Roboworm 3" Ned Worm

[J Francho]

1 hour ago, WRB said:

I pick up floating Roboworms on the water nearly every outing where I fish. I don't know if it's lazy anglers loosing them after catching bass or just tossing them in the water when damaged.

A fresh one will sometime shake loose with a fish, and sink.  Once the salt dissolves, it float up.  I've been to locked on a spot, I'll sometimes get a perfectly usable worm back.

[WRB]

2 minutes ago, J Francho said:

A fresh one will sometime shake loose with a fish, and sink.  Once the salt dissolves, it float up.  I've been to locked on a spot, I'll sometimes get a perfectly usable worm back.

If the worm hasn't been in the water too long you see what colors are working.

Unlike hand pours and injection molded worms Roboworm doesn't use salt grains in worms or the packaging, it's dissolved salt molded into the plastic. It's heavy loaded salt in the plastic, like a Senko, or the heavier plastisol that causes worms to sink. Light oils, very light density plastic help the worms to float. 

Roboworms don't float as good or as tough as the Z Mans, but they are very soft and have good colors so I think they will be very popular.

Tom

 

[OCdockskipper]

14 hours ago, J Francho said:

 

No clue, but I've been able to reclaim many after drop shotting, and losing them.  They initially sink, and then float.  The salt solution is in the head, and not the tail.  When that dissolves, they float...

 

This was bugging me, because I have had countless times of fighting a fish and trying to snag a sinking Roboworm shaken loose at the same time.  Don't get me wrong, I am not suggesting that what you are saying is wrong, rather that my experience has been 100% the opposite of yours.  So I grabbed a handful of used Roboworms (awaiting Mend-it repair) and put them in a bowl of water.  All of mine sank, both the head & the tail and stayed there.  The tail's never lifted up.

 

These were 4.5" & 6" regular Roboworms in Aarons Magic & Orange Crusher colors (if that makes a difference).  They were all used for multiple casts, however I rigged them Texas style using Mister Twister keeper hooks.  Maybe the wear and tear from Texas rigging them alters their floating capabilities compared to dropshotting.

 

I have also retrieved Roboworms after losing them, but in a different way.  Once I had a smaller bass take 3 Roboworms off my hook before I finally caught him.  When I got him to the boat, he coughed up the 3 worms he had stolen from me and I grabbed 2 of them before they could sink out of sight.  Another time a buddy of mine caught a bass that was in the middle of pooping out an Orange Crusher worm he had apparently lost the week before.

[IndianaFinesse]

23 minutes ago, OCdockskipper said:

Another time a buddy of mine caught a bass that was in the middle of pooping out an Orange Crusher worm he had apparently lost the week before.

I want to know if he used that robo worm again, and if he did, did the post digestion worm work better than the non-digested variety?

[OCdockskipper]

9 minutes ago, IndianaFinesse said:

I want to know if he used that robo worm again, and if he did, did the post digestion worm work better than the non-digested variety?

I believe he did, although it required some Mend-it.  I don't recall if it was more or less effective after that, I was just amazed that the digestive juices of the fish really didn't alter the color or texture of the worm.  I chalked it up to Roboworms being so thin & slick, it just slid right thru...

[J Francho]

I’m not doubting you either, OC.  I use Aaron’s Magic almost exclusively, but in smaller sizes. Maybe there’s a different formula for them? 

[earthworm77]

If you've ever had a Zman TRD on your jig for a long time you will notice that it becomes rather spongy and flexible and floats like no other plastic.

 

I'd like the Ned Robo for a drop shot because of the colors. But I'll stick with the Zman forNed rigging, of which I've already caught thousands of bass on despite my previous aversion to elaztech plastic.

[CTGalloway21]

I got my hands on a pack of them in Green Pumpkin Black Flake and love them.  just holding them, they are full of action.  Going to be a good elaztech alternative

[Cgolf]

4 hours ago, earthworm77 said:

If you've ever had a Zman TRD on your jig for a long time you will notice that it becomes rather spongy and flexible and floats like no other plastic.

 

I'd like the Ned Robo for a drop shot because of the colors. But I'll stick with the Zman forNed rigging, of which I've already caught thousands of bass on despite my previous aversion to elaztech plastic.

I am not a fan of the TRD, for me they are no where's near as durable as a 1/2 Zinker or have the action. The TRDs seem to tear up near where hook comes out. I will use up the TRDs I have, but stick to the Zinkerz in the future. 

 

I have started to like other baits for Ned rigging, and I don't have to worry about keeping a second box for elaztech baits. I am really excited about these baits, giving me a third Ned rig option. 

[Cgolf]

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1854336981273368&id=272534349453647

This should answer some questions

[PaBassMan13]

I now own 256 of the beauties in 8 different colors. In my opinion; this will be the best Ned Worm ever created. I personally am not a huge fan of the TRD's so I spent a lot of time looking for "MY" Ned Bait; I am thinking this is the one. This fits perfectly with a Berkley Half Head 1/16 oz. jighead......LOVE IT! Stay tuned in 2018 for my full review on these baits once I have them on the water for a while. 

[Cgolf]

4 minutes ago, PaBassMan13 said:

I now own 256 of the beauties in 8 different colors. In my opinion; this will be the best Ned Worm ever created. I personally am not a huge fan of the TRD's so I spent a lot of time looking for "MY" Ned Bait; I am thinking this is the one. This fits perfectly with a Berkley Half Head 1/16 oz. jighead......LOVE IT! Stay tuned in 2018 for my full review on these baits once I have them on the water for a while. 

I will be receiving the same combo on Sunday plus some Siebert Morels the next week. Can't wait to see what they look like. I think I went with 6 bags to try out.

[punch]

On 10/16/2017 at 7:16 PM, moguy1973 said:

Wonder if they'll be able to catch over 100 fish per worm?  Not sure if you ever will need any other colors than PB&J or green pumpkin for the Ned.

I caught a LOT of fish with the black & blue flake TRD. Gotta mix that one into your rotation. 

[PaBassMan13]

22 hours ago, cgolf said:

I will be receiving the same combo on Sunday plus some Siebert Morels the next week. Can't wait to see what they look like. I think I went with 6 bags to try out.

I started out with 16 packs in 4 different colors. Then I upped it and ordered 12 more packs in 4 other colors. I really like this bait. With the small #1 hook on the Berkley Half Heads it leaves a lot of bait after the hook. The bait is super soft and it should give a very nice action. In researching this bait online before purchasing I read numerous times where folks say that this bait will float/stand straight up as well. Not that I am 100% concerned about that because I used to use the BPS 3" Stik-O's which didn't stand up and I caught a ton of fish with those as well. The last bait I used was a 1/2 of a Missile Baits 48 worm which worked really well but once I found these new Roboworm baits I said goodbye to all of the others. I started out with the TRD's back in 2016 when they came out but I actually didn't like them a whole lot and sold all of them. Another thing I love about the Roboworms is the flat underside; that should give the bait a really nice gliding action on lighter jigheads. Roboworm has always made top quality baits and I think this new Ned Worm is well worthy of the Roboworm brand. I hope you and I both have MANY successes out on the water with these baits; I'm sure we will : )

[WRB]

The Roboworm Ned worm have outstanding colors. Picked up a few  bags a month ago in Prisim shad, plan to drop shot or dart head jig them. It's so windy everyday 30-50 mph for the month and too smoky with the fires, plus Lake Casitas was closed due to the Thomas fire and haven't had a chance to fish them.

Tom