Actually, the Stick Shadd Hollow can be rigged and fished in just about every way imaginable: on a jighead, on a drop-shot rig, wacky style and even on a fireball or bluefish rig.

The system’s 5/0 offset hook is inserted through the nose like in rigging a plastic worm and then brought back out below the bait’s chin. Before re-inserting it into the bait’s belly, add as many of the tungsten soft weights onto the hook as desired and position them either forward or back on the shank depending on whether a nose descent is wanted or a horizontal belly fall. With weights in place, the hook then is inserted into the belly and is pushed upwards so the point ends up parallel to and just underneath the lure’s back.

For this rigging, the angler will then want to remove the Stick Shadd Hollow’s special “Easy Strip” from its back. The innovative Easy Strip was designed by Sebile to provide an open cutout on the back of the lure for technical riggings and better fish-hookup ratios. The Easy Strip is not removed when using the lure on jigheads or on bait rigs.