Pearl Color Trick Worm ?

[ChrisD46]

A friend gave me a new pack of pearl color trick worms - curious if anyone has used a pearl color trick worm before on shad lakes ? ... I thought of either wacky rigging to imitate a dying shad OR use them  T-Rig on a VMC drop dead hook to also imitate a dying shad ... Any luck with pearl (or even white) trick worms in post spawn ? *Might also be a Fall deal when the shad are bigger (i.e. 6" trick worm is a longer profile) .

[Chance_Taker4]

Somebody with more experience will chime in. I have not used the Pearl Trick Worm however, one of my go to drop shot baits and shakey head baits is a Keitech Easy Shakers in "Sight Fish" which is a white pearl. I use this color exclusively on the crystal clear waters I fish as well as, although not as frequent, on stained and dirty water.

[Bluebasser86]

Haven't used the pearl but I use the white on a wacky rig often and it works really well at times. 

[Catt]

The only time I throw pearl or white is during the spawn. I prefer lizards over trick worms but if I am throwing a trick worm it will be Texas rigged with a nail in the tail.

[Comfortably Numb]

Texas rig it weightless and drag it over/thru lillies and surface vegetation. Drop it in pockets

[Log Catcher]

After watching the video Glenn did with a white trick worm I tried one the other day. The ware was murky. About a foot of visibility and in the low to mid 80s. The trick worm didn't even get a sniff from a fish. I have used these before and they haven't caught anything. I have a lot more confidence and much better luck with some of the other colors.

[ClackerBuzz]

trick worms flat out work so don't worry about the color.  the 'trick' like most lures is to stop throwing it if they aren't interested...but try it again in 2 hrs later. Texas rigging the middle of the worm with a 1" nail in the head is deadly. 

 

 

[Steve1357]

Get a pack of the Zoom bubble gum pink ones too.

 

Don't know why, but they work.....

[WRB]

Take a look at Glenn's current video on trick worms.

Tom

[38 Super Fan]

Here's a link to the above mentioned video:

 

https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/206286-trick-worm-tips-for-bass-fishing-never-revealed-until-now/

 

Yes, the pearl trick worm is a great post spawn lure, just fish them like a jerkbait. Try pink and red too!  

 

[the reel ess]

I was in Academy the other day and I started to take a pic of the Trick Worms. They were fully stocked of every color except Bubble Gum, which they were out of. That tells you everything you need to know. I also have watermelons, pumpkins and limetreuse. But I'm always running out of bubble gum. I've caught much more on it that the others combined. Limetreuse is my next favorite.

[fishwizzard]

 

That seems like;

1. It would work really, really well.
2. It would 100% be an one bass per worm deal.  

 

I am going to try it but my cheap heart will be crying the entire time.  

[the reel ess]

1 hour ago, fishwizzard said:

 

That seems like;

1. It would work really, really well.
2. It would 100% be an one bass per worm deal.  

 

I am going to try it but my cheap heart will be crying the entire time.  

I have to say that the weightless T rigged Trick Worm falls very similarly to the wacky rigged worm. It's weedless, skips well under brush and can catch multiple fish. When the "head" of the worm gets torn, you can pinch or bite off the torn part and re-rig it. I've used this worm wacky style and it works, but get more bites the T rigged way.

[fishwizzard]

4 minutes ago, the reel ess said:

I have to say that the weightless T rigged Trick Worm falls very similarly to the wacky rigged worm. It's weedless, skips well under brush and can catch multiple fish. When the "head" of the worm gets torn, you can pinch or bite off the torn part and re-rig it.

Yea, I throw them mostly on a 3/0 Owner Offset and the hooks gives it a slow slightly nose down fall with a little shimmy.  But the rigging in that video looks like it will sink slower and more horizontally.  I would also be comfortable going down in hook size a bit, it looks like it would give very good hooksets.  It also looks like a great way to weedless rig a Neko Rig.  

[ClackerBuzz]

1 hour ago, fishwizzard said:

 

That seems like;

1. It would work really, really well.
2. It would 100% be an one bass per worm deal.  

 

I am going to try it but my cheap heart will be crying the entire time.  

You can often get 6+ bass off of one worm.  Think of the worm as being square---you can rotate the hook entry points 4 times.  When torn rig the hook 1 inch lower (closer to the nail) and repeat.  Lots of times you can tear them in 6-8 different places.  If you take your time you can even rig the hook around the nail weight and it still glides nice.

 

Having said that I'm currently experimenting with weedless wacky hooks and either a cable tie or crossed wacky rings (I seem to remember wayne--can't remember his screen name-- is he still around?) using heat shrink.  Combine that with a Z man elaztech and you could fish one bait all day.  I also need to find the right nail weight to get Z man to glide properly b/c they are very buoyant.

 

Yes the fall is more horizontal.  Kreit made a good point that when you sweep it forward the nail caused it to glide back toward the bass which they aren't used to.  Since that video he has modified so the J of the hook is positioned at the nail weight end.  That allows for much better hookups b/c you are sweeping the hook into their lip instead of making the hook do a 180 deg turn in their mouth first.

[bassh8er]

Zoom makes a million colors of this bait for fisherman, not the fish; you only need black and green pumpkin.

[fishwizzard]

1 hour ago, ClackerBuzz said:

You can often get 6+ bass off of one worm.  Think of the worm as being square---you can rotate the hook entry points 4 times.  When torn rig the hook 1 inch lower (closer to the nail) and repeat.  Lots of times you can tear them in 6-8 different places.  If you take your time you can even rig the hook around the nail weight and it still glides nice.

I would think that the worm would fly off during the fight most of the time, but am pleased to hear it isnt the case.  

[the reel ess]

49 minutes ago, bassh8er said:

Zoom makes a million colors of this bait for fisherman, not the fish; you only need black and green pumpkin.

And bubble gum...trust me

[Bluebasser86]

3 hours ago, bassh8er said:

Zoom makes a million colors of this bait for fisherman, not the fish; you only need black and green pumpkin.

This is usually true, until it's not. I badly outfished my boater as a co-angler at LOZ using a green pumpkin/red flake trick worm while he was fishing plan green pumpkin. We were fishing the same head, I know because I gave it to him, and obviously on the same spot. Something about the red flake was just doing it that day, but it was October on one of the heaviest pressured lakes in the Midwest, tiny little things make a difference a lot of the time.

95% of the time, I'm right there with you, except I really do like my white trick worms, especially if I'm fishing around post spawn smallies. 

[d-camarena]

21 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

This is usually true, until it's not. I badly outfished my boater as a co-angler at LOZ using a green pumpkin/red flake trick worm while he was fishing plan green pumpkin. We were fishing the same head, I know because I gave it to him, and obviously on the same spot. Something about the red flake was just doing it that day, but it was October on one of the heaviest pressured lakes in the Midwest, tiny little things make a difference a lot of the time.

95% of the time, I'm right there with you, except I really do like my white trick worms, especially if I'm fishing around post spawn smallies. 

Thats crazy, never thought a fish would be that picky. Maybe you presented it better? Maybe you fished it slower or faster than your boater? 

Either way thats awesome. I went fiahing with my nephew yesterday. I tied on a neko rig and tied my nephews rod with a chartreuse lizard, he liked the color so thats what i tied on. The water was cristal clear and i didnt think he was gonna catch a fish. He outfished me lol