are you rubbing your soft plastics to dull them?

[Darth-Baiter]

i use a silicon tube to wacky my senkos.  i dont use the clamp, but just thread the worm on.  as it slides on, it plows the salt up and really dulls and lightens the worm.  bass kill it.  when i tex rig them, i try to rub them, but my soft office worker fingers dont do the same job.

 

my zoom worms, i rub  to get the grit up.   am i wasting my time?

[Cbump]

I’ve never heard of this being done on purpose. 

[bowhunter63]

Randy Blauket swears by it 

[LrgmouthShad]

The “shaky head wizard”, my occasional fishing partner here, swears by doing this to zoom plastics. Not all plastics, he says. I do not argue with his success

[Mike L]

If you think it helps, then it does

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Mobasser]

Im probably missing something here. I always felt like  a shiny sheen on plastic baits was part of the attraction.

[Bird]

I never heard of it before but if you think it's creating more bites, continue doing it.

 

The only possible downfall would be, by rubbing and kneading your Senko's of their salt, your creating more buoyancy which won't really matter if you're using a wacky jig.

 

Zman Elaztech is famous for this.

It'll outlast it's salt then floats, perhaps not an issue with Yam.

[Deleted account]

Yes, I find the inside of a fish's mouth works great.

[Team9nine]

44 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

 

my zoom worms, i rub  to get the grit up.   am i wasting my time?

Yes, but I’m with @Mike L on this one…it’s your time, so do whatever you want to them.

[Dwight Hottle]

55 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

i use a silicon tube to wacky my senkos.  i dont use the clamp, but just thread the worm on.  as it slides on, it plows the salt up and really dulls and lightens the worm.  bass kill it.  when i tex rig them, i try to rub them, but my soft office worker fingers dont do the same job.

 

my zoom worms, i rub  to get the grit up.   am i wasting my time?

 

Sounds kinda kinky to me. 

[Darth-Baiter]

23 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said:

 

Sounds kinda kinky to me. 

i would pee on a sparkplug if i thought it would help...

[Hook2Jaw]

4 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

i would pee on a sparkplug if i thought it would help...

It doesn't?  Give it a go, it works for me.

[LrgmouthShad]

32 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said:

 

Sounds kinda kinky to me. 

Wait WHAT? Mr. Hottle, you need Jesus

[king fisher]

No, and I don't buy jeans with holes already in them either.

[LrgmouthShad]

5 minutes ago, king fisher said:

No, and I don't buy jeans with holes already in them either.

I hear @Team9nine is big into that kind of thing 

[scbassin]

I would rather spend more time fishing then rubbing plastic worms.

[MN Fisher]

Just now, scbassin said:

I would rather spend more time fishing then rubbing plastic worms.

Besides, there are funner things to rub...

 

 

Wait! What?

[ATA]

I dont, but Ive seen randy insist to rub all the plastics.

[J Francho]

Nope. I fish baits straight from the package with no mods. I don't have time to fuss. 

[Darth-Baiter]

29 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Nope. I fish baits straight from the package with no mods. I don't have time to fuss. 

you dont even trim them down for jigs and stuff?

[J Francho]

Nope, no point in it.  Mike Siebert makes them perfectly.  Buy quality baits, and trimming isn't necessary.

[crypt]

i'm not rubbing anything......................

[Spankey]

I have never done that to my soft plastics. Pretty much get fished the way they come out of the bag. 
 

I would not question what you are doing. Keep doing it if you think it is helping. 
 

I myself have been know to hang some crankbaits for a period of time on a tree branch, truck rear view mirror or the shed door latch to get them to fade slightly. Bluegill patterns for the most part. Call me crazy but I like a faded lighter version of a bluegill. 

[AmmoGuy]

I spit on them to make them shinier. 

[Team9nine]

2 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I hear @Team9nine is big into that kind of thing 

I don’t buy jeans with holes already in them either - mine all come naturally from daily fishing wear and tear ?