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Modified Carolina Rig
My fishing buddy Gary showed me this rig and it really works.
This is a fun way to catch Crappie, Bluegill and other fish under lily pads or in weeds. It can also be used as a regular Carolina rig.
Rig your Carolina rig up the normal way with the egg sinker or a "no snag" type of sinker if you have lots of rocks in your lake.
Tie a drop shot hook about 8 inches to a foot from the end of your line - upside down. This distance will be a guess - you will probably have to experiment.
Tie the swivel end of the line to the swivel.
TIE a very small bobber to the other end of the line. Please tie it on or you will lose the bobber eventually.
Bait the hook with a small plastic worm or small GULP worm either nose hooked or the the end of the hook Texas rigged to keep it fairly weed free.
Toss the rig into some tall weeds or some lily pads.
You should really try to keep the worm at the same depth, this means slowly reeling in the worm parallel to the bank.
Fish that live in the pads or weeds are use to pulling tasty (to them) creatures from the stalks of the pads or weeds. Your rig just presents the lure or bait at the level they are use to feeding.
You may need a bit heavier line in this case because you a pulling the fish out of the weed stalks and the fish will wrap your line around the stalks.
Fish in weeds and pads don't seem to be as line shy as those on flats. I believe it is because there is so much stuff in the water they really can't tell the difference.
You might try this with the hook just 6 inches from the sinker as you will stir up creatures living in the muck also.
Once again you may catch bass, catfish and even walleye with this rig.
Good Fishing!
