Is Your Plastic Worm Attracting You Or The Bass?

Have you seen all those different fancy plastic wormsdrop straighter on the fall a straight tail worms glides
they havefrom side to side and drifts. A more erratic movement
now? I mean wow! They have ribbontail, grubs, curlyfor sure will usually produce more bass. This is the
tail, gator tail, and many more, all designed to catchworm to do just that, catch more bass!Many anglers
lunker bass. Yet, there's one worm that continues towill add a 1/4 ounce sinker to their worms, a
do an amazing job and that no one should be1/8 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 gooddeep water a 1/4 ounce may be just the ticket you
reason....versatility. The straight tail worm won it's fameneed to catch that lunker.Hooks need to be smaller
from early day anglers fishing it in timber filled lakestoo. 3/0 hooks should be the biggest
and reservoirs. It has more of an erratic fall they otherhooks you use in most cases. I personally use hooks
worms and that attracts bass.The straight tail worm isfrom 1/0 to 3/0 depending on the size of the worm I'm
great for finding pre-spawn bass, forusing at the time. I also like wide gap hooks instead of
bedding bass and post spawn bass on structure. It's alonger hooks than can kill the action.The bite is a little
great lure to locate fish and to catch large numbers ofdifferent too, a lot more subtle. Instead of getting the
bass, even though they may be a bit smaller thanusual tap-tap-tap you might see just line movement
some lures produce.These worms had a revival, so towith no other indication whatsoever. Other times it just
speak, in the last few yearsfeels like your line is caught on a small leaf and your
thanks to the drop-shot techniques but they havedragging it through the water.If you don't have a
always been one of my favorites. When I moved toselection of straight tail worms in your
Florida years ago, I was using a straight tail worm andarsenal 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 wormsays, "Try it you'll like it".Charles E. White has fished 50
but not in Florida. It wasn't to long before they had ayears for bass from California to Florida. In his lifetime,
different opinion, to say the least.There are places toit 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 wherewall in his office. His tips and techniques have helped
vibrations are the key to attracting bass. While manymany people who have never fished for bass before
anglers will tell you that using a straight tail worm in coldbecome successful anglers.
water in useless, that isn't true. It is one of my favoriteHe also has fished with the Pros in Florida.
lures in late fall and early winter.While curly tail worms