What Kind Of Rig To Have A Plastic Worm Swimming 1-2Ft Subsurface?

[bassguytom]

What hook size would you use?

Depending on the size of the worm. Usually a 3/0 screw lock.

[Mike L]

I use this technique all the time with the Rage Cut'R worm, fastest tail action of any worm. (or so they claim)

 

I rig it with a 3/0 Straight Shank hook, 1/4 oz. bullet weight pegged or sometimes I'll just leave it loose. 

 

I've caught quite a few fish with that setup.

Love dem Cut R's!

I throw mine on a 4/0 skip gap hook with the rudder up.

Mike

[Raul]

Man you can weight your bait, but it doesn´t have to be a friggin 1 oz sinker.

[Senko lover]

Love dem Cut R's!

I throw mine on a 4/0 skip gap hook with the rudder up.

Mike

 

And the nice thing is, literally within seconds, I can drop the worm and be fishing it like a normal texas rig.

[Mike L]

And the nice thing is, literally within seconds, I can drop the worm and be fishing it like a normal texas rig.

Or like a Shakey head, or wacky rigged and let that tail do it's thing, or cut in half and use as a trailer....want/need some real crazy action, put it on a scrounger head and throw it through grass just like a swim bait.

Point is it's a very versatile bait that can be used many different ways to give many different looks.

Mike

[blckshirt98]

Use any plastic just use a weighted hook!

[CrazyFluker]

Not sure if its been said but I'd try a shakyhead. I like the way they stand them up.

[WillBass24]

If u have ever heard of a wake bait then that's the way to go. It's a crankbait that only diving about 1/2-1ft deep and they are sometimes very deadly. Also 4 inch tube jigs and just throw it out and jig it eradicaly all the way back

[massrob]

I don't know why you can't cast far it doesn't make sense to me. But once you can cast try buzzing the surface with any type of plastic I love the rage cutr worm but really anything can be buzzed. Most of the ponds that I fish are just like Jamaica pond infested with weeds. I just throw topwaters all day so I don't have to mess with the weeds.

[Mike L]

Another option that is just a killer this time of year down here is a magnum speed worm.

You can skim it across the top or swim it at your target range.

I use an unweighted 4/0 Skip Gap hook.

Mike

[hatrix]

Just use a couple small splitshots and a spinning reel. It's basically a mojo rig and that is basically a Carolina rig or fished like one. I do it quite often at weedy places with a trick worm and it usually kills them. It will rest right on top of the weeds. It is a super deadly technique when it's like a million degrees out and fishing is terrible.

[Cyacnba]

You can catch bass with top water frogs in JP early in the morning and afternoon. Also, if you go to the boathouse, you can see bunch of bass. I've caught a bunch using the Rage tail crawfish and Thomas Buoyant golden spoon. Last month, I caught a 5.5lbs and 2.5lbs bass on the Livetarget black frog as well.

[everythingthatswims]

Put a trick worm or finesse worm on a 3/0 or 4/0 superline EWG hook. The extra weight of the hook helps it sink and dart better. Make sure you set the hook hard since it's harder to get a hook that big to penetrate.

[timsford]

try a smaller weight like a 1/16oz, a larger hook and no weight, or a belly weighted hook like is used for swimbaits or rage rigs. what size reel are you using? a larger spool makes it easier to get longer casts. the rod could be a little longer, but i can cast a size 6 hook and a piece of crawler with no additional weight farther than 10ft on my old 5'6" medium original ugly stick spinning rod using a 2500 size reel and 10lb mono. some of the problem could be in your casting technique. try spreading your feet a little and step into it as you cast while using both hands to fling it out as hard as you possibly can