Zoom big dead ringer...

[DitchPanda]

Whoa that thing has a heck of a tail on it. Looks like it would be a good summer hot water worm. Anybody throw these?

[Michigander]

No, but that looks cool!!

[fin]

My buddy gave me one to try, and it does look good in the water. I didn't catch anything with it, but he had good luck with them. I think it's kind of a specialty thing - you might want to have a pack in your toolbox, but I wouldn't get carried away with them and stock up.

[bowhunter63]

Caught a lot on the old Rebel ring worm. I gonna get some of these for sure 

[river-rat]

 

I have had success on this lure in the summer. From my experience it has worked best in heavily stained to muddy water. But understand I'm fishing the Atchafalaya Basin where that is the norm during the hottest part of the year. I don't see why it wouldn't work under different water conditions.

 

I use a Texas Rig with a 3/16 or 1/4 oz. weight. I like to swim it along laydowns and through treetops. I only use the Red Shad and Junebug colors.

 

 

[Finessegenics]

That looks like it’ll make a really good swimming worm. It’s just a tad larger than I’d prefer. Weightless or weighted EWG on top of sparse cover. 

[papajoe222]

C-Rig nuff said. 

[Bluebasser86]

I use to fish the heck out of them growing up. Black neon was my go to color. I fished them with an 1/8oz weight and it was just enough to make the tail move on the fall. 

[DitchPanda]

10 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I use to fish the heck out of them growing up. Black neon was my go to color. I fished them with an 1/8oz weight and it was just enough to make the tail move on the fall. 

Any reason you don't fish them anymore?

[TnRiver46]

I still use a dead ringer every trip out but not the big ones 

[Bluebasser86]

6 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

Any reason you don't fish them anymore?

Nope, they're a great bait still but not the shiny new thing is probably why I stopped using them. 

[Log Catcher]

I use them and have caught fish with them. I only have two colors right now. Watermelon Seed and Black. I haven't used the black ones much but I did catch a SMB on one the first time I used it.

[DitchPanda]

3 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Nope, they're a great bait still but not the shiny new thing is probably why I stopped using them. 

Strange...you don't strike me as a shiny new thing type of guy. I mean that as a compliment btw.

[Bluebasser86]

1 hour ago, DitchPanda said:

Strange...you don't strike me as a shiny new thing type of guy. I mean that as a compliment btw.

Honestly, it's probably more that I just don't fish worms that often and they were kind of a casualty of my attempt at simplification a few years ago. If I'm fishing a bigger worm, it's going to be a couple colors by a couple makers and it just makes it easier that way, especially when I don't throw them that often. 

[TnRiver46]

12 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

Strange...you don't strike me as a shiny new thing type of guy. I mean that as a compliment btw.

@Bluebasser86has more inventory than tackle warehouse........

[ChrisD46]

*Try the 4" small dead ringer (or equivalent from BPS , etc.) as a spinner bait or bladed jig trailer .... Pearl White , Chartreuse , Green Pumpkin and Black colors will cover the bases .