Rigging A Larger 6" Worm ?

[Robertqq]

Hello,

Do small pond fishing mainly.

Nothing "big" in it, but lots of smallmouth and largemouth.

Usually fish 3 inch or so plastic worms.

Have been given a few packs of 6" worms that I would like to try, but not sure how to rig them.

Question.  For a 6" worm, the hook is likely to be no more than, say, an inch or so back from the leading edge.

No problem with the 3" size, but for a 6" worm, would, e.g., a 1 lb large or smallmouth still swallow enough of the worm to actually get to the hook ?

Or, is there a better way of rigging these "larger" size worms that I should use ?

Thanks,

Bob

[lo n slo]

try a standard texas rig. a small bullet weight and a 3/0 offset worm hook. a 6" worm is awful hard to beat with fish that size, and bigger.

[corn-on-the-rob]

Yep, I throw a 4/0 flipping hook on an 8'' worm, and even then the hook is only about an inch and a half of the length, doesn't cause me any concern, particularly because bass typically like to eat things head first, where the hook is.

[davecon]

Just rig it as you usually do. I'm in Florida and use 12" worms most of the time. I catch a lot of 10 " bass on 12 " worms.

[WRB]

Discribed your tackle; rod,reel, line and hook size/type you use.

Tom

[Ski]

13 hours ago, lo n slo said:

try a standard texas rig. a small bullet weight and a 3/0 offset worm hook. a 6" worm is awful hard to beat with fish that size, and bigger.

This ^^

[buzzed bait]

you'll be surprised and how small of a fish will eat a worm up to 9" or more even.  one of my go to baits is the netbait super t mac, it's 9".  i'll catch 1lb bass on that worm all day long.