Weighted albie snax

[JimKu]

What are your thoughts on weighted albie snax for albies. What version do you prefer?  I haven’t fished the jig head made for the snax much. It doesn’t look like there’s enough room between the hook and plastic for good hookup. 
Thinking about trying the standard jig head similar to the sluggo in the picture. 

[PaulS]

I rigged a few up like in your middle picture but have not tried them yet.   I also rigged a few up using the sluggo nail thing for added weight.

 

I've also have rigged a few up tandem hook style.

Edited September 30 by PaulS

[albacized]

I don’t use them weighted personally- however, some of the guys who fish the same RI jetty we both fish, do so with great success, and they rig them the same way as the pic on the right. They gave me a small handful of that style jig head, but have yet to use it (I did rig one snax, so I have one ready to go)

[albacized]

PS - I see a couple rig them the same as the middle pic. Not seen them rigged the way shown on the left. The middle and right ones appear to be variations of achieving the same/similar profile and/or actions…

 

edit to add, the ones in the middle and right are better weed less options 

Edited September 30 by albacized

[snag777]

you can make them with  slip sinker and one or 2 hooks,you can ad  clevis and blade.

you tie 3" loop on main line with beed inside the loop and put quick snap to the end.

when you use,slide any size slip sinker on the loop,put on quick snap,you hook the snap to hook

the beed work as stop for sinker,if you cast the sinker will not slide on the line.

i call that casting harnes.

[Fishjerk]

2 hours ago, snag777 said:

you can make them with  slip sinker and one or 2 hooks,you can ad  clevis and blade.

you tie 3" loop on main line with beed inside the loop and put quick snap to the end.

when you use,slide any size slip sinker on the loop,put on quick snap,you hook the snap to hook

the beed work as stop for sinker,if you cast the sinker will not slide on the line.

i call that casting harnes.

Can you post a picture, trying to visualize. 

[snag777]

43 mins ago, Fishjerk said:

Can you post a picture, trying to visualize. 

that is end off your main line,you put slip sinker on any size put quick clip at the end with hook and swimm bait

Edited September 30 by snag777

[The Riddler]

Its versatile. You can rig it so many ways. By the way snook, reds and trout down south love to wail on these things. 

[EliasA]

I fish them like the middle picture, if I need a bit more weight I use tungsten nail weights shoved up it’s ass

[snag777]

16 hours ago, EliasA said:

I fish them like the middle picture, if I need a bit more weight I use tungsten nail weights shoved up it’s ass

i am talking fishing with that from 3' to 50' dept,in 50' dept you need 1 oz,2 oz,3 oz 6 oz everything depend on the strenght off curent.

[EliasA]

33 mins ago, snag777 said:

i am talking fishing with that from 3' to 50' dept,in 50' dept you need 1 oz,2 oz,3 oz 6 oz everything depend on the strenght off curent.

Yeah that’s a bit deeper than I realized

 

i thought we were talking adding a bit more weight to them for casting distance lol

 

i wonder if a beefed up drop shot would work

[snag777]

1 hour ago, EliasA said:

Yeah that’s a bit deeper than I realized

 

i thought we were talking adding a bit more weight to them for casting distance lol

 

i wonder if a beefed up drop shot would work

it depend what you fish for,and how deep the fish are,some time the fish hit on splash,some time you cast and have to count 20 to get the fish,you have to find how many feet pro second the sinker drop,if it drop 1' pro second than count 20 would be around 20' deep.

[Kenmorris]

I love the shank weighted hooks for Albie snax, they give me a little bit more distance on the cast but can still walk/ splash them on top.

[baldwin]

I don't use any of the weighting systems shown, but I do slip two of Lunker City's smallest nail weights in the tail  about a half inch from the tip, side-by-side. They cast very well, as they'll fly tail-first , and the action on them is still very good. 

[Lateral Line]

Unweighted, I use them in fresh water. Smallies and largemouth really whack them. I've taken an occasional brown trout at the reservoir while smallie fishing.

Good ideas for adding weight  here.