Here’s everything you need to know about fishing a wacky rig. The standard wacky rig is a 2/0 octopus-style hook rigged through an O-ring that’s been placed in the center of a 4- or 5-inch stick bait.

Note that the hook runs in line with the bait when rigging it with an O-ring, as opposed to perpendicular to it, like with the basic wacky rig. It’s important to still catch a little of the ...