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Pro Tip: Gika Rig

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In this pro tip I’ll explain why you should try a Gika Rig.
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@alanwolnik5658 3 года назад

Appreciate all of the tips and tricks you share. Good Luck this week!

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Thanks!

@joshuajadolon3591 3 года назад

This is a great rig! Congratulations on 10k, it was hard earned and well deserved.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Thanks!

@peteremerson4777 3 года назад

For those comparing to the Tokyo rig it’s similar in terms of benefits but different. The longer arm on the Tokyo rig acts like a “pole vault” when you shake it on the bottom. More aggressive action. The Jika gives the bait good freedom, especially wide baits like beaver or biffle bug (which is perfect because also some buoyancy). Both come through weed surprisingly well because they fold up in a streamlined fashion. Very versatile.

@edpelkey7798 3 года назад

Thanks for the comparison 👍

@vincentlivoti4184 22 дня назад

If you use Z-Man plastics they will float up off the bottom. Very effective.

@johnrayner5599 3 года назад

Great explanation of the Gika rig, I have never tried it but now you have my attention! I will definitely be giving this a try, thanks and good luck.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Thanks for watching

@zevoutdoors7194 3 года назад

The techniques are seemingly endless. Thanks for walking through them.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Hard to keep up with them

@vincentlivoti4184 22 дня назад

I like this rig much better than a swing head jig. Less leverage to throw the bait the way the weight is rigged. Also you can change out weights and hooks on the fly if you diy your own with a tactical clip or Duo lock snap.

@MattStefanFishing 22 дня назад

Thanks for watching

@LivOLure 3 года назад

Hi Matt, Thanks for doing the video on this rig.

@MattStefanFishing 2 года назад

No problem!

@paulmaynard9141 2 года назад

My tournament season in SE Michigan just ended last week so I’ll definitely get the components to put some together during the winter and be ready for next year. This should be a very versatile rig for the smaller inland lakes as well as the big water of St. Clair.

@MattStefanFishing 2 года назад

It does work all over

@mikeroberts7506 2 года назад

Just saw this today. Have seen similar advertisements to it also. To me, I likened it to a Carolina rig, just minimized. And not for grassy flats or road beds, but this it is more suited to cover and brush. Made some myself, but I felt like they were all to heavy “homemade”. Look forward to trying this and your technique , and catch my own Eufaula bruiser’s . Appreciate you, jmr

@MattStefanFishing 2 года назад

thanks for sharing

@ro-cl2do 3 года назад

Thanks Matt

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

No problem!

@clydesharman2053 Год назад

I really like this I will try it out next week

@MattStefanFishing Год назад

good luck!

@edpelkey7798 3 года назад

Good luck in the championship Matt! A lot was on line at St. Lawrence, a test which you aced! Your on a roll, now its your time 🔥

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Boy I hope so but practice was tough

@edpelkey7798 3 года назад

@@MattStefanFishing Enjoy the championship, everything will fall into place 👍 Cheers from Bethlehem, Pa 👏👏👏

@juleswinnfield826 3 года назад

Good info. Thanks for the vid

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

No problem!

@david.weston7911 3 года назад

Thanks Matt never used this rig Love your T shirt.from Ohio.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Thanks!

@buzzworth2396 3 года назад

Love the Gika rig?!! Jika rig, I believe is what started the craze. But I actually use Gamakatsu's version. I've been throwing the 1/8oz version on a Missle Baits Baby D Bomb, Stike King Rodent, and even a Zoom Finesse worm. But what I really like is the Grande Fishing Airtail Rattler worm or Zman Big TRD worm. I fish it much like a Free rig. These fish haven't seen alot of them at all. Good video, thanks for sharing

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing!

@jelmo1057 3 года назад

This rig works but I get a few more bites if I make my own suspending the weight with Fluorocarbon roughly the length of the hook shaft. I prefer using lighter line for the weight that way if I get hung up I usually only lose the weight. Some may consider this a different rig, but it provides similar action and my fish seem to like it a little more (at least in Texas). Simple to make and cheaper too. Thanks for sharing Matt. Always great tips!

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Great info! Thanks for sharing!

@johncloud2851 3 года назад

Congrats on the 10k. Proud to be one of them. So, you tie your line to the hook or the split ring? Looks like a unique rig, I will give this a try because I'm sure not many of them being thrown in the water.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Split ring

@dustinwalker8152 3 года назад

Owner brought the JIka rig to the US market several years ago. All solid information, but paddletails work great too. I like the more rounded bottom weights (I like Reins and Ryugi) because they're longer) than the Gamakatsu one for paddletails. It's a great way to present swimbaits and keep bottom contact but have the bait off of it an inch or two. The Issei gill works great with it too (I'm sure the Berkely version of it would it too).

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing!

@ericwakeman6665 9 месяцев назад

I found this in a bargain bin at the tackle store and thought of a DEEP man made lake I fish, wondering how it’d do on paddle tail swim baits so your comment here is helpful thanks!

@shawn_r_schultzfishing4883 3 года назад

I have only messed with Tokyo rigs a little bit and didn't have much luck, so when I first saw these I wasn't overly excited to try one. I may just need to give them more of a shot though.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Worth playing around with

@jamesh7469 3 года назад

I make my own with screw lock EWG hooks, a split ring, bullet weights and 30lb mono with a loop knot to the split ring as the dropper wire. Sometimes I’ll put a swivel on it. It’s my go to grass flipping rig and works on straight retrieve too I can punch with the same thing too, and generally they don’t get the weight in their mouths so it doesn’t bust their lips open

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Good information thanks for sharing

@stevelegg955 3 года назад

Getting so close to that 10k subscribers mark!!! Thank you for all the tips and tricks that you guys use.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

We are!

@jwloutdoors3062 3 года назад

Never heard of it looks good though good video

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@jhamlin55 3 года назад

This rig is perfect with a Zman Palmetto Bugz. The buoyancy of bait is the secret. I also use a Trapper hook as I build my own rigs. Go to bait when they shy away from a jig.

@MattStefanFishing 2 года назад

Ill give it a try!

@soonerfan1675 3 года назад

Thanks for the excellent information on the Gika rig. I’ve had the weights for awhile now but never really felt confident in using it. How does it compare to the Tokyo rig?

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

They are similar but this is more finessy

@kbone87 3 года назад

Congrats on 10k sir. Now if only I can win the giveaway lol

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Thanks!

@ferndelisle 3 года назад

Thanks for the tip, Matt! I’m sure you’ve thrown the free rig as well which I think is more versatile because it can do everything this rig does. Only situation I see this working better is if you need the plastic to fall faster since it is attached to the weight for this rig. What are your thoughts?

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

I view the two techniques as being rather different. This is more power fishing than the free rig

@LivOLure 3 года назад

They also make casting cylinder drop shot weights with the round line tie. Seen them on Ebay.

@MattStefanFishing 2 года назад

yes they do!

@northeastpac-man7652 3 года назад

Hey Matt , thanks for the information i was going to make this rig and actually saw the same ones you have at a local tackle store ,so I picked some up,, I have a question for you, I am goin to be fishing Cayuga lake this weekend for a 2 day tournament, we will be fishing the northern end of the lake launching out of the state park marina,, I have heard that the state of NY has been spraying the lake and it has killed a lot of the good Milfoil in that lake in most of the northern sections,and there is mainly straw grass instead everything I hear is that fishing has been very tough up there right now especially in the northern end , without having the ability to run to the middle or south end of the lake as easily because we are small club with 20hp max motors , what would you suggest I focus on as far as areas to locate fish and what baits would you consider as well for large and smallmouth? I have been studying a map of the lake and I was going to focus on the channel and some deeper water?

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

First thing i would do is look for any remaining green milfoil. If there’s some less it can condense the fish. If it’s truly all dead then i would look to move to shallow cover like docks or offshore rocks and fish cribs

@LoopKnot 3 года назад

Very interesting, Going to try it for smallies on the river. Thanks for the idea....

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Good luck

@tomleman6485 3 года назад

Your channel is really helping my thinking and my fishing. The Tokyo Rig seems very similar and maybe a little more customizable and less obvious to the fish. Thoughts?

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

It is similar and i consider this just a version of the Tokyo rig

@rickhensley2251 3 года назад

Used a Tokyo rig but not this, I need to give this a try.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Good luck

@johnbowzer5447 3 года назад

Thanks for the info Matt. Question for ya, now with all the access to what the pros are throwing in tournaments, the vast majority of it are what I would call classics (e.g. cranks, jerkbaits, Texas rigs, jigs, and swim baits). I don’t see many neko, Gika, Tokyo, or free rigs and others that get talked about a lot. What are your thoughts on that? Are they used more than I’m seeing? Are pros getting confidence in them and then we’ll see more use? Thanks for your thoughts.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

I think they are getting more than you are seeing but it’s hard to not stick with the classics

@tommywalker741 3 года назад

I appreciate the advice Matt looks like it would be good in place’s with a Little current flow God bless 🙏

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

It is

@garydalrymple855 3 года назад

Been fishing the Tokyo rig for 3 years mostly with a large craw.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Awesome!

@stephanelavoie2258 3 года назад

I immediately thought of a tokyo rig , did you try it when there is a lot of rocks , did you got stuck often ?

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

It is similar to the Tokyo rig. It doesn’t get snagged to bad

@mindobersaglia3374 3 года назад

What do you think about putting a jig rattle band with rattles.? Now you can give them some sound.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Good idea!

@johngalt3568 3 года назад

First time I saw this rig, Stacy King fished it on an episode of “The Bass Pros” about ten years ago. This was actually before I heard of the Tokyo Rig. Matt, where did you fish this rig at Eufaula? I live about 40 miles south of the lake.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Brushpiles

@johngalt3568 3 года назад

Yes. And I bet that those fish had never seen a Gina Rig before. There is no way they would have seen that presentation as familiar. I’ve fished a couple of the brush piles in the lower lake, but that was in the 90’s. Thanks for the tip.

@vincentlivoti4184 Год назад

Matt have you tried the Tokyo Rig? From what I've read the Gika/Jika Rig came out first. I know both styles can be fished the same way. Just wanted your take on the two. Maybe do a comparison video.

@MattStefanFishing Год назад

they are basically the same thing!

@vincentlivoti4184 Год назад

@@MattStefanFishing Just pulled the trigger and ordered some of the Gamakatsu Gika Rigs and their power shot Rigs/ Tokyo rig. I also got a few of the VMC ones. I may build some of my own if I like how they work. Gamakatsu makes great stuff. I fish a lot of small ponds with my son's, that have soft muck bottoms so these rigs might be the deal. Texas rig worms and jigs always pick up so much junk.

@angleratlarge6787 3 года назад

Used this rig and had poor results. Due to the hanging weight, a large bass easily threw my hook multiple times? Any advice?

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

I try to use the lightest weight possible for the conditions for this reason

@fredrickg5697 6 месяцев назад

Would this be the same as a drop shot rig with the cylinder sinker next to the hook?

@MattStefanFishing 6 месяцев назад

Kinda

@jimliechty2983 3 года назад

On a side note ....be ready to take a call from Matt Pangrac to be a guest on Bass Talk Live .....I put in a good word for you, for them to have you on .... you're subs will explode!

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

That would be great. Thanks!

@vincentlivoti4184 Год назад

Matt, can you provide a link to the exact weight that you are showing in the video? Have you ever tried one of these?. Lindy No-Snagg Slip Sinkers

@MattStefanFishing Год назад

www.tacklewarehouse.com/Gamakatsu_Gika_Rig_2pk/descpage-GGR.html?from=MSFG its the 1/4 oz 4/0 hook

@vincentlivoti4184 Год назад

@@MattStefanFishing Thanks Matt👍!

@stoneysdead689 3 года назад

Matt- can you explain the difference between this and a Tokyo rig? Because I'll be honest- as far as I can tell from fishing both- there isn't much difference, the Jika just works a little closer to bottom. Now one difference I suppose is that the fish tend to get this weight in their mouth where they don't get the Tokyo rig weight in their mouth- but other than that, they seem almost identical.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

They are similar techniques and can be used in similar situations. I view the Jim’s rig as a more compact finesse approach when compared to the Tokyo

@stoneysdead689 3 года назад

@@MattStefanFishing Hey- that is a good way to think of it- thanks Matt. The way i think of, or approach a bait makes all the difference in the world to me- it allows me to categorize my tackle and not feel overwhelmed by how much I have.

@terrykloster9121 3 года назад

Started using one 5 years ago. When I use to fish the Potomac it was really good with creature baits

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing!

@huffman476 Год назад

Is this good for fall.

@MattStefanFishing Год назад

it can be

@ShafikKassam 3 года назад

Still don’t know how this is different from the Tokyo rig.

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Less aggressive but similar

@toddwinegar7365 3 года назад

Happy 10,000th!

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

Thanks!

@LivOLure 3 года назад

Also could be considered a finesse Tokyo Rig.

@MattStefanFishing 2 года назад

Yep!

@wesstewart9264 2 года назад

Like others have said, it is just a pre-weighted Tokyo rig

@MattStefanFishing 2 года назад

yep

@DropTheBunny 3 года назад

Looks like a Tokyo rig? Whats the difference?

@MattStefanFishing 3 года назад

This is more streamlined than Tokyo rig but similar

@academicmailbox7798 3 года назад

Stefan, I often say it. And I don't think. That freshwater (inland in the middle States in America as I've heard one of the bass anglers explain). I don't think. That enough freshwater competitive bass anglers. Do invest enough time. In doing saltwater fishing. Especially shoreline. Saltwater fishing (literally standing on shorelines and trying to present something to fish a relatively short cast distance away). In Japan and Korea. The ideas come from anglers. Who do both (there is literally so much coastline in these countries, that a lot fish fresh and saltwater there). Or if they don't. The are more aware. Of the other. In southern England. The coastal saltwater European bass anglers there. Who are pretty good anglers. By any standard. Although not competitive anglers. Or pro anglers. They do pick up very quickly. On things. That emerge from Asia and make it. To the European conventional gear tackle angling market.

@academicmailbox7798 3 года назад

What I notice. Is that bass boat and bass kayak anglers. Have their own ways. To describe what kinds of fishing rods. They use. Normally describing the rod. In terms of length (between seven and eight foot). Or often shorter in kayak boat bass fishing. In terms of length of rod. And the action. Of the rod. And bass anglers. Will also 'link' the fishing rod they use. To the technique as well. So it's a flipping rod. A jig rod. A jerk bait rod. And so on. The strange thing. About the southern English saltwater shoreline anglers. Is they don't do that. At all. They use all of the same techniques. As the north American bass anglers use. All of the same baits, plastics, top waters. And metal spoon lures too. However, the saltwater anglers (and this would pretty much be the way in countries such as Japan). The saltwater anglers. Divide up up. Between Light Rock Fishing, LRF. Medium Rock Fishing, MRF. And Heavy Rock Fishing, HRF. Those are the different weight designations. LRF goes from zero to eight grams (twenty eight metric gram units in an Imperial ounce).

@academicmailbox7798 3 года назад

MRF takes you right up. To around the full ounce weight. Or twenty-eight grams (you are adding more strength to the fishing rod). However not too much either. That you sacrifice. Or give away. Much too much sensitivity and flexibility. Needed to provide action to bait lures. Then of course. The HRF category. Could carry you. Up to multiple ounces. Maybe up to three ounces. But three ounce weights are still. Only the very lighter weight end of the spectrum. For 'beach casting' in saltwater (where you throw bottom baits half a mile to get far out into tidal shoreline bottoms). So the HRF rods (which then double over, and tend to be used by freshwater Atlantic salmon anglers here as 'spinning rods'). We never even looked at the grams or ounces strength rating. Of our 'spinning rods'. That we use for migratory salmon. We just call them 'spinning rods' (and we throw spoons and bullet spinners using them). We're pretty unsophisticated. In freshwater salmon angling. As far as 'conventional' tackle goes. Those 'HRF' saltwater rods. That you see all kinds of folks using. For larger fish.

@academicmailbox7798 3 года назад

I own two HRF saltwater rods. Except I never understood. That that is what they were. My father takes the hundred gram version. A G. Loomis rod. Very nice one. He catches more salmon. I use a forty to fifty gram HRF rod. Which someone sold me. For casting 'lead' shaped bait fish lures. They use in saltwater. And retrieving them back fast. It's a very nice Daiwa rod. That I've had a long while. However, neither of us. Ever understood. How these fitted in. To the saltwater 'rock fishing' (rock fishing is just a generic term, which could really mean fishing from man made infrastructure such as bridges, piers, jetties, rock armour on beaches etc). In salt water. And even the HRF rods. As I said. Are quite good. For throwing larger spoons and bullet spinners. That we use in freshwater (and playing salmon of between ten and twenty pounds weight on them). Being salmon anglers of course. We only carry 'one' single conventional gear tackle rod. And a lot of guys. Have one single 'spinning' reel. That gets driven into the ground. Over a ten to twenty year period. So the tackle makers. Are really just supporting us. Not the other way around. They don't make any huge money. From salmon anglers. A bit. But not much.

@academicmailbox7798 3 года назад

The aspect. That I wished to draw your attention to however. Is that this Gamagatsu Gika Rig. When you put that. Not into a freshwater fishing context. But into a saltwater shoreline fishing context (where especially in shoreline saltwater gear angling, you're weed beds, grasses and all sorts of sea bottom vegetation types are there). This Gika rig idea. Makes total sense. When you place it. Into the context. Of the Light Rock, Medium Rock and Heavy Rock angling context. It makes complete and absolute sense. As one thing. One has to remember. About saltwater shoreline anglers. They don't get a whole 'day'. Like competition bass anglers receive. To fish the water. What shoreline saltwater anglers get. Is literally a window. Where the water comes in. And the water goes out again. And that's all. So their world. Is all about. Making hay, when the suns shines. And the sun never does. For long enough. To become comfortable.

@academicmailbox7798 3 года назад

The flip side of that though. Is that freshwater bass tournament anglers. Don't get to pull the drain plug. Of the bath tub. Periodically. And just walk around the bottom of their natural lake. Or man made reservoir. And look at what. The bottom of the lake bed looks like (that is, to see the lake from a bass fish's perspective, as opposed to a boat or kayak angler's one). Saltwater shoreline anglers. Do receive that privilege. Of being able to actually physically 'walk'. Along the bottom. Of the water body. That they are going to fish. It's the reason why. Freshwater bass anglers. Talk about thermoclines. They talk about forward facing sonar technology. Fish finding technology. And topographical map surveying services. Which enable them. To figure out. What the bottom of their lakes are doing. Saltwater anglers. Don't need to. They can physically. Just put on rubber boots. And go walking around (the southern anglers are always doing it, because they lose hard plastics). That are worth thirty British pounds a go. And they often retrieve. Those expensive hard plastics. So it's a win, win. To go surveying the physical contours. Of their shorelines. When the tide is out.