Thoughts on 10 inch + worms?

[robalo78]

I would like to know your thoughts on the effectiveness and applications of where and when to throw worms 10 inches or more.  I have a couple 12 inch worms in tequila sunrise and watermelon, but I have only caught two bass, albeit they were big bass. Do you have confidence in these oversized lures?  Do you just T-rig them or weightless? Hope some of you could respond

[flyphisher #]

Those colors are fine. If I fish clear water I use tequila sunrise, black shad, green pumpkin. Stained,I like junebug/red, red shad, black shad.

I use the Zoom ol monsters and Culprit 10.5" alot. Caught alot of 5-8 lbers on them. I usually fish the texas rigged with as little wt as possible when flipping. I will use a 3/8 or 1/2 on offshore structure. You can also mess around with the way you insert the hook and fish them weightless. Look like small snake and big bass hate it.

Trig with a light weight and sling them as far under deep water docks as you can and hang on.

Good on a C-rig too.

[DrumintheSuds]

Worm fishing is all about technique. You are trying to fool a fish into thinking something not real is real and that is hard to do with a 10"+ worm in the daylight. I only fish big worms at night but I sometimes fish them in dark murky water or when the fish are feeding hard.

Just not a big fan of big plastics. 7" is about as big as I go most of the time.

[Guest Bountiful_Waters]

I am a huge advocate of 10 inch worms. Not just any worm, Berkley Power worms. Just like 7 inch senkos, it doesn't take an 8 lb bass to engulf one of these. When every swinging rod on the lake is throwing a 7 inch worm, a 10" may be the ticket. I caught my biggest fish on a 10". Last July, Roland Martin was filming a show about 50 yds from us on El Salto. We were dipping blk/blu 10 inch power worms and absolutley lowering the lake with the fish we were catching. Poor Roland never stuck a fish. Not sure what he was throwing, but it wasn't 10" worms. I have used other big worms, but have not had the same success as with the Berkley product. As a matter of fact, I just about gave away a huge stash of Zoom Mag worms. Now, I carry about 10lbs of 10" worms everytime I go to mexico. As far as fishing up here, I love the motor oil color in some of these Indiana lakes. Yes,  I do catch quite a few of all sizes. Don't be misled with the ol' big baits for big fish only, although I think you have a better chance at a big fish with a bigger bait. Try em out, you might be suprised at the result.

[BrockSamson]

I'm also a big advocate of 10" worms.  Berkley Power Worm 10" in Motor Oil w/ red flake and Blue w/ Black flake or Yum Ribbontail 10" Tequila Sunrise and pumpkin pepper w/ green flake.  I also like Culprit's 10" worm, but Yum's are my favorite.  Quite honestly, I never throw out anything shorter (or longer) than a 10" worm unless it is a Senko.  I've also never had problem catching smaller bass, I've caught quite a few bass that were just as big as the worm, however, it does seem like I catch a lot bigger ones too.

[KU_Bassmaster.]

I have one rigged at all times during the summer.  I fish them a lot on deep off shore structure.  Seems like the hotter the better.  I have yet to catch a monster on them for as much as I throw them, but lots of 4-5 lbs bass.

I am personally a fan of YUM 10" Ribbontails - Tequila Sunrise, any dark green, and any black color.

A few years ago I went prefishing with my dad and one of his work buddies on Truman.  That's where I first fell in love with big worms ....... and got the confidence to throw them.  Between the 3 of us, we had 20+ lbs in the boat in about 15-20 casts  He blanked the next day :

[mike bat]

i like t-rigging the 10inch power worm and tossing it in the weeds .... i use braid (50lb) and a heavy bullet sinker .... i like a 1oz sinker so i can bust through the weeds .... then i just lift the rod and lower the rod ,,, if the hoggs are there they will usially hammer that 10inch worm  ;D

[justfishin]

Yea, I have thoughts on this, if you have one, the girls will call you instead of you having to call them. ;D

[robalo78]

;D nice one

[Guest avid]

I'm shocked.

I'm laughing,

but I'm shocked (not!!)

Anyway, I find that the big worms,  like any other bait have their moments.  There are days when that's what the bass want.  I don't fish them alot, so my observations are limited, but I don't catch bigger fish on big worms.  It's just that some days the big worm works better than any other.

I have caught as many big fish on a finesse worm as I have on a 10" cluprit, or GYCB Kahuna kuttail.

Never tried the big power worms,  guess I should, but I promised myself that I would have to use up at least 5 lbs. of my existing plastics before buying anymore.   :-/

[Siebert Outdoors]

10" worms are awsome.  Power worms and zoom ol monsters are my favorite

[eyedabassman]

Remember, BIG BAITS,=BIG FISH!

[Rattlinrogue]

It's a great summertime bait and also a great night time bait.

[Vyron]

It's a great summertime bait and also a great night time bait.

exactly!!!

[blade]

The worm on the bottom has accounted for litterally hundreds of 4 through 9 pound bass in the past ten years. But I am almost out of them and can't find anymore. Don't know what kind they are or much about them except they catch big bass.  I fish them in the summer on drops and deep structure T-rigged with 1/2 ounce sinker.  About 90% of the time when you set the hook it is the size you want. I have tried the other two which are a manns jelly worm and a baby huey and they catch fish but not as good. My favorite color is black grape but black and dark green are good too,

[robalo78]

Thanks for all the info guys, its boosted my confidence in these large baits greatly

[jomatty]

my favorite way to fish these worms is at night with a light splitshot and to just swim it throught he weeds along the surface.  fun way to fish.

matt

[GatorBK]

I have been catching a lot lately on a Culprit 10 inch worm in Plum Color but no big ones I even caught a couple bass smaller than the worm lol

[bassdocktor]

I posted a question about 2 years ago along the same lines except I was looking for different brands. There might still be some useful info in here for you.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1115941861/0

bassdocktor

[Gatorbassman]

I texas rig mine with a 1/4oz sinker and a bead. Here is one of my results.

[Brad_Coovert]

Bass are not smart creatures.  They are no harder to catch on big worms than smaller worms.  Big baits are like any other bait, sometimes they work, but sometimes they do not.  I have caught bass on big baits in conditions that "call" for small baits and small line.  I've had days when the only baits the fish would bite were 10"+ worms or lizards. Big baits also appeal to a lot of different sized fish, not just big fish.  I've caught 8" bass on 10" worms in the same spots I caught fish 5lbs. or more on the same bait.  The little ones gotta grow somehow.    

My two basic rigs for big worms is a Texas rig, weighted to meet conditions, and a Carolina rig.  My preferred time is spawn through summer.  I will crwl and swim a lightly weighted Trig through shallow cover, a heavier weighted Trig on deeper areas and also a Crigged bait on breaks, humps, etc.

Brad