Trick Worms

[Siebert Outdoors]

earthworm77's article. enjoy.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Split-Shot-Bass-Sneak-Attack&id=112372

Thanks!

Great piece. That is exactly what I was looking for.

BTW, Where has earthworm77 been? I haven't seen him post here in months.

He checked my pm awhile back and I saw him on TU not to long ago.  Maybe he's been busy making lures or writing articles. :-?

BTW  I usually use trickworms weightless and sight fish with them

[.ghoti.]

For shallow water, 5' or less, I use a modified C-rig. It's just like a C-rig, minus the weight. I use a large ball bearing swivel, and rig the worm on an offset hook just crooked enough to make it corkscrew on the drop. It takes a bit of experimentation to get the crooked rigging just right, but when you do, it is deadly.

I also fish one on a jighead. This one specifically. I rig this one as straight as I can get it.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&partNumber=46146&hvarTarget=search&cmCat=SearchResults

This jig, with it's flattened leadhead, gives a nice glide to the skinny worm.

Cheers,

GK

[BassFishingMachine]

Ive tryed the trickworm a few times but can never get a bite on it. Everytime I try it I rig it weedless/weightless. The fish just don't like it around here I guess.. I have a few bags of these worms because I like the looks of them, but Ive just never caught a fish on em. I plan to give them another shot eventually, this time rigged weedless with a small bullet weight.

[JigNBig]

Right now the best way to be using straight tailed worms for me is either a split shot or shaky head

[skillet]

 When you put the split shot 18" or 24" above the hook, do you have any problems when pulling it over brush or limbs? When the weight is on one side and the worm is on the other side..

                                 As Ever,

                                  skillet

[Guest avid]

that tail still floats and wiggles on the bottom!

Yo, DUDE we don't need to hear about your old girlfriends.

Sheeeesh,  this is a bass forum for cryin out loud.  >

[Davis]

What are you guys most productive colors.

I have the following in my arsenal.

Bubblegum

Bruised Banana

Okeechbee (whatever lol) Craw

Some sites have some colors that I have never seen before like Bluegill and Rainbow trout. Tempted to pick them up. Just love them Trick Worms.  ;D

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

What are you guys most productive colors.

I have the following in my arsenal.;D

our mantra:

"Hands down,....black, green and brown."  (or if another color is closer, use that,lol)

[foul hooked]

My most productive color?  The color that I have tied on at the time.

I've fished dark, light, bright and bizarre. I can't really tell a difference in catch rate. I think it is all in the presentation.

Academy will  clear out certain colors of Zoom trick worms throughout the year for $.88 a bag. I'll stock up on these when I find them. Lately its been Yellow Shad and Limetruesse. Last year it was Muscadine which is kind of like June Bug.  The year before that it was Yellow. Guess what, they all work if fished nice and slow.

In my opinion it is all in the presentation.

[Davis]

What are you guys most productive colors.

I have the following in my arsenal.;D

our mantra:

"Hands down,....black, green and brown."

Oh I agree. I'm never really into those crazy colors. But for some reason wild colors on the trick worms are deadly!

[bocabasser]

my favorite way to fish a trick is to use a 5/0 ewg gama with a black trickworm and run it on top like a little snake. deadly down here. i sometimes use a junebug trick carolina rigged when fishing a rocky bottom.

[Davis]

my favorite way to fish a trick is to use a 5/0 ewg gama with a black trickworm and run it on top like a little snake. deadly down here. i sometimes use a junebug trick carolina rigged when fishing a rocky bottom.

A 5/0? Really?

Man I would think that would mess with the action. I'll have to try that.

So many ways to fish this worm. Big reason why I love it so much.

[Wayne P.]

I fish Trick and Finesse worms this way. Color does not matter to the fish. What I look for is the colors that contain the most flakes as it makes them softer for better hook penetration. The white one in the picture is just for illustration only even though I use that color or brighter ones when bed fishing. I fish this rig from the surface to 30', just dead sticking it-no twitches, jerks. I just let it fall to the bottom, let it set for a couple of seconds and then move it about a foot to let it fall again. It's the fall that attracts them the most. I'll add a nail weight for deep presentations, in wind, or current. It works in Texas, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, and Tennesse. Those states are the only ones I have fished. Occasionally I'll use those baits on a shakey head, but 95% of the time it's weedless wacky.

[mayassa]

Can you post a PIC of the hook and worm from the other side?

Thanks

I fish Trick and Finesse worms this way. Color does not matter to the fish. What I look for is the colors that contain the most flakes as it makes them softer for better hook penetration. The white one in the picture is just for illustration only even though I use that color or brighter ones when bed fishing. I fish this rig from the surface to 30', just dead sticking it-no twitches, jerks. I just let it fall to the bottom, let it set for a couple of seconds and then move it about a foot to let it fall again. It's the fall that attracts them the most. I'll add a nail weight for deep presentations, in wind, or current. It works in Texas, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, and Tennesse. Those states are the only ones I have fished. Occasionally I'll use those baits on a shakey head, but 95% of the time it's weedless wacky.

[Catt]

Zooms Trick Worm is 6 ¾ in length  

My most productive colors: Watermelon Neon, Camouflage, & Methiolate

Technique not mentioned above; Texas Rigged with on bullet weight, a 2/0 straight shank hook and a 1 paneling nail inserted into the tail. The weight of the hook and the nail are just about the same causing the Trick Worm to fall horizontally.

[Wayne P.]

mayassa, it looks the same from both sides and is on top of the worm in the picture. It is basically Texas rigged in the middle using a Gamakatsu 3/0 Octopus hook #02413. I use a 2/0 #02412 when fishing a finesse worm. The black ring is a recent modification I started using this year for fishing in timber and vegetation. It is a piece of 1/4" electrical shrink tubing. It keeps the hook eye from pulling out and also allows for a more forcefull cast like when using baitcasting tackle. I mainly use spinning gear. If I can get away with it in snag free waters, I will rig it exposed point with the same hooks. A friend of mine in Texas put an article on his website about the rigging:   http://mysite.verizon.net/restmvit/wacky.html

[Wayne P.]

This is a finesse worm with the 2/0 Octopus hook rigged both ways.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

My most productive color? The color that I have tied on at the time.

I've fished dark, light, bright and bizarre. I can't really tell a difference in catch rate. I think it is all in the presentation.

Academy will clear out certain colors of Zoom trick worms throughout the year for $.88 a bag. I'll stock up on these when I find them. Lately its been Yellow Shad and Limetruesse. Last year it was Muscadine which is kind of like June Bug. The year before that it was Yellow. Guess what, they all work if fished nice and slow.

In my opinion it is all in the presentation.

Now you're talkin'!!