Wormin' Ways For Bass Fishing
Tuesday September 29, 2009
Plastic worms are some of the best baits for bass you can use. There are many ways to use them, here are some of my favorites. Try my methods then share your ways to rig worms with others by posting in the comments section below.
Wormin' Ways For Bass Fishing
Wormin' Ways For Bass Fishing
Comments
Like to use jigs to weigh down plastics. A lot of guys I tell this to think they’re only for plastic critters. If I were to use them with worms though, stinger hooks are sometimes useful on anything longer than 4or 5 inches. I found that bass will attack the head or middle of a worm anyway, but light bites are a different story. Watch out though were I come from many bass fisherman have come up with a musky or northern on one of these rigs. You never know what will be on the end of that line. Guess thats why we keep doing it.
Just a tip on fishing the Carolina rig vs. the Texas rig. Use a lighter(thinner) wire gage for your hook in the Carolina rig. This will make the hook penetrate deeper with less force. This is very important due to the reduce force due to the line stretch when casting long distances and working deep water with the Carolina rig.
When using a Texas rig, use a thinner gage hook when possible such as working very limited cover areas, but if any significant cover such as reeds, grass beds, timber exists go to the heavier gage wire so you can move the fish forcibly away from the cover without fear of straightening the hook.
I love fishng rubber worms. I have even bought some plastic,molds and colors to pour my own. I live in central California and I have always used 2 glass beads 10mm, they are not as bad on the environment as lead, for weight and a thin wire wide bend gap hook. A 4″ butler worm in what I call “red devil”, red and brown with a blue blood line in he middle has always been my go to bait. There is something about shaking a worm on glass beads, maybe it has something to do with the clicking of the glass but a true winner never the less.
Good luck, practice catch and release
Being from the Central Valley of California I would be remiss if I did not add one more style to the three you mentioned. Lets not forget the ever popular drop shot rig. This involves a hook tied between the rod and the sinker. about a foot, actually at the point where the fish are on the graph, up from the bottom. Use a med action spin rod on 6-8 pound test. Shake the rod slightly and wait for the weight. the rod will load and then you set the hook SLAM!!! hook up. Good luck and practice Catch and release.