Finesse worms

[DitchPanda]

What is your favorite finesse type worm and color? Also what is your favorite way to rig them? When the water gets hot is when I throw them in my local lake...light Carolina rig on a medium action spinning rod...about the only way I get bit n the dog days besides early and late topwater...favorite is the old havoc bottom hopper 4.75 inch in green pumpkin or junebug

[BrianMDTX]

Right now I’d say a 4” green or watermelon weightless Senko rigged wacky-style. Flipping or pitching close (10’-15’) to structure and letting it land with little to no splash. 

[Boomstick]

My top is the Roboworm straight tail in 6". Aarons Morning Dawn, Aarons Magic are probably my two best color.

[TnRiver46]

Zoom , color depends on location. Rigged weedless on an 1/8 oz round ball jig head 

[fishballer06]

6" Jelly Worm. Texas, Carolina, or Shakeyhead.

[Bankbeater]

4" Zoom finesse worm on either a split shot rig or weightless.  Best colors for me are black grape and watermelonseed.

[Mobasser]

I throw finesse worms quite a bit. I like Zoom finesse in junebug, CB slider in grape,  Roboworm 41/2" in Folkstad Special. I use a light T rig, slider head, or splitshot rig.

[WRB]

44 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

I throw finesse worms quite a bit. I like Zoom finesse in junebug, CB slider in grape,  Roboworm 41/2" in Folkstad Special. I use a light T rig, slider head, or splitshot rig.

You started a thread "Finesse Plastic Worms" Dec 2, 2019 on this subject.

Tom

[DitchPanda]

19 minutes ago, WRB said:

You started a thread "Finesse Plastic Worms" Dec 2, 2019 on this subject.

Tom

I started this thread...sorry didn't see the one from from December 

[WRB]

1 minute ago, DitchPanda said:

I started this thread...sorry didn't see the one from from December 

Post a link it was good informative thread.

Tom

[evo2s197]

This is my "finesse" go to if its extremely tough.

 

1/32 tungsten bullet weight

 

Gamakatsu #4 rebarb hook

 

Hand poured 3.5 inch worms in watermelon color and a blue brown color.

 

If you cant catch something on this then it's time to go home

[looking45]

1/32 oz worm nose head and a 4" hand poured worm in Morning Dawn

[RoLo]

 

Favorites have a way varying from outing to outing ?  

Stickworms aside, my overall favorite straight-tail worm is probably

the Roboworm Fat Straight-Tail. Other exceptional straight-tail are

Upton's Straight-Tail Worm and the Zoom Trick Worm (anyone heard of that one?)

 

Roger

 

[Obi_Wan]

2 hours ago, evo2s197 said:

This is my "finesse" go to if its extremely tough.

 

1/32 tungsten bullet weight

 

Gamakatsu #4 rebarb hook

 

Hand poured 3.5 inch worms in watermelon color and a blue brown color.

 

If you cant catch something on this then it's time to go home

I remember, as a kid, helping my dad pour his own worms.  Mostly a curly tail pattern.  What mold is this one?

[Mbirdsley]

Honestly, it is very rare that I get the same lure or plastic to work at 2 differnt lakes or rivers other than a tube. I tend to bounce around a lot on where I’m fishing and almost never fish the same place twice in a week. 
 

These 3 however, seem to put at least one fish in the boat no matter where I’m at. Green pumpkin zoom tube, pumpkin swamp crawlers, root beer 300 bandit crank

[Mobasser]

I like throwing a 4.5" Roboworm on a light T rig. If you have limited fishing time, say evening trips after work etc, this rig draws more consistent action than than anything else I've used. Worked with a slow, lift/ fall retrieve, it seems like something is always taking a pop at these smaller worms. The Brewer Slider head fishing is good also, with almost any of the thinner worms available now. It's a fun way to fish because of the steady strikes, from bass of all sizes. I havnt tried even half of the finesse worms on the market now, there's so many. If I had to pick one, I'll pick the Roboworms as a favourite. I've had especially good results in hot weather with colors Folkstad Special, MM111, Marg Mutilator, and the last two seasons, Oxblood/ red flake. Even though " finesse " worms are known to work well in high pressure, clear water, post frontal, or other tough bite days, I'm convinced they will work almost any time. Bass love them.

[Teal]

I have a few that I like..

 

Zoom meathead 

Zoom finesse worm

Zoom trick worm

Zoom shakey head

Zoom shakey tails

 Robo worm 4" or 6"

 Jackall flick shake

Dimiki stringer

Zoom centipede

Kvd finesse worm

[Catt]

[MIbassyaker]

If there's a bad finesse worm, I don't know what it is.

 

I like both straight and curly tails, between 4" and 7". Several I have enjoyed fishing over the last several years:

 

6.5" Zoom Trick worm,

5.5" Zoom swamp crawler

4'5" Zoom Finesse worm

6" roboworm

4" Berkley power worm

6.25" & 4.25"  Berkley Havoc bottom hopper

6.5" & 4.5" biospawn plasmatail

4" & 7" Strike King 3x finesse worm (Elaztech)
6" Bizz baits dizzy diamond

6" Mister Twister Phenom worm

 

Fish them mostly on 1/16-3/16 head of some kind (shakyhead, slider, or even open hook depending on cover), or a 1/8oz mojo/split-shot

 

one of my favorite rigs: 4" berkley power worm rigged on an owner bullet head:

 

 

Colors? Anything from straight black to bubblegum pink, but usually natural colors with the words "pumpkin", "watermelon", "grass", "seed", "magic", or "candy" in the name.

 

My absolute favorite color is a little hard to find, and the best versions of it have either been discontinued or not available in a finesse worm: a light pumpkin with green flake.

 

 

[DitchPanda]

13 hours ago, Catt said:

Hey Catt what worm is that?

[Bluebasser86]

Zoom shakyhead worm, green pumpkin on a dropshot rig.

Zoom Mag Finesse worm, redbug, black, green pumpkin on a shakyhead.

Zoom Centipede, some shade of watermelon or green pumpkin on a slider head.

Zoom Trick worm, about any color or rig.

[Steelhead]

Zoom 4" Dead Ringer

Zoom Curly Tail

Zoom Centipede

Zoom Finesse Worm

Zman Finesse Worm

Roboworm 4 1/2 Straight Tail

 

[Catt]

7 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

Hey Catt what worm is that?

 

Can't tell ya ?

[Bird]

The ones I throw on light tackle, top to bottom. 

Roboworm - Aaron's morning Dawn

Roboworm - Aaron's magic 

Zoom finesse  - lemon pumpkin 

Zoom shaky tail - watermelon red 

[Catt]

On 6/6/2020 at 6:16 AM, Catt said:

On 6/5/2020 at 10:17 PM, DitchPanda said:

Hey Catt what worm is that?

 

Can't tell ya ?

 

I can't tell ya cause I don't remember who makes em!

 

They are sold at different stores in the Toledo Bend area by various names.