Weightless plastics

[Striper9]

I mainly fish shallow weedy ponds besides senkos and flukes do you guys fish power worms, creature baits and trick worms weightless? 

[MIbassyaker]

I don't, but if it might help you get bit, you should try it. Weightless trick worm at least is something people do pretty often.

[VTFan]

At least for this year I have to say No.  For some reason this year at our pond a weightless wacky has been the ticket all year.  In past years it always seemed to be something different, one year a spinnerbait, the next a chatterbait etc...  And it also seems that from year to year the fish don't want the same plastics.  Hence I have a ton of plastics hanging on hooks in my barn.

[you]

All sorts of weightless worms have worked well for me. Favorites include zoom finesse and mag shaky head worms, roboworms, and speedworms (zoom or gambler).

 

Haven't had much luck with creatures, though, aside from 3-4" hellgrammite style baits.

[Captain Phil]

Zoom Trick Worm.

[MN Fisher]

Zoom - Trick Worms, Finesse Worms, UV Speed Worms

[Pat Brown]

Fish any soft plastic weightless if you want.  Just be  mindful of line twist.  I like weightless soft plastic worms with straight tails and buzzing toads.

[Catt]

Bass Assassin Tapout Worm

 

At 7.5" & a larger diameter than a Trick Worm it cast easily.

[ne_dan]

If I'm covering water I like the Gambler Burner worm.  You can fish it slow, let it sink, or fish it fast like a toad across the surface.  

[looking45]

I use 5” reapers. The flat wide Profile is easier for the bass to see through the junk. Color doesn’t matter, all the fish is going to see is a dark object from below

[Team9nine]

11 hours ago, Striper9 said:

I mainly fish shallow weedy ponds besides senkos and flukes do you guys fish power worms, creature baits and trick worms weightless? 

Yes - no need to limit your options, baits or rigging styles. Going lightweight (1/16, 1/32 oz) also works well at times and improves casting distance and accuracy.

[GetFishorDieTryin]

Ive outfished senkos consistently with a weightless trickworm in early summer.  The Shakey Head worms work really well too, but either of can be difficult to cast and work correctly in wind.  Mag finesse worms are a good substitute or change up for a senko.  Used to love the 5 3/4" GYCB Kut Tail weightless.  It was the most versatile size and weight to work any time. Weightless coffee tubes have done really well for me too, but at first I had some issues with keeping fish on.  

[bp_fowler]

Yes.  

Trick Worms, Ribbon Tails, Pit Boss, Jerk Shadz.  Swimming them over the tops of and through shallow weed beds. 
 

 

[Scott804]

I won a tournament this year letting a weightless trickworm fall down to the roots of isolated cypress trees. Weightless trickworm is a great technique, give it a go. 

 

On 8/7/2023 at 6:24 AM, VTFan said:

At least for this year I have to say No.  For some reason this year at our pond a weightless wacky has been the ticket all year.  In past years it always seemed to be something different, one year a spinnerbait, the next a chatterbait etc...  And it also seems that from year to year the fish don't want the same plastics.  Hence I have a ton of plastics hanging on hooks in my barn.

Cycling through new baits has always been a key to pond success for me, I like to just continually show them new things instead of grind it out if I can help it. 

[BrianMDTX]

OMG, I fish a lot of weightless soft plastics. Senkos, Zoom Tricks, Fat IKA’s, Neko Machos, Zoom Mag 2’s amongst others. 

[Bankbeater]

I always start off with a worm rigged weightless.  If the bass don't want that then I add a split shot. 

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

 

Yes

Damiki Hydras and Fat Ikas work very well.

[Drawdown]

Around dusk/dawn (or “crepuscular periods” for you sophisticates), do a weightless UV Speed CRAW as a topwater on a small (like 2/0 maximum) EWG.

[Darth-Baiter]

yup.  if you never watched a 5" Yama Senko, with a heavier 3/0 hook rigged weightless T-style:

 

it dives at a 45 deg.  in any direction, it happens to land in.  the tail gently undulates and wags.  It looks so good.  if my hook is too light, I add a 1/32 splitshot crimped right up next to the hook knot. 

[wdp]

Zoom Ultra Vibe speed worms, both regular & magnum sized, are one of my fav ways to fish a weightless plastic. You can buzz em on surface over any cover and then pause next to wood, weed lines & gaps in pads to let ‘em sink slowly. I normally use a Gamakatsu superline 5/0 hook for extra weight to aid casting with a baitcaster. 

[santafish]

I've had good luck with weightless craws and tubes. Depending on the lure I actually go to a spinning setup. Usually start with a 5' senko but sometimes they're just after that smaller presentation.