Cowboy's ghost carp (Really Cookie's Cats)

[Cowboypirate]

Cowboy or anybody else; what is the advantage of the Santee rig over, say, a floating jig and regular slip sinker?

I like both options as well as a simple carolina rig. Ours stats for the last two years are about even on catches between the three. I can float a bigger bait with the santee rig with less chance of it snagging. If they are aggressive I like the flig or whirly flig (plus the option of other species improves). If they are a bit more passive and want to study the bait I like the Caronia and Santee rigs. But to be frank, like most baits and lures and fishermen, it comes down to what you have had success with as we are creatures of habit and often reach for the same thing over and over just cause we have confidence in it.