| Have you seen all those different fancy plastic worms | | | | drop straighter on the fall a straight tail worms glides |
| they have | | | | from side to side and drifts. A more erratic movement |
| now? I mean wow! They have ribbontail, grubs, curly | | | | for sure will usually produce more bass. This is the |
| tail, gator tail, and many more, all designed to catch | | | | worm to do just that, catch more bass!Many anglers |
| lunker bass. Yet, there's one worm that continues to | | | | will add a 1/4 ounce sinker to their worms, a |
| do an amazing job and that no one should be | | | | 1/8 or 3/16 ounce sinker will allow better action. Again, |
| without....the straight tail worm.Why the straight tail, | | | | there is always an exception, on windy days or in |
| there are many reasons but here's just one good | | | | deep water a 1/4 ounce may be just the ticket you |
| reason....versatility. The straight tail worm won it's fame | | | | need to catch that lunker.Hooks need to be smaller |
| from early day anglers fishing it in timber filled lakes | | | | too. 3/0 hooks should be the biggest |
| and reservoirs. It has more of an erratic fall they other | | | | hooks you use in most cases. I personally use hooks |
| worms and that attracts bass.The straight tail worm is | | | | from 1/0 to 3/0 depending on the size of the worm I'm |
| great for finding pre-spawn bass, for | | | | using at the time. I also like wide gap hooks instead of |
| bedding bass and post spawn bass on structure. It's a | | | | longer hooks than can kill the action.The bite is a little |
| great lure to locate fish and to catch large numbers of | | | | different too, a lot more subtle. Instead of getting the |
| bass, even though they may be a bit smaller than | | | | usual tap-tap-tap you might see just line movement |
| some lures produce.These worms had a revival, so to | | | | with no other indication whatsoever. Other times it just |
| speak, in the last few years | | | | feels like your line is caught on a small leaf and your |
| thanks to the drop-shot techniques but they have | | | | dragging it through the water.If you don't have a |
| always been one of my favorites. When I moved to | | | | selection of straight tail worms in your |
| Florida years ago, I was using a straight tail worm and | | | | arsenal of lures, you are missing some good fishing. |
| several of my angler friends were making fun of it. | | | | As Mikey |
| They told me I might catch fish up North on that worm | | | | says, "Try it you'll like it".Charles E. White has fished 50 |
| but not in Florida. It wasn't to long before they had a | | | | years for bass from California to Florida. In his lifetime, |
| different opinion, to say the least.There are places to | | | | it is estimated that he has caught over 6,000 bass. His |
| use other worms too, like in muddy water, | | | | biggest bass is a 12 pound 14 ounce that hangs on his |
| fishing in hot weather or around heavy cover where | | | | wall in his office. His tips and techniques have helped |
| vibrations are the key to attracting bass. While many | | | | many people who have never fished for bass before |
| anglers will tell you that using a straight tail worm in cold | | | | become successful anglers. |
| water in useless, that isn't true. It is one of my favorite | | | | He also has fished with the Pros in Florida. |
| lures in late fall and early winter.While curly tail worms | | | | |