Carolina Rig Tips?

[00SKEETER]

Ok, until about 3 weeks ago, I'd never caught one fish on a C-Rig. Never had much use for it. But I bought some Carolina keepers about a month ago and it's been the only rig that's worked lately. I've been throwing jigs and t-rigs, but not until I've switched to a C-Rig have I caught anything. I just want to get some pointers from some of you guys that have been fishing it for a while. Should I use the keepers or go to a standard swivel setup? How many beads? What type of weights? Retrieves? Lures? As you can see, I'm trying to learn as much as possible. Thanks...

You'll get many different opinions on this. The way I like to fish it is
with a 7-1/2 foot MH rod. I use 17 lb. Fluorocarbon main line and a 14 lb 2-3 foot mono leader depending on water clarity. I use a 3/4oz egg sinker with one bead and a barrel swivel. Some like to use a tungsten sinker but with them being smaller I've found myself getting hung up more because they slip in between rocks easier. And it's not fun losing those high dollar tungsten weights. However, there's a ton of different ways to fish a C-rig so don't limit yourself to one way. Experiment with different weight sizes, leader lengths etc. Good luck

[crazyfishinnut]

I fish it with a 7-1/2 foot MH rod. I use 15 lb. p-line main line and a 12 lb 2-3 foot mono leader depending on water clarity. I use a 3/4oz bullet sinker (gets hung less) with 2 beads a brass ticker (protects the knot and has a great sound) and a barrel swivel. I do use the C-keepers on my kids spinning rigs but usally the line will start to twist real bad. I love baby brush hogs, lizards, senko, tubes and even 10 inch worms at times. I fish it all year and in all depths even aftrer dark, you just cant beat it as a search bait.

[bereabasser]

Rig ya a white fluke up and see what happens when your around shad