So a few weeks ago, I bought a TON of bass tackle from a guy on the cheap. I figured that it was well worth the stuff I would use anyway, tubes for a lifetime, a few spinnerbaits and a few cranks. Now, I ordinarily fish river smallmouths. Last night, it was pretty slow, 1 10" fish after 2 hours, all the usual producers didnt do anything, nothing on grubs, spinnerbaits, lipless cranks, not even a look at a topwater. Just fooling around, I threw out one of the thousands of worms (t-rigged) that were included in the deal. Over the next hour and a half, I landed 12 more fish between 14-17" and had countless missed hits. I think I literally got bit on every cast.
That leads me to a couple questions, first, what kind of rod do you guys use for fishing worms? Im assuming something fairly stiff and fairly long. I was using a 6' medium action St Croix Premier. I assume I just didnt have the backbone to drive the hook home, so to speak. Second, how do you fish these things? I was just dragging it across bottom, VERY slowly. Thanks!
