Plastic Worm Fishing 2024

Mobasser reply :

The plastic worm has been my favorite bass bait for over 25yrs now. I wouldn't ever want to be without some worms on any bass fishing trip. When I started learning to fish plastic worms, I pretty much spent 3 seasons throwing them most of the time untill I felt I had learned to fish them. The worms I used starting out were, Creme Scoundrel, Mann's Jelly Worms, Culprit 7.5 ribbontail, and Ditto Gator tail. I also learned to like Charlie Brewers Slider worm and jigs, and still do. Now I still fish Jelly Worms, and sometimes a Culprit worm. When you started out what worms did you learn on? Did you learn on a traditional Texas Rig or some other way? Did you catch on quickly to worm fishing, or did it take you some time to learn? It took me some time. I missed a lot of strikes, and bass, trying to learn this but I'm glad I learned it. What about your early plastic worm fishing? Worms, methods, etc?

scaleface reply :

Manns Jelly Worms for me to and I still use them a lot . I liked the Ditto Gator Tail and Fliptail worms too .The very first bass I caught on a Texas rig bit a Mister Twister Twin Tail grub . Another angler told me he was catching fish on a jig and pig and I didnt have any . So I removed a black skirt from a spinnerbait and placed it between the hook and weight and Texas rigged the grub . I was bouncing the combo along a rip rap bank with the string between my index finger and thumb and felt a slight tap . I read about this in Bassmaster so I reeled in the slack and set the hook like a boss . Caught a keeper bass and it only got better from there . That was the most important bass I ever caught .

CroakHunter reply :

I learned how to fish a wacky rig a senko when I was about 10 or 11. Fished the heck out of it because it caught fish and some big ones too. Fast forward a few years later I really enjoyed fishing a stick worm or trick worm texas rigged with an 1/8th ounce weight. Now some of my favorite ways to fish and the technique that brought me my pb is fishing offshore cover/structure with a 7 inch texas rigged senko with a 3/8th ounce weight or a 12" or bigger worm with a 3/8 to 3/4 ounce weight depending on depth and wind.

Just a couple I caught on a weighted texas rigged stick worm a few years back

stratoliner92 reply :

Over 20yrs ago I was watching Bill Dance teach about fishing Texas rigged plastic worms on tv. I went and bought i believe 6" Berkley worm in pumpkinseed and headed down to our neighborhood lake, sure enough after dragging that thing around i felt that "TAP" It's still my favorite way to catch bass !!!

the reel ess reply :

I used the same worms you did, traditionally T-rigged. We settled on purple as being the all-around best color on our lake. My dad and I went from primarily crappie fishing to bass when they were within reach beating the bank. All we knew to start off with was the T-rigged worm. I later added a crankbait and spinnerbait to my arsenal. They were easier to set the hook with.

Having been a panfish fisherman, it took me a long time to get the hang of setting the hook. Once I got that skill and a good bass combo, I was off to the races. Later came the C-rig for when the bass migrated offshore. I still never used any other plastics or jigs until maybe 10 years ago. To this day, if I had to fish for food, I'd have the worm tied on. Some baits burst on the scene, then get shuffled to the back of the pack. But the worm is maybe the oldest soft plastic bass lure and it's here to stay.

Dr. Watson reply :

Dad originally showed me how to do a Texas rig/Florida rig. I learned on purple culprit 7.5 and 10" worms. I still use culprits along with rage tail anacondas, zoom ol monsters, and Mann's jelly worms.

J.Vincent reply :

My uncle taught me how to fish a Zoom Dead Ringer Texas rigged.....I fished that style of worm for an entire season before trying any other bass lures. Almost 25 years later and Im still very confident with all of the Zoom line of plastics but I also like Manns Jelly worms when I'm fishing 10 inch or larger worms ....and I like Culprit Worms for their durability . In the end I will fish any brand if it's a quality product but I will always have an affinity for the Zoom Dead Ringer.

J Francho reply :

Texas rigged ribbon tail worms were one the first plastics I learned, besides a grub on a ball head. Nice guy in a bass boat gave me some hooks, bullet weights, and a bag of worms and showed me how to rig them when I asked how he got his bait through the weeds. I was probably around 12. T-rigging opened up a whole new world of fishing.

Catt reply :

I'm absolutely an Ole School Texas Rig Fisherman!

I still use monofilament, sliding bullet weight (unpegged), & straight shank round bend hooks.

My first worm bass in back in 1963 on a Crème Scoundrel, then came Crème's Scally Wag. I fell in love with a ribbon tail chasing a weight to the bottom.

Back in the early 70s in ran across Rebel's Ring Worm, the rings give the appearance of a thicker profile but with less plastic for the hook to penetrate.

I still throw ring worms today ????

j bab reply :

I caught my first bass on a wacky rigged Zoom Centipede.

Soft plastic fishing is definitely my favorite technique.

greentrout reply :

bout 10 yrs. old on a farm pond outside columbia sc on a cold day ....dad set me up with a zebco reel and a split shot rig for first bass -- hooks not embedded...creme scoundrel...

today 90 percent of my fishing is with plastics t rigged and weightless...

good fishing...

GrumpyOlPhartte reply :

My introduction to real bass fishing came in 1972 when I was transferred to the Charleston sub base (long gone) and my LPO took me on my first real bass fishing excursion in his Jon boat. First he took me shopping to get an UglyStik and Mitchell 300 spinning real, a big step up from my plastic Zebco 303 (I think that’s the model). He was smart enough to know I wasn’t ready for baitcasting gear. We hit Bushy Park and he handed me a Mann’s Jelly Worm, seven-inch purple with a red tail. I was certain he was trying to “get to me” but he was insistent and even showed me how to Texas rig the thing. After about a half hour of working the bank, he pointed to a partially exposed log and told me to cast right upon shore next to it and drag my worm along it. And ... if I felt a tap-tap, count to three, and haul back on the rod as if I was trying to yank the fish into the boat. Well, as a rookie with a spinning rig, the kindest thing I can say was that I landed the worm on the shore in the “general vicinity” of the log. He drifted the boat down so I was able to drag my worm over it and as it climbed over the log and fell, sure enough, I felt the taps. So, I counted to three and “hauled back” figuring the poor fish was going to come flying out of the water at me. I got the rod to about the 11:00 position and everything stopped. And, since I was new I had the drag set all wrong. The largest bass I had ever seen broke the surface and headed for points south while the drag screamed and I focused on reeling while maintaining bladder control!!! Finally, by luck, I got the thing to the boat and it turned out to be a four-pound beauty.

I have looked and Mann’s doesn’t make that exact style any more, but my brother-in-law has a couple of bags left. Found out this year that they still work when he dragged a couple of two-and-a-half pounders out my favorite fishing spot while I sat there “washing bait” with several of the newfangled worms sold these days. Yup, Mann’s, Creme, and Producto worked then ... and still work. May have to find some!

OCdockskipper reply :

On 12/7/2018 at 11:38 PM, J.Vincent said:

My uncle taught me how to fish a Zoom Dead Ringer Texas rigged...Almost 25 years later and Im still very confident with all of the Zoom line of plastics...

Side question, was the Dead ringer available 25 years ago? I ask because I remember in the late 70's, Rebel came out with the Ringworm. I fished them all the time and still have a few at the bottom of my worm bag. When I came back to the sport about a decade ago, Rebel no longer made the ringworm, but the Zoom Dead Ringer was in fact a dead ringer for the Rebel Ringworm (pun intended).

I don't know when the Ringworm died & the Dead Ringer was born, they are very similar.

Columbia Craw reply :

I'm right with you Mobasser. My buddy took me out on a late Feb. day with water temps in the upper 40's. Water had warmed from low 40's in a two day period. I fished a Mann's blackberry jelly worm in the flat tail on a J95 3/0 offset worm hook. Sorry Catt. Lead bullet weight unpegged. The rod was an HMG 555 pistol grip with an Ambassadeur 2500C and 12 pound Maxima. I crawled that worm as slow as a human could. My "mentor" had me down 11 to zero. I was frustrated. I thought I had hung in some grass again and the grass pulled back. My buddy's last name is Sewell so I always said the bass committed Sewellcide and I hooked and landed it. That was like an Epiphany for me. I had been pulling the worm out of the fishes mouths thinking I was hung in light grass. The day ended up with my passing John and out catching him. From that day forward, 2-11-1979, I committed myself to learning to worm fish. Catt has said many times, the more bites you get or feel the better the fisherman you become. This applies especially to worm fishing. I fished Gator Tails, Culprits and Manns worms the first several years. Over the years the Baby Brush Hog displaced most of my T rig worm fishing and I find myself fishing worms Wacky, Neko, Drop Shot and on a Shaky Head now. I can remember that day like it was yesterday. Great memory. Thanks.

Doug

GReb reply :

I started fishing Texas rigged worms and lizards when I was about 12. Culprit 7.5 is still my go to. I’ve prob caught 500 bass on the black and silver culprit

MIbassyaker reply :

I grew up watching people bass fish with worms on TV and seeing them in catalogs and magazines. But never had easy access to bass waters where I could use them; we tended to fish with live bait in the river for catfish, pike, and the occasional walleye, or with grubs or in-line spinners. I did catch a smallie once, but they were really rare in that stretch of the river, at that time (i hear they are much more common there now).

When I finally got to fish somewhere that I could target bass specifically with a worm, I made sure I had the worm hooks and weights I needed, and rigged up a 7.5 cuprit ribbontail the way I had seen Bill Dance and folks do it, and started casting around off the end of the dock toward some shoreline slop, and hopping it back, not totally sure what would happen. In about 4 casts, I felt "the tap" -- whoa! So, I set the hook ...and there he was, my first largemouth of any size, about 14".

And I thought to myself, "wow, is that all there is to it?? I can do that again!" And so I did.

WRB reply :

I can remember clearly my 1st plastic worm it was a Creme pre rigged 6" nightcrawler with a small propeller back in 1957 aat Lake Shasta on a family vacation. Couple of old guys gave me a package and showed me how to fish it; put a Dipsey Bell sinker up the line and tie on a swivel clip, the clip on the work rig at the leader loop. They pointed across the marina and simply said drift on the bottom along the bank over there. It was magic!

Creme worms cam in only 6" nightcrawler and black colors packaged 1 worm re rigged with the harness and later 5 worms with instructions how to weedless "Texas" rig with a sproat worm hook with barbs on the shank in the early 60's and everyone called them rubber worms back then.

Tom Mann came out with Jelly worms in the early 70's with 2 styles Sting Ray and Jelly worms. What was different Creme worms were like tent pegs compared to Mann's Jelly worms and several colors were offered in flavors. The soft Manns worms changed worm fishing and became the most popular very quickly. Stembridge followed with Flip Tail worms and the ball has stopped rolling, today we have more soft plastics availble then anyone can name, by far the most popular bass lure ever!

Back in early years we used 5 1/2' broom stick rods and let the bass run with the worm for a count od 10 before setting the hook. We used 2 rigs; Texas with sliding bullet weight and Carolina rig similar to the 1st rig I used except a heavy egg sinker with glass bead and swivel with a longer 3' to 5' leader.

Out west Florida strain LMB in San Diego lakes kicked off the hand pour worms in the late 60's a regional worm with multiple colors and blood line vain that changed worm fishing for me and still use hand pours.

Tom

Harold Scoggins reply :

On 12/8/2018 at 2:45 AM, WRB said:

I can remember clear my 1st plastic worm it was a Creme pre rigged nightcrawler with a small propeller

I landed my first bass on a pre-rigged Crème worm in the mid 60s. These pictured were stored away until a couple years ago when I put them in a frame and hung them in the man cave. For 50+ year-old worms they're still soft. I started using Mann's Jelly worms the year after they first came out and still use them. (PB was landed on a 9" Blackberry Jelly Worm.)

J.Vincent reply :

On 12/8/2018 at 12:57 AM, OCdockskipper said:

Side question, was the Dead ringer available 25 years ago? I ask because I remember in the late 70's, Rebel came out with the Ringworm. I fished them all the time and still have a few at the bottom of my worm bag. When I came back to the sport about a decade ago, Rebel no longer made the ringworm, but the Zoom Dead Ringer was in fact a dead ringer for the Rebel Ringworm (pun intended).

I don't know when the Ringworm died & the Dead Ringer was born, they are very similar.

Well I started fishing with artificial lures for bass in 1995 on Lake Columbia in Brooklyn Michigan. I was 16 and didn’t own any dedicated bass gear of my own; so I would borrow whatever combo my uncle had rigged up in the garage. There was always a green pumpkin worm with ringed body and a fat curly tail rigged up; and I first learned how to fish with this style of worm. I then started buying my own gear in 1999 and I’m positive I was buying Zoom Dead Ringers at that time to match what I remembered. But now I sort of want to know when the Zoom Dead Ringers we’re first introduced ?

TOXIC reply :

I was late to the game. My first plastics were given to me by Charlie Case himself and I became a master of the "Jacks Worm" named after a friend of his who had passed. Once I threw the Senko, it became my goal to master it beyond the normal uses. Believe it or not, I am still learning and I've been throwing/studying it for 30 years.

WRB reply :

I believe the Zipper worm followed the Rebel ring worm and have a few bags of 13 1/2" Zipper Goliath worms if interested.

Tom

J Francho reply :

On 12/8/2018 at 3:30 AM, TOXIC said:

Believe it or not, I am still learning and I've been throwing/studying it for 30 years.

I've learned quite a bit from your posts.

BassinCNY reply :

I was just thinking about trying my hand at fishing a few years ago and I was walking through my local Tractor Supply Store and they had a bunch of Creme plastics on sale for one dollar per bag. I bought a few of what looked to my untrained eye to be the most likely to catch fish. One of them was a bag of Creme's copy of a trick worm in red bug. I was trying to educate myself so I watched a Flukemaster YouTube video about fishing a split shot rig for a beginner trying to catch his first bass. It worked very well and I was hooked.

Log Catcher reply :

Like a lot of others on here I learned how to fish T rigged worms with Culprit and Creme lures. Purple was the hot color back then and it is still very good at times today. I peg my weight now and use a lot of Zoom worms. I just started using the Ole Monster worms 2 or 3 years ago and have been very surprised at how well they work.

greentrout reply :

TnRiver46 reply :

Zoom u tail zoom trick worm zoom finesse worm and zoom swamp crawler are the ones I like! Rigged all kinds of ways but one great way is like this on an 1/8 round ball jig head. Very good hookups and affordable . I have mentioned it a few times on here, I call it poor mans Shakey head

Dorado reply :

On 12/8/2018 at 9:44 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Zoom u tail zoom trick worm zoom finesse worm and zoom swamp crawler are the ones I like! Rigged all kinds of ways but one great way is like this on an 1/8 round ball jig head. Very good hookups and affordable . I have mentioned it a few times on here, I call it poor mans Shakey head

In my favorite Zoom color too ????

TnRiver46 reply :

On 12/8/2018 at 10:33 AM, Dorado said:

In my favorite Zoom color too ????

I just went out to the boat and found those to take a pic for the post. It appears I only have 3........ Do they still make it? I thought it was sour grape or sprayed grass, the label is worn off

Dorado reply :

On 12/8/2018 at 10:47 AM, TnRiver46 said:

I just went out to the boat and found those to take a pic for the post. It appears I only have 3........ Do they still make it? I thought it was sour grape or sprayed grass, the label is worn off

Mobasser reply :

On 12/8/2018 at 9:44 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Zoom u tail zoom trick worm zoom finesse worm and zoom swamp crawler are the ones I like! Rigged all kinds of ways but one great way is like this on an 1/8 round ball jig head. Very good hookups and affordable . I have mentioned it a few times on here, I call it poor mans Shakey head

Good rig here. A jigworm. These were popular here in Missouri as far back as the 1960s that I know of. Predecessor to the shakey head, a souped up version of this with top quality hook, head shape, and line tie position. I've read that the first were fished with an open hook, then later inserted for weedless fishing. I like that color also.

Mobasser reply :

One thing I've noticed in this thread is the guys who say that the first plastic worm fish was their most important, the game changer for them. This was true for me also. When I actually hooked and landed that first one on a plastic worm, I felt that I had really accomplished something. At that point, you've taken your fishing to a new level. Your fishing a bait that requires more skill, more concentratiion etc. You've put yourself in that class of anglers who can do much more than cast and crank. And with weedless riggings, your fishing your baits where other baits could never go.

crypt reply :

I caught my first bass on a Jakes Producer 7" purple worm. now called Producto worms. still use em. but yeah worm fishing is still one of the most productive ways for me to catch bass. has been since day 1.never leave home without them.

Fishingmickey reply :

It seems like I went to the same school Catt did. I started fishing Texas rigged plastic worms back in the mid 80's. I was introduced to worm fishing by a fellow co-worker and friend. We fished Calaveras lake by San Antonio. We worked second shift and we'd go after work and we fished the dam at night. It was lighted with street lights about every 50 to 75 yards and prevailing winds were usually out of the south and over the dam. We fished 4" lucky strike ring worms black with a chartreuse tail. 1/8 oz bullet head with a 3/0 round bend straight shank hook was the rig of choice. We would have a second rod with a 1/4 oz rattle trap tied on. If one of us hung up in the rip rap. We'd slid in to unsnag it and the other angler that wasn't hung would be throwing that trap parallel to the bank. Always a lot of banter back and forth about most and biggest. If it was really windy we would move up to a 3/16th oz weight. We had some unbelievable nights and we very rarely ever saw any other boats. We buy the worms at Academy from the bulk bin I think they were .07 cents a piece. Very fond memories!

Fishingmickey

NittyGrittyBoy reply :

Sprayed grass is a really good color around here. Why such a small hook on the shakyhead setup? Usually I use a 3/0ewg with a split shot for shakyhead setup?

My PB came off a zoom u-vibe with a toothpick pegged 1/2ounce lead bullet! T-rig is an all time favorite of mine. But these days I almost always have my weight pegged

Russ E reply :

I started using a texas rigged culprit 7 inch worm back in the late 70's, June bug and tequila sunrise were the 2 colors I used.

These days a shakyhead with a trickworm covers most of my worm fishing. Black, Green pumpkin, or plum.

I still use the texas rig in cover. The only difference now is the zoom ol monster or baby brush hog gets most of the action. usually in plum or black emerald.

TnRiver46 reply :

On 12/8/2018 at 11:46 PM, NittyGrittyBoy said:

Sprayed grass is a really good color around here. Why such a small hook on the shakyhead setup? Usually I use a 3/0ewg with a split shot for shakyhead setup?

My PB came off a zoom u-vibe with a toothpick pegged 1/2ounce lead bullet! T-rig is an all time favorite of mine. But these days I almost always have my weight pegged

I just use the small hooks because I have tons of the 1/8 oz round ball jig heads for grubs and tubes that I use all summer for smallies. Since they are cheap And I already had them tied on most of the time, I just started slapping a worm on their weightless. I have football shakey heads with 3/0 hooks as well but if I used those every time I fished I would be in the poor house! You would be surprised how well that little hook will stick and hold a big angry smallmouth

Boomstick reply :

I have most of my success up in the northeast on smaller soft plastics like a ned rig or a drop shot. For larger worms, I've had decent success with ribbon tail worms like the Berkley Power worms. When the bass are a little more active, senkos can be effective.

NittyGrittyBoy reply :

To me those small hooks are crazy. The main river I fish is loaded with bowfin. My main Hook is thick wire 5/0 trokar, with 60lb braid. No way I could see using such small gear. I'm trying to downsize some to lighter line and 3/0 hooks.

It's not unusual to bend out at least a pack of hooks in a day on the river. That goes for jigs too. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I catch plenty of fish? ???? (Not trying to hijack thread)

JustALineWetter reply :

Thinking back I can remember the first plastic worm rig I used. I think it was sold as a Northern rig, but caught several 2-3# Largemouths with it

Prop spinner, leading two in-line hooks; one about an inch back from the spinner, the other another four inches back. Rigged a 6" plain plastic worm on it, split shot weight a few inches in front of the spinner.

HeyCoach reply :

I didn’t have anybody to teach me how to bass fish and had to teach myself, and poorly at that. ????

Anyways, I ended up getting a variety pack of soft plastics that included some little fry lures, lizards, different profile worms in ribbon tail and sticks.

I caught my first war mouth on a green pumpkin and red flake fry night fishing at a location we weren’t supposed to be.

Later on I finally caught my first bass on a T-rigged Berkeley worm in some sort of natural worm color that they handed out at a FLW weigh-in event at Guntersville.

TnRiver46 reply :

On 12/9/2018 at 12:42 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:

To me those small hooks are crazy. The main river I fish is loaded with bowfin. My main Hook is thick wire 5/0 trokar, with 60lb braid. No way I could see using such small gear. I'm trying to downsize some to lighter line and 3/0 hooks.

It's not unusual to bend out at least a pack of hooks in a day on the river. That goes for jigs too. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I catch plenty of fish? ???? (Not trying to hijack thread)

No bowfin here and the water is typically gin clear so finesse is must, especially in winter

ItsHardwick reply :

On 12/9/2018 at 12:42 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:

To me those small hooks are crazy. The main river I fish is loaded with bowfin. My main Hook is thick wire 5/0 trokar, with 60lb braid. No way I could see using such small gear. I'm trying to downsize some to lighter line and 3/0 hooks.

It's not unusual to bend out at least a pack of hooks in a day on the river. That goes for jigs too. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I catch plenty of fish? ???? (Not trying to hijack thread)

Back off your drag a bit maybe?

clh121787 reply :

6 inch G.L. lizard . Motoroil. Was what i leanred on. To this day i prefer an 8 inch lizard no matter what season or water temp. For t rig.

NittyGrittyBoy reply :

@ItsHardwick, if it pulls drag it's a dinosaur because if you give a bass slack they gonna wrap you up before you know it.

J Francho reply :

On 12/9/2018 at 12:42 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:

To me those small hooks are crazy.

Why? This salmon was caught on a #10 hook. The smallmouth was caught using a #6. You match the hook to the size of the bait. If you're bending hooks out, then you aren't properly setting the drag. With smaller baits, I mean finesse fishing, you use finesse gear. It's not a smash and grab affair. There's really nothing wrong with what you're doing, except when it doesn't work. Then it might be time to bust out something smaller and lighter.

Mobasser reply :

On 12/10/2018 at 9:47 PM, J Francho said:

Why? This salmon was caught on a #10 hook. The smallmouth was caught using a #6. You match the hook to the size of the bait. If you're bending hooks out, then you aren't properly setting the drag. With smaller baits, I mean finesse fishing, you use finesse gear. It's not a smash and grab affair. There's really nothing wrong with what you're doing, except when it doesn't work. Then it might be time to bust out something smaller and lighter.

Good point J Francho. Play the fish, don't horse em. Plus it's more fun too

J Francho reply :

There's ZERO horsing a king. The initial run is literally unstoppable. They don't bend hooks - they break them.

NittyGrittyBoy reply :

When your fishing around a ton of structure, current, and limbs there's no playing out a bass.

You play you lose. I guess it's just a difference in location and circumstances. Everybody fishes same setups I use so I'm not doing anything different than all the other locals.

J Francho reply :

Play is exactly the term I'd use for bass. It sure isn't a fight. I've said it before, if you're in it for the fight, there are other species that will fight. Regardless, if you're bending hooks, and others that fish like you aren't then you need to look at what else you might be doing wrong. I fish some heavy cover and use some pretty heavy handed tactics to land fish, and I don't bend hooks. Everyone likes to say, "but my cover is heavier...." but I've fished many places on the east coast, from Vermont to Florida, and while cover varies, every place has areas of "heavy cover" that poses about the same challenge. Be glad you don't have EU milfoil with zebra mussels growing on the stalks. That's fun.

NittyGrittyBoy reply :

First off, I am grateful for not having milfoil or zebra mussels.

And second, I'm not to prideful to learn. That's why im here, I want to be a better angler. I think if I did loosen the drag a tad, and go down to smaller line it would help. Thanks. sorry for the hijack op

JustALineWetter reply :

On 12/11/2018 at 3:29 AM, J Francho said:

Play is exactly the term I'd use for bass. It sure isn't a fight. I've said it before, if you're in it for the fight, there are other species that will fight. Regardless, if you're bending hooks, and others that fish like you aren't then you need to look at what else you might be doing wrong. I fish some heavy cover and use some pretty heavy handed tactics to land fish, and I don't bend hooks. Everyone likes to say, "but my cover is heavier...." but I've fished many places on the east coast, from Vermont to Florida, and while cover varies, every place has areas of "heavy cover" that poses about the same challenge. Be glad you don't have EU milfoil with zebra mussels growing on the stalks. That's fun.

Have all that in heavy cover to boot and now you know why I use 50# for pitching - I may even up that.

(I DESTEST millfoil - and Minnetonka is infested with it...every bay and sub-lake)

J Francho reply :

I use 50-80# and 15# Seaguar Blue Label leader when facing zebes. The other option is 20# AbrasX. I don't generally prefer braid and a leader, but the limpness of braid makes the system a little more manageable.

Bankbeater reply :

My first bass on a worm was a Creme Scoundrel when I was about 11 or 12. I remember I kept trying to reel the worm in like a crankbait.

Big Rick reply :

Hand poured worms in the most awful colors imaginable. My Dad poured them by mixing old plastics together. Weird colors abounded but the action was amazing. We caught fish on them. I still have a few of them and wouldn't sell them for $100 apiece. I get them out every so often, take a deep smell of them, and go back to a better place when things were so simple and easy. I'm sitting in the back of a 12 ft John boat and Dad is easing around the bank while we toss those old ugly worms to the shallows and waiting on that signature "tap-tap"... I can still hear his most often repeated advice every time I fish a T-rig. "Son, you CANNOT fish a worm TOO SLOW!! SLOW DOWN! You're fishing way too fast! That's the only reason I've caught 5 and you've not caught anything. SLOW DOWN!!" I've tried to use that advice in many other areas of my life as well. We all live way too fast.....

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