This Secret Slugo Rigging Technique Has Produced Three, 8lb+ Bass For Me

[@brycejerry]

I'm only 17 and I love the sluggo. Nobody throws them anymore, so when the bass have seen every spinnerbait, chstterbait, and creature bait known to man, I pick up a Arkansas Shiner sluggo and wear the bass out around shallow cypress trees.

[@scottvaughn9565]

Where ya from brother?

[@brycejerry]

@@scottvaughn9565 South Arkansas

[@scottvaughn9565]

@@brycejerry man if you're anywhere near Benton we might be able to fish together..

[@brycejerry]

@@scottvaughn9565 I'm actually from the el Dorado area. I'm currently in school at SAU in Magnolia. I would love to fish though

[@scottandersen420]

Arkansas shiner is the only color as far as I’m concerned. Hook up a 4 1/2” and catch quality bass consistency . Hook up a 6” and catch big bass but not as often. I will always love my sluggos

[@sheepdad556]

Love your stuff Randy. I was there when Herbie Reed broke out the prototype of the sluggo at a 2day tourney on Candlewood lake. Showed people the bait and most thought it looked stupid and never would catch a fish. Then he proceeded to cast it next to our boats while we were waiting and I'll tell you, the action was like nothing anyone ever saw at that time. A true one of a kind bait back then. Aahhh the good Ol days lol

[@edwardcowan7012]

I won the 1991 BASS Federation National Championship with one and Herb Reed the inventor of the bait finish 2nd.

[@WILDBILLSOUTDOORS]

I remember well when the sluggo came out, I made the mistake of fishing it by sight, and missed several really big ones anytime I had a little wind making it hard to see. I finally learned to fish it by feel.

[@tablerockkid8237]

Mopped up on the bass using this in the Potomac around the outside edge of the hydrilla patches in the early 90s. Red shad was the way to go. Still have several but just haven't used them much over the last 10 years. When they hit it, they smashed it. Thanks for bringing this one up!

[@catchfishwithchris]

We used to use the smaller (4") sluggos rigged like wacky worms...but back then we called it a sling shot rig. Caught some monsters doing that when I was much younger. Made the switch to the fluke and the dinger and I never went back, but seeing this, I'm anxious to try that rigging style.

[@funkymojo111]

Found some at a garage sale last year and have been dragging them around. I had forgotten the best presentation for these. Thanks Randy.

[@fryeguy9939]

Thanks again Randy... Never heard of it before... But will look for them at my favorite store...🙂

[@adamell9494]

Sluggos and Zoom flukes are always a go to for me. I'll have to try that rigging technique. Thanks!

[@bassstrategy7910]

So many big bass on the Slug-Go. I love this tip, finally it won’t jump out of the water! This was especially an issue sitting in a kayak and trying to dart it aggressively.

[@tarantulady]

I was kayak fishing it today. I dialed back the aggression and then it just breaks surface with its nose without leaping out. Great subtle topwater near shallow (1-2ft) cover.

[@gregorypitts535]

Thank you for all the great content. I have been applying your tips and info at my local lakes with good success. I live in new hampshire and it's still pretty chilly up here. I have learned so much from you and Jonny. Keep up the good work.

[@nathansmith5331]

I tried this method after watching this and it works. The bait shoots down rigged like this and you can get more action with it. It doesn’t shoot up to the surface very easily. Thanks for the tip Randy. Love your channel

[@AFishBicycle]

Love the “secrets” they add more options to my quiver

[@guyb5333]

Randy thanks for reminding me about the slugo. I'm sure I have some and I'll have to try and the way you're showing to rig them. Great content as usual, always something interesting, thanks

[@chrischoate2211]

100% exactly how and when to fish this awesome old school bait. I first learned about the "Slug-O" at a late March tournament on Stockton back in "91". A guy came in and absolutely blew everybody out of the water with it. I thought I was the only one fishing them this early but like you said if the conditions are right it's a big bass magnet!

[@paulenglish1741]

This thing is ultra effective guys!!! Thanks Randy. 😊

[@perrydodson9029]

Herb Reeds Lunker City Sluggo, wow. Used to catch smallmouth on the 4 inch ones. Nice tip.

[@brib_brib_brib_bri]

Such a great bait Randy! Folks, don't forget about the Lunker City "Shaker" too....it's a killer paddle tail with a HUGE wide wagging tail and lots of roll.

[@shawnaughey8314]

I remember fishing the slugo in my preteens with my father. Great memories and some awesome fish too. I actually just received my order of the today, can't wait to tie one back on after all these years

[@MrDroidSmith]

You are old school! I love it!

[@jamesbrant6840]

Great bait for bass and also deadly on Stripers.

[@erichildreth7562]

I have some of these but I always Texas rigged these. I will have to dig these out and try rigging these like this. Thanks Randy for sharing this!!

[@matthewc9965]

I’m liking this one...definitely going to try it

[@markdoerr5529]

Slugos came out in the late 80s still use them today, you can get them at Barlow’s on line, don’t over look these for the fall also.

[@darrellbowen1582]

I really enjoy listening to your tips and tricks Randy ! Great great content you put out there ! Thank you for sharing them!

[@JamesBondDZero7Mi6]

Great rigging tip. I tried it your way today and caught a few small bass. It swam great and hooked them each time. I'll be using it that way as a jerk bait in the future. Thanks for the tip, Randy!

[@depalebe]

If I remember right the original recommended hooking method for the Sluggo was a larger sized offset worm hook, not ewg. I think the first time I heard the term 'Texposed' was with the Sluggo. Randy you have a very interesting rigging method. I will try it. I will also try it with my dwindling supply of Megabass Xslayers. Thanks for the videos and tips.

[@mikebusmc88]

Great video on a great bait, I've been using them since they first came out. I use the 4" black first thing in the morning and have had great success. When I fish tournaments I always have one tied on. I live in s Florida and fish lake okeechobee quite a bit, just something a little different than what the bass are used to Thank you for your continuing education to all of us, we can always learn something new.

[@todmerritt3385]

Excellent tips Randy! I’ve often wondered if any folks were still hooking up a Sluggo. This old school Central Okie here, has been fishing a sluggo for years, and I keep one ready to go all the time, usually on a light weight Texas rig. My PB largemouth was caught on this at Grand, off a boat slip at approx. 8’ deep. I’m anxious to go try your curved setup with the open hook rig, looks killer. Thx for all the time you spend each day with teaching tips, I watch everyday and I really appreciate it.

[@KokoB1883]

My favorite bait is the sluggo SS 7”! Produces big fish and also numbers.

[@MrFishBlood]

I read my first bass fishing book back in the 90s... It was full of info and tips about every bait category. There was only one named bait that got it's own section, the Slugo! I bought some and still have a few... Forgot all about them!

[@larryboyer6989]

I love Slug-go’s and still use them. No one around here sells them anymore so I buy all of mine online from Bass Pro Shop.

[@WyattPetersen]

I bought a pack at a garage sale. I haven’t used them because I don’t know how to rig them.

[@larryboyer6989]

@@WyattPetersen you can rig them like Randy shows in this video, or Texas Rig them or just with a hook their weight usually will allow you to ghrout weightless. Or you can use them with a underspin hook like a fluke. Or you can use them on a Carolina rig also.

[@larryboyer6989]

That should be throw them e Weightless not grout

[@mikebusmc88]

You can get them at lunkercity.com

[@doughensley9314]

Love the sluggo, used to kill them on that thing when they first came out, I need to get mine out and start throwing them again! I think people shy away from it because it sinks so slow compared to a Senko, but that’s the magic, fish can’t stand something sinking that slow in front of them, thanks for the hook tip.

[@slickdaddy12]

The sluggo is one of my "go too" baits. In cover it's great. No cover it's great. Many ways to fish it. I have a lot of confidence in the sluggo. I especially like the shad colors.

[@ChuckCooper]

Thanks again for reminding me about this great bait. It never occurred to me to separate the two indents. Can't wait to throw them again. I used their texposer hook which is a great hook, but I'm definitely going to try your rigging tip. Thank again. and tight lines.

[@lstaples007]

I've had some of these in my box for years... tried texas rigging when I first got them, and like randy said they just blow out on the surface... im gonna try this rigging tip... catch me a gosh dang biggun, thx Randy!

[@dustinbishop1178]

I couldn't agree more Randy. I have had many days where the sluggo has gotten me way more bites than the typical fluke or other soft plastic jerk bait.

[@joshgrimes9554]

This was one of my 1st plastic bass lures I used back in the early 90's...I caught a ton of big 3-5lb farm pond and strip pit bass on the bubble gum pink slug-go...I mean a ton. And for some reason I've not used any since.

[@MISANTHROPE1964]

A hot pink sluggo on a short wire leader was a Northern Pike magnet on the shallow flats in Ontario years ago. Used to do fly-ins out of Red Lake and would always bring 3 or 4 packs of Sluggo’s in hot pink, green and black.

[@jeffholder195]

We caught a lot of fish on these in the late 80s early 90s. Great bait! They’re pretty expensive e online nowadays.

[@stewartmainville303]

Wow...I remember my Dad coming back from a trip with the Zebco guys in the 70s with some spinnerbaits. Used them that whole summer. Up, down,fast, slow. When the Sluggo came out , I was going to try that but other things came up. Now I’ve gotta dig out the sluggish and the flipping hooks!

[@carlmaro]

Last spring I pulled out my slug-go's from 1996 ( Arkansas Shiner ) and turned a slow day into and awesome afternoon

[@craigstevens9734]

Thank you .Got some dark red and gray gonna try Man this is a good good one. .You think take where house has some. You Big time.

[@LiveBassFishing]

I still have a couple of boxes full of those jokers. Sluggo's have been an awesome tool.

[@mnfarris55]

Old School, Sweet!

[@SukatFishing]

Love my Sluggo's !

[@HookLife]

Arkansas shiner best color ever

[@robertjacobsfishing]

A friend of mine used to hand pour sluggo type baits and gave me a couple when we first met. Got onto a farm dam one day and absolutely killed it on this bait. No one around me could buy a bite and I was pulling them out one after the other.

[@1MoreCast]

Good stuff, Randy! I’d like a quick video on the most deadly / versatile frog to catch fish in ponds or lakes. Thanks

[@BassmasterTL]

People are surprised I still have em. Been using em since i was young in 1999 at age 14 and 15. Then forgot about it or started throwing the fluke but I bought loads of sluggos about 4 yrs ago.

[@MIKE57208]

I’ve been fishing the slugo since it first came out. I agree it’s a fish catching machine in the right conditions. I rig it three or for different ways depending on conditions and locations.

[@msquared9605]

I had never heard of them until a couple years ago. Saw it at bass pro and thought man that looks like a senko/fluke hybrid I gotta try it. Little did I know it came out before both of those lol

[@donaldmartin4980]

Biggest bass I ever hooked was on a sluggo in an Oklahoma pond, got a long look at the fish as I dredged it over the grass. I couldn’t get it in any farther so I decided to wade out and go get it. Old girl managed to get her tail back in the water and rolled hard and straighten out the 5/0 hook I was using. She was no doubt north of twelve pounds......fished that pond for years afterward and never hooked her again....got lots of five pound plus fish there. New owner drained the pond a few years back.

[@cliffordhutt143]

My PB largemouth and maybe two more of my top 5 all came on a slug-go type lure that Berkeley used to make. These things are killer when big bass are chasing bait.

[@johnlantz7278]

going through baits,I now pour my own slugs although zoom fluke was great for making fish show themselves, Randy what is your option about soft baits being non memory baits , cranks become memory baits ,they can loose effectiveness over time,although I have cranks that sill produce year after year.what is it about this lures the bass can,t resist,another great nostalgic vid. go easy on Johnny an the flipping .

[@fredflinstime6676]

I actually was introduced to the Sluggo by the smaller version which is only about 3 1/4 inches. That little bait rigged wacky on a drop shot Or split shot rig is insanely attractive to bass.

[@ata1421]

I found that we must rig slugo and commit to it all day, some kinda way you do with big swimsuits, I personally never catch anything on it because after few casts I get tired of it, I know that it is multi species bait. and catch stripers as well. Thank you so much for the tip, going to get it out from tackle box and try it again.

[@johnnyweaver1300]

Never heard of a slugo, who makes them, where I live water is never that clear, but enjoyed the video, keep them coming!

[@YT-DAD-BASS-ASSASSIN]

Always helping others improve..thank you for the continuous knowledge...just curious if you have any tips on night fishing for bass..appreciate your time

[@troycote2724]

Sluggish were my number 1 bait in the 90s

[@The420Fisherman]

I remember being a kid, watching tournaments being won on that classic bait. I throw them today. Shaky head and screw lock nose rig is deadly

[@JamesBondDZero7Mi6]

I love Lunker City lures. I still fish the Slugo and have days where that's all they want. I also really like their other soft plastics for walleye jigs, etc. The density of the plastic they use is just right. They have a great selection of plastics, terminal tackle, and jibs on their website. I recently placed two orders over $50. You get free shipping over $50. They have such unique colors of their plastics and cover every spectrum.

[@kylemolletfishing9123]

Lunker City, not Lunker Lure

[@JamesBondDZero7Mi6]

@@kylemolletfishing9123 Thanks for the correction. I love Lunker City lures!

[@kylemolletfishing9123]

@@JamesBondDZero7Mi6 you're welcome Sir. I thought you might want to correct it.

[@rogerbrand223]

Great job. I remember when you couldn't find a sluggo to buy. They were that hot of a bait. Did you ever fish the zoom French fry or centipede finness worms. We used to sleigh the bass on those in the early 2000s. They were deadly on Table Rock Lake.

[@davidkirk2554]

RANDY is letting loose ...with all the GOOD OLE secrets... .....his different rigging method of this sluggo is original...and looks promising... something i will need to try myself....thanks RANDY... Remember folks. You have to USE them ...fish them....with confidance... and NOT just fish it for 10 minutes... and,..That is true with almost everything he is telling us....

[@muskybites505]

I’ve been fishing soft jerks since the sluggo came out. Went through many brands. The og sluggo and big bite baits jerk shad are all you need. Flukes suck lol. I’m sure i pissed a bunch of you off saying that but its true

[@SneakersAnonymousMatt]

I still use the sluggo an Im only 25 but I been using them since I was 11 for stripers an bass an they both love em for stripers. I used the 9 inch an for bass I just Texas rigged the 5inch with very light weight an just twitched it thru beds before spawn an had awesome bites an post spawn as well in some cases. Also randy I used them Mainly in dark water and they still worked well in the black/grey shad color with chartreuse line down the side.

[@kbone87]

Eating my bridgford jerky watching randy on my coffee break!

[@chundle09]

Can’t wait to get me some Sluggos

[@johnnyb5521]

Caught a lot of Smallmouth at Candlewood lake in Ct. on them l’m an old school fisherman.

[@owenserbent7591]

Hey John! Young CT fisherman here, was wondering if you had any advice for fishing the ct river below Hartford which is my home water

[@texoma_outdoors]

I could be wrong but I think phantom tackle originally had the slugo and now its lunker city. The forgotten follow up to it was the phish stick

[@GRILLBUOY101]

met a guy throwin a sm slugo in red shad and he picked up bout 6 bass in 10 min.rig on a sm jig head

[@mrdeguzman75]

works great in saltwater for halibut and calico bass

[@Bruce_Swain]

Awesome tips! Never used or really heard of the Slugo. Say you’re fishing 14ft open water with 4foot visibility, which depth is usually the best ?

[@GRILLBUOY101]

red shad slugo.oldie but goody.

[@sycamore6065]

#61 Pearch color is 🔥

[@markolbrychsr4361]

Still fish the sluggo regularly.... caught a 8.3 on lake Griffin last month... rigged texas with no weight... the flat bottom makes it glide and stay in the strike zone. Give it a twitch and let it glide ... hang on !

[@DEADKING624]

SLUGGO...that's so 80's & 90's...!!! I remember thinking a Senko was just a different shaped SLUGGO...guess I am showing my age

[@garyhall4542]

How does bass through evolving refuse old school lures but still get slayed on this which is old school. I personally think a good bait will always work. The reason they don't work is no one uses them as much as the new stuff.

[@brucetracey9711]

Nice.

[@dustinbrunson9262]

Gosh I remember fishing those when I was a kid! Chartreuse and ghost white on bottom with silver flake or something like that 🤔. I was around 12 -13 years old.

[@TheHammer24-7]

Haven't seen the ol Slugo in a while

[@brianortega9167]

That's the OG senko

[@therrellthomas9486]

Largest bass that I have ever seen in person was caught on bubble gum sluggo with a zebco 33. My friends 12 year old caught it. Still have the Polaroid of it. 28 3/4" long in August. About 100 degrees outside in Texas at the time. Thrown into hydrilla Texas rigged. Caught on Purtis Creek reservoir.

[@MrTjmk]

I've had the same package of those slugo gaits in my tackle box for as long as I can remember. The reason I still have them is because I could never get them to catch anything for me. I see now that I was fishing them wrong.

[@poppafish428]

Herb Reed is a nice guy as well.

[@tweedyboy57]

I rig my floating worm the same way....that bend keeps the bait super weedless as well, youd think an exposed hook wood hang a bunch. But it dont!

[@danielmckeen2465]

Yup loving the hat😁love the slug😁got only a few left😬75k

[@mikeford9176]

What size is that a 6”? I used to use the smaller ones in the old days and smoked the fish on them. Forgot about them. Thanks for the tips

[@ko-yoshi]

Used to SLAY them in our tiny Indiana lake like 10 years ago...on a trout color lol there’s no trout but they didn’t care

[@chrisunderwood2119]

My brother an I used to kill the bass on the Potomac River in the early 90’s on the slugo. It was also great on the James and Buggs Island. I couldn’t even guess how many we caught on that thing. I bought a bag of them at the classic on the James in 89 (I think) as a joke. My brother, who is older, laughed at me. The first time we went out on the Potomac after that I tied it on and started killing them immediately. After the 5th or 6th one he was begging me for one!!! Good times!

[@ronniemitchell9221]

That’s going back a few years...!

[@tedborchers9009]

Randy,what would you switch to with a NW wind in that 5-10 foot zone? Thanks!

[@barrykern4065]

Whats the best way to work the old SLUG????

[@bluesinsation]

Did you ever fish the JawTec Chatter Box with the round rattles?

[@brandonelliott5345]

I won my first local bass tourney on a hand poured black slugo.

[@pricebrosracing8418]

I watched my dad catch and win so many tournaments on the sluggo and bass assassin at west point Lake in the 90s! We are still cashing checks with this method today. Actually come in 3rd place this past Saturday on West Point. I love your content sir! I’ve been a fan of yours since I was a kid. Hey sir go check out Lynn dollar On KZbin he has videos of you fishing westpoint. Good luck this year sir!

[@Coastalcrusaders34]

What color do u use

[@H8er-Maker]

I'm almost embarrassed to mention this, when I decided to pick up bass fishing about 8yrs ago a relative of mine who is a professional fisherman sent me about a dozen packs of these baits. I tried them repeatedly without any luck. Not knowing shit from shinola I figured those ribs were designed for an o-ring. I only tried fishing with them wacky rigged. It took this video for me to realize my mistake & I also owe my relative an apology.

[@GRILLBUOY101]

i think i used em 90 or 91.i had red shad 4 in

[@rangerbull]

Wish I can find some Arkansas shiners

[@markolbrychsr4361]

Go to lunker city web site ... they have them