Dinger

What's the best way to fish a YUM Dinger and similar baits? I don't fish them a lot but when I do, I tend to T-rig them on a 5/0 hook (5inch dinger). I work them similar to a fluke but a bit slower. I was watching Bill Dance one day and he said he never uses his rod tip to move a Dinger. He lets it sit on the bottom and turns the reel ever little bit. Of course, he was fishing shallow water. I'm usually in deep clear water.

Try fishing this type of bait weightless with 4/0 or 5/0 EWG hook. I've had good luck casting to cover and trying to follow the bait down with controlled slack in the line. Once the bait hits bottom wait a few seconds - then jerk it off the bottom and fall again with controlled slack. Good luck - we all need it.

I hereby resurrect this thread... I have never fished one ofthese, but was thinking of adding it to my list of thing to fish T-rig style. I looked it up on teh internet, but everyone shows videos of wacky fishing it...

Use a pro model Spot remover shakey head - works great!!!!!!!

Use the big 6" model and carolin rig it.

what water conditions are these presentations good for?

[QUOTE=bassman_ky;413160]Use the big 6" model and carolin rig it.[/QUOTE]
I thought carolina rigging required a soft plastic that floats...

Very few plastics you buy actually float. Charmers are the only plastics line I personally have fished with that will keep a 3/0 hook on top of the water while setting still. Back to the Dinger. I have caught a ton of fish using a Dinger on a carolina rig. That's about the only way I fish them. I don't have the patients to fish them wacky style. On the carolina rig, I fish whatever plastics the fish will bite. I have heard of a lot of people using a Zoom Super Fluke and having good luck doing so.

I have had good luck fishing the 5in. Dinger on a shakey head and Texas rigged. The Texas rig works really well in grass.

I fish them quite a bit. The only time I T-rig them is when I am fishing them near brush or grass - they just don't get hung near as easy. 90% of the time I will fish them wacky. I use the 0-rings, and a small circle finesse hook. I basically cast them out, and let them sink. I will let them sit still on the bottom for a bit, and then stroke it up a few feet and let it fall again. Most of the time they will hit it on the slow fall, but every once in a while they will take it off the bottom.

They are good any time of the year in the right spots. I prefer them in the spring when fish are up shallow. But have had good luck on them in the middle of summer too. I have already caught one 7 pounder this year on them. I think it is hard to beat the original senko's, but have been using the netbait salt-licks some this year too.

I like to fish them weightless and rigged Texas style. I use a 3/0 gammy. I toss them SHALLOW and twitch it

I guess I should have said weightless on my T-rig too.