3/16 oz. tungsten with a zoom ol' monster?

[EGbassing]

Just bought a pack of zoom ol' monster plastic worms. I'm going to be texas rigging them and I'm generally fishing in about 2 - 5 feet of water. The only worm weights I have are some 3/16 ounce tungstens. Will the work for that worm, or are they just too light? Thanks.

[WRB]

Not too light for shallow calm water, a little wind you may need 1/4 to 3/8 oz depending on the line and hook you are using.

Tom

[Mike L]

5 minutes ago, WRB said:

Not too light for shallow calm water, a little wind you may need 1/4 to 3/8 oz depending on the line and hook you are using.

Tom

Ditto

 

 

Mike 

[EGbassing]

1 hour ago, WRB said:

Not too light for shallow calm water, a little wind you may need 1/4 to 3/8 oz depending on the line and hook you are using.

Tom

Thanks. Does a slower fall rate generally get more bites?

[Log Catcher]

I throw the ol' monster worms with a 1/8 ounce sinker. I believe the slower fall rate gets more bites.

[MichaelCopeland]

I always throw mine weightless in that depth of water. Even when the wind is blowing, unless it's a really strong wind. Then I'll use an 1/8oz or 1/4oz weight. Usually, though, if the wind is blowing too hard for a weightless Ol' Monster I'll change it out to a 5" or 6" stick bait weightless. They have better aerodynamics in a stronger wind than an Ol' Monster. I feel like I get more and better bites when I can throw them weightless. Plus, they don't come back with near as much moss/weeds/grass etc. when they are weightless. ?

[EGbassing]

5 minutes ago, MichaelCopeland said:

I always throw mine weightless in that depth of water. Even when the wind is blowing, unless it's a really strong wind. Then I'll use an 1/8oz or 1/4oz weight. Usually, though, if the wind is blowing too hard for a weightless Ol' Monster I'll change it out to a 5" or 6" stick bait weightless. They have better aerodynamics in a stronger wind than an Ol' Monster. I feel like I get more and better bites when I can throw them weightless. Plus, they don't come back with near as much moss/weeds/grass etc. when they are weightless. ?

Huh. That's interesting. Do you have trouble casting the ol' monster or is heavy enough without a weight?

[thinkingredneck]

There are no sizes matched to weights.  The larger the weight, the better it casts.  The larger weight crashes through vegetation better and falls faster.  The more compact the plastic, the better it casts and goes through vegetation.  Now what the bass want, you have to find out.  However, it is hard to tell an ineffective bait from empty water.

[MichaelCopeland]

36 minutes ago, EGbassing said:

Huh. That's interesting. Do you have trouble casting the ol' monster or is heavy enough without a weight?

No problems casting Ol' Monsters weightless. However, I am using spinning gear doing that. Haven't achieved any greatness of any kind casting weightless worms/creature baits etc. with my baitcaster yet. I am getting a little better casting lighter weighted baits with my it. Still gotta long way to go with that though.

[Mike L]

In calm winds, rigged with a 5/0 hook, weightlessness on a properly adjusted bait caster you can pitch it a lot farther than you may think. 

 

A weight will help it travel if you want to bomb it but for me there are better options for that depending on what you're throwing it into. 

 

 

 

 

Mike

 

 

 

[MichaelCopeland]

2 minutes ago, Mike L said:

In calm winds, rigged with a 5/0 hook, weightlessness on a properly adjusted bait caster you can pitch it a lot farther than you may think. 

 

A weight will help it travel if you want to bomb it but for me there are better options for that depending on what you're throwing it into. 

 

 

 

 

Mike

 

 

 

Never thought of doing it that way. Guess because my pitching skills aren't that great with a baitcaster yet. I'm better pitching with my spinning rod, but still need lots of work on that too. Accuracy is ok, just making the quieter entry isn't all that great...lol. ?

[Catt]

My worm weights run from 1/64 - 1.5 oz

 

Most commonly used 1/8, 3/16, & 1/4 oz

 

I throw 3/16 from bank shallow out to 25'

[Mike L]

27 minutes ago, MichaelCopeland said:

Never thought of doing it that way. Guess because my pitching skills aren't that great with a baitcaster yet. I'm better pitching with my spinning rod, but still need lots of work on that too. Accuracy is ok, just making the quieter entry isn't all that great...lol. ?

Michael

Don't make yourself crazy trying to get a silent entry with a 10" worm. 

By it's very definition you're gonna displace a lot of water when it hits which, contrary to popular belief, can be a good thing. 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[CroakHunter]

I throw the magnum ol monster (12") primarily with 1/4 or 3/8 ounce weights just got the fact that I need a bit faster fall rate because i fish them in deep thick brush piles and want the worm to go all the way to the bottom and not have the tail hang up on a limb halfway down.