since I got livescope. I finally had time to watch the podcast on Castledine's channel it was another good one man...

Are you using it with or without the weed guard?

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

i cut the weedguard off

Does the weight come on the hook or are you putting a split shot on yourself

@MattStefanFishing

5 ай бұрын

Comes on the hook

Here’s a super secret pro tip On a spinning setup use the thinnest braid you can get I really like varivas finese braid Use a 7’ medium rod get a Berkley 3/0 wacky hook and use a perfection lures wacky worm It skips like a dream . I am by no means a pro at skipping but if you were to watch me with this setup you’d think that I was

@MattStefanFishing

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

Keep quiet on that duo worm!!!! haha

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

sorry!

A robo worm may work well on that

@MattStefanFishing

2 ай бұрын

Give it a try!

Which weight do you prefer?

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

i like them all just depends on depth and wind conditions

Nice set up & most of those are "Scoreable Bass"

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

You got that right!

would robo worm work?

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

its to soft

Best way to throw it imho.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Awesome!

I haven’t tried that particular hook. Hook penetration concerned me

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

i have no issues

I bet the original roboworm would excel in that setup.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Give it a try

3:30 was when bottles were shown

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

yep

Who makes those gloves ?

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

They are Striker and they are awesome! Here is the link www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&merchant_id=770c28fe-5a8c-46f3-acab-5dc176d4f23c&website_id=8a299942-1f4e-4559-8dd7-44abebc0c842&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstrikerbrands.com%2Fcollections%2Fmens-gloves%2Fproducts%2Fstriker%25C2%25AE-wool-glove

You whacked em!

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

lots of fun!

Man, you need to try a "split shot wacky rig". I've been using it for about 15 years. Realy Nice!

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing!

@scottvaughn9565

8 ай бұрын

Def underrated. I use a regular "split shot" Texas rig for finesse quit often and it's my confidence set up.

Like using glow in the dark worms!

@MattStefanFishing

6 ай бұрын

Yep

1/8oz weight?

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

They all work but i was using a 1/32 oz in the video

If ya catch fish on that like I used to back in the 70's just think how many you could catch on the fly.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Nice!

I started kinda laughing when I seen this !!! Because I’m such a CHEAP SKATE ,. and didn’t want to buy specific weighted wacky hooks --Last year or 2 ago I took some of my 25 yr old trout fishing split shots an crimped them onto a few of my reg wacky hooks I use 👍👊. I figured WTH why not try it 😎. Not like it cost me anything LoL 😂

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Haha!

It's a finesse weighted wacky it flick shake rig?

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

no the flick shake has the weight separated and gives a much different fall

@fishncoach8699

8 ай бұрын

So is a flickshake like a t rig weight?

@fishncoach8699

8 ай бұрын

NVM I guess you just mean has the weight at the head

👍👍👍👍👍

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

thanks for watching!

Looks like a fun technique for bfs

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

Yep!

I would get finessier. Wait for it.

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

I’d go more power

This looks super gimmicky....I don't see any advantages with this over a traditional wacky rig

@MattStefanFishing

3 ай бұрын

Stick with what you prefer then

@adammitchell3462

3 ай бұрын

I'm no pro but I just don't see a difference between a weighted wacky rig but I love your content and your advice has definitely helped me catch bass and I really like your channel

@joestrummer9507

2 ай бұрын

​​@@adammitchell3462I disagree it's a gimmick as they're 2 different things. It's an ultra finesse wacky rig which requires a tiny weighted hook with a tiny light worm. As he mentioned, the BOW he's fishing is highly pressured. Also, the weight right at the worm is certainly different from a wacky jig. All of this means it's not an apples to apples comparison thus it can't be a gimmick.

The worm color is on backorder attacklewarehouse 😢😢😢😢

@MattStefanFishing

8 ай бұрын

bummer but the other colors work too

Can someone explain pressure to me? Thanks in advance

@MattStefanFishing

3 ай бұрын

I’ve done videos on it

@intellectualazzkickins5874

3 ай бұрын

@@MattStefanFishing thanks! I just came across your channel ill definitely check it out