Bait caster finesse worm

[GoneFishingLTN]

Curious if you wanted to throw a worm in the summer time but bass in your lake was an avg of 2-3lb what would you choose a 6 inch robo? a 9 inch worm? What would be your choice

[PaulVE64]

A spinning rod and a 6" robo

[Southernbasser]

Don’t be afraid to throw a 10-12 inch worm. In the summer even little 2lbrs. will eat big worms. 

[Jig Man]

I fish worms year around.  I throw Elaztech 5” worms on a shaky weedless 2/0 VMC EWG hook with a Midwest finesse head.  

[Mobasser]

Throw all sizes. Even the little guys will hit bigger worms, and big girls hit small ones too.

[OkobojiEagle]

I'd start at about 8" and bite off 3/4" until I started to get bit...

 

oe

[scbassin]

I'll fish a 12 to 13 inch worm depending the brand on a Carolina Rig often.

[NYWayfarer]

4” Senko rigged weightless.

[JustJames]

Robo worm usually get good result around city park pond here in SoCal 6” fat would be a good start. 4” senko is also one of my favorite I can cover water faster. I start to experience with Pro-Senko this year for even thinner profile and faster fall rate than Roboworm which is pretty success but doesn’t last as long as Roboworm.

 

[WRB]

Bait casting finesse worm and 9” worm is contradictory.

9” worm is larger diameter requiring larger size hook then “finesse” light line can hook set effectively rigged weedless.

You can rig the big worms wacky nail/Neko weight using size 1 to 1/0 hook effectively.

Weedless Texas rig with sliding bullet weight “brass n glass” doodling/shaking a 6” worm is effective.

Tom

 

[T-Billy]

Hard to go wrong with an original Culprit or a Zoom Mag II in the summer. Fish it on the lightest weight you can. I use a 1/8 sinker the most and rarely go over 3/16. They love that slow squirming tail.

[QED]

A friend of mine used to live on a man-made lake with mostly 1-3 lb bass and we crushed them with 6" Mann's jelly worms or auger tail worms texas rigged with 1/16 or 1/8 oz bullet weights. Exceeded the limit (virtually, since we were practicing catch and release) every time out.  We just methodically fished all the docks, water inlet/outlet grates, fountains, etc.

[Munkin]

Baitcaster plus 9" worm does not equal finesse to me.

 

Allen 

[GRiver]

7 1/2 curly tail…. I like BPS, Culprit and Berkeley. I use as little of weight as can get away with..

[QED]

BTW, I have used skinny UL 4" curl tail worms and while they were productive for bass, I got way to many spurious hits from bream.  4" senkos don't seem to have the same problem since they are much thicker than the old school 4" worms.

[Derek1]

The x zone 6” fat finesse worm is great on a 1/8-3/16 t rig or weightless. Lots of good colors to choose from. 

[Catt]

Zoom's Ultravibe Speed Worm 

[the reel ess]

20 minutes ago, Catt said:

Zoom's Ultravibe Speed Worm 

I've come to love this worm. I doubt there's one more versatile on the market. I have gone over a shallow, weedy flat throwing a spinnerbait and various topwaters and gone back with this worm and caught fish I didn't believe were there.

[RDB]

For me it would partially depend on water clarity and fishing pressure.  In clear or heavily pressured water, I would normally downsize.  Otherwise, summer is the season I use larger worms more frequently.  Not saying you can’t catch bass on big worms in clear/pressured water, just that I usually start by downsizing.

[schplurg]

On 6/24/2022 at 6:53 AM, OkobojiEagle said:

I'd start at about 8" and bite off 3/4" until I started to get bit...

 

oe

Yes. Sometimes I feel smaller fish trying to hit a worm and I'll tear the head off and make it smaller. 

 

One time I was targeting a smaller fish and after about 6 misses I un-buried the hook (T-rig) and nailed it on the next cast.

 

I bit the end off a plastic worm once.....gross! Musta had salt or other scent in it. Never again!

[Munkin]

6 minutes ago, schplurg said:

 

 

I bit the end off a plastic worm once.....gross! Musta had salt or other scent in it. Never again!

 

Let me give you one of my best but hard learned lessons from years of experience.  If you chew Redman like I do when fishing follow these instructions in the exact order. First put the Redman in your mouth.  Then go ahead and adjust the jig trailer you just dumped kick in bass craw all over.  I cannot stress this order of events enough! Otherwise your day will not start out well and can tell you that my taste in condiments is a lot different than those of a bass.

 

Allen 

[scaleface]

Yum Dinger . Just went through four packs of them on Friday catching two to three lb bass in man made brush piles .

[the reel ess]

17 hours ago, schplurg said:

Yes. Sometimes I feel smaller fish trying to hit a worm and I'll tear the head off and make it smaller. 

 

One time I was targeting a smaller fish and after about 6 misses I un-buried the hook (T-rig) and nailed it on the next cast.

 

I bit the end off a plastic worm once.....gross! Musta had salt or other scent in it. Never again!

Trick Worms just taste like salt. And when you shorten it it gets more bites.