| If you walk into any fishing department of almost | | | | worm to be hooks over and over again, creating |
| any store/tackle shop you will see a variety of bait | | | | what I like to call a worm ball if you don't want your |
| rigs available for purchase. They are sold by many | | | | bait to get stolen quite quickly. |
| different names and usually involve wire or very | | | | To use a worm as bait the goal should be for your |
| heavy line and very large hooks. Some of these | | | | worm to appear as natural as possible. In other |
| contraptions for rigging bait are sold as "crappie rigs" | | | | words your worm needs to look, as much as |
| or "trout rigs". Many of these types of bait rigs are | | | | possible, like it does in nature. When it comes to bait |
| used for saltwater fishing as well. | | | | rigs, the simple and easiest way to accomplish this |
| The basic concept of these bait rigs is that you tie | | | | task is through the use of gang hooks. The bottom |
| them onto your line, add bait to the hooks and | | | | line is that is you want to rigging worms effectively, |
| you're good to go. Sometimes you add a weight and | | | | using gang hooks is a must. These simple and |
| sometimes a weight is already attached. The problem | | | | effective bait rigs are perfect for worm fishing. |
| with these types of bait rigs is that they are about | | | | These unsophisticated, yet extremely effective rigs |
| as effective as trying to fly a kite indoors, which | | | | are also effective with synthetic worms such as |
| obviously doesn't work very well. Not to mention the | | | | Berkley Power or Gulp Worms. Whether you like to |
| fact that if you like to use worms as bait these | | | | fish with live or synthetic worms rigging those worms |
| types of rigs are all but useless. | | | | effectively will dramatically increase bite rates. Adding |
| Rigging worms effectively requires that you make | | | | gang hooks to your fishing repertoire will make you a |
| your worm look like...well a worm. As anyone who | | | | much more successful worm angler, and you can |
| was fished with worms knows, single hooks simply | | | | throw those other bait rigs out for good. |
| aren't that effective. Single fishing hooks require the | | | | |