Anyone Ever Fish With A Snake Type Bait?

[Mike L]

To me those are just gimmicks. 

Its the "new and different" that sucks folks in. 

 

When I want to throw a large moving plastic through the grass, 'll use a Rage Recon, or Culprit Fat Max ribbon tail. But Certainly not because it looks like a snake so it has to be good.

 

 

Just my opinion 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[wdp]

On 10/13/2017 at 7:27 PM, Jvanda1 said:

Like the spoon on a jitterbug? That’d be awesome!. Could you upload a pic of that hook?

You've kinda resurrected an old thread here, so not so sure you'll get a reply to your question. 

 

He may be talking about these Wobblehead lures. They used to sell these at our local Bass Pro, but no longer carry them. These create a great action with straight tail worms like a trick worm. I've caught some good fish with them. They don't have the sharpest hooks tho, unless they've upgraded them in the past few yrs. Looks like you can still order them thru their website. 

http://www.wobbleheadlures.com/

 

I found these a few weeks ago on TW. They look interesting as well. The head kinda has a "jitterbug" shape. Looks like you just screw a straight tail worm onto it. Could potentially create a nice topwater action. Kind of expensive, so I'm reluctant to pull the trigger in case it's more gimmick than a true fish catcher. They're made by Lake Fork Tackle. 

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Lake_Fork_Tackle_Hissy_Fit/descpage-LFTHF.html

[Mike L]

Try not to get caught up in all this. 

Anything that shakes, wiggles, wobbles or sashay's will catch a fish, be it plastic or hard bait. 

There are hundreds of different artificial lures we could buy that are proven to work by anglers of every age and skill level. 

 

My comment is to get proficient with what you know and works in your waters.

 

Good Luck

 

 

 

Mike 

 

[Joshua Vandamm]

3 hours ago, Mike L said:

To me those are just gimmicks. 

Its the "new and different" that sucks folks in. 

 

When I want to throw a large moving plastic through the grass, 'll use a Rage Recon, or Culprit Fat Max ribbon tail. But Certainly not because it looks like a snake so it has to be good.

 

 

Just my opinion 

 

 

 

 

Mike

What jelly worms? They’re one of the first worms ever made. Been around like 50 years. 

1 hour ago, wdp said:

You've kinda resurrected an old thread here, so not so sure you'll get a reply to your question. 

 

He may be talking about these Wobblehead lures. They used to sell these at our local Bass Pro, but no longer carry them. These create a great action with straight tail worms like a trick worm. I've caught some good fish with them. They don't have the sharpest hooks tho, unless they've upgraded them in the past few yrs. Looks like you can still order them thru their website. 

http://www.wobbleheadlures.com/

 

I found these a few weeks ago on TW. They look interesting as well. The head kinda has a "jitterbug" shape. Looks like you just screw a straight tail worm onto it. Could potentially create a nice topwater action. Kind of expensive, so I'm reluctant to pull the trigger in case it's more gimmick than a true fish catcher. They're made by Lake Fork Tackle. 

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Lake_Fork_Tackle_Hissy_Fit/descpage-LFTHF.html

Interesting. Thx. 

The LFG one I saw before. Tempting but I had the same price concerns. You could just retrofit a jitterbug or by jitterbug blades and stick a hook through the eyelet for a cheaper alternative, I was thinking.  

[Joshua Vandamm]

1 hour ago, Mike L said:

Try not to get caught up in all this. 

Anything that shakes, wiggles, wobbles or sashay's will catch a fish, be it plastic or hard bait. 

There are hundreds of different artificial lures we could buy that are proven to work by anglers of every age and skill level. 

 

My comment is to get proficient with what you know and works in your waters.

 

Good Luck

 

 

 

Mike 

 

Too late! Lol maybe good advice but if your a bass fisherman it’s pretty much forgone...your hooked. 

 

Dont get carried away like this threat kinda does, but I’d comment that finesse fishing is something everyone should have in their arsonal. I’d say 1-2 types of worm, a craw and a tube covers it well enough really

[Mike L]

36 minutes ago, Jvanda1 said:

What jelly worms? They’re one of the first worms ever made. Been around like 50 years. 

Interesting. Thx. 

 

Yeah I know about Jelly worms. 

My point was to me the 2 I mentioned more closely resemble a snake. 

 

 

 

Mike

[scaleface]

I have two of the old Doug Hannon floating snake heads . They are made out of soft plastic or foam .Just thread it on your line like a bullet weight and then Texas rig any worm you want . I dont know how good they work , I have never tried one .

[bigbill]

My mom n pop local tackle shop has a section with new older baits on clearance. I try to buy anything that looks interesting, like the orange spook. The only problem is once I find it works I can't replace it.

 

i have some old floating plastics that have trapped air bubbles so they float.

 

i owe you guys lots of pics.

[wdp]

3 hours ago, Mike L said:

Try not to get caught up in all this. 

Anything that shakes, wiggles, wobbles or sashay's will catch a fish, be it plastic or hard bait. 

There are hundreds of different artificial lures we could buy that are proven to work by anglers of every age and skill level. 

 

My comment is to get proficient with what you know and works in your waters.

 

Good Luck

 

 

 

Mike 

 

I'm not sure the Wobbleheads make the trick worm look like a snake. I guess if you retrieved it fast enough on the surface they would. The blade def makes the worm have a very "S" shaped swimming action. 

 

I dunno. I've always done well with them slow rolling a foot or so under the surface. They work great over submerged/sparse grass. I always thought of them kind of like a shallow squarebill or small chatterbait, just a diff look/profile. 

[Joshua Vandamm]

5 minutes ago, wdp said:

I'm not sure the Wobbleheads make the trick worm look like a snake. I guess if you retrieved it fast enough on the surface they would. The blade def makes the worm have a very "S" shaped swimming action. 

 

I dunno. I've always done well with them slow rolling a foot or so under the surface. They work great over submerged/sparse grass. I always thought of them kind of like a shallow squarebill or small chatterbait, just a diff look/profile. 

Sounds snakelike to me. Not that it really matters. 2 ppl now, have said it works...

 

unsharp hooks are kinda a deal breaker for me tho. Might try making my own. Looks simple enough. 

[wdp]

16 minutes ago, Jvanda1 said:

Sounds snakelike to me. Not that it really matters. 2 ppl now, have said it works...

 

unsharp hooks are kinda a deal breaker for me tho. Might try making my own. Looks simple enough. 

Yeah, the hooks on them are my only complaint. But they def catch fish. I've been using some ZMan Elaztech worms on them recently. The Elaztech seems to stay on the bait keeper better & not wear out nearly as fast as a Zoom trick worm. 

 

Guess I usually think of snake type lures as surface baits. Like I said, I always use em subsurface. Sometimes, they work well lifting em off bottom & letting em sink back down, almost like working a jig. 

[Joshua Vandamm]

2 hours ago, wdp said:

Yeah, the hooks on them are my only complaint. But they def catch fish. I've been using some ZMan Elaztech worms on them recently. The Elaztech seems to stay on the bait keeper better & not wear out nearly as fast as a Zoom trick worm. 

 

Guess I usually think of snake type lures as surface baits. Like I said, I always use em subsurface. Sometimes, they work well lifting em off bottom & letting em sink back down, almost like working a jig. 

Have you checked our decoy cups? Seems like if you want subsurface S-action they’d do about the same thing, for much cheaper. Really easy to make from regular suction cups actually. 

[scaleface]

A little off topic but I thought of this before . I assume a person could take a foam earplug or two ,  thread a line through it and it should float  a worm  to make your own floating snakes . 

[Joshua Vandamm]

8 hours ago, scaleface said:

A little off topic but I thought of this before . I assume a person could take a foam earplug or two ,  thread a line through it and it should float  a worm  to make your own floating snakes . 

Yea could do. Works with tubes!

[edfitzvb]

Back in the '60's Arbogast made a snake lure called a "Weedler" if memory serves. Looked like a snake, but the rubber body was stiffer back then. I was fishing a river once and saw a bass jumping out of the water to eat a snake hanging off a low limb over the water. One minute the snake was there, the next...

[bigbill]

Once I seen a real snake swimming across a small pond and a dozen strikes happened as it swam. It was fun to watch. The lucky snake did make it across.

[DINK WHISPERER]

I bought into those exact ones many, many years ago! Never caught a thing and ended up giving them to a kid at a local pond. Like stated above, a 10-12" plastic work works better. 

[Pro Logcatcher]

You know, I think this is all just snake oil... ?