First for me

[crankybait]

Gotta love the wacky rig... I always toss that, regardless of situation. in fact, i dont think i even know when the "right" time is to be throwing a wacky rig. oh wait yes i do... ANYTIME!

Probably my favorite presentation. I use a buncha bearpaw hippie sticks (4 inch senko type things... i just get em in a cool color from a bait i once had, cept scented and saltless). Mac2 had a thread a while ago suggesting zoom speedworms with the tail cut off (worms like a charm). I used an offset red 2 hook for a while, caught like crazy, but for some reason today I decided to go buy some gammy 3 octopus hooks for my tourney on saturday.
Love wacky rigging just because you can never go wrong, really... cast it out, hang out for a bit, twitch it back
setting the hook is surefire, almost even unnessecary

a while ago, i had casted a line out into the lake and something tangled in my line. with the bait still out there, i pulled apart the tangle, and started reeling in. once the slack was all gone, lo and behold i had something tugging on the other side...
really does go to show how feisty those young fish are. I usually catch fish about a pound with this rig, but its still tons of fun