What is your favorite soft plastic for summer time?

[Hop]

What is your favorite soft plastic for summer time?

[Crestliner2008]

Roboworms when drop shotting for SM or Senkos for wacky/texas rigging for LM. But a lot depends on the type of structure I'm fishing at the time.

[aarogb]

    My mine is a Carolina rigged lizard.  My second best is some type of small finesse worm for drop-shotting (they vary a lot that's why I didn't put a particular brand.)

   

[Bankbeater]

It use to be plastic worms.  This year I'm leaning toward a baby brush hog.

[iceintheveins]

Same as always, senkos or fluke/sluggo soft jerks. Did well worming yesterday with a rib worm/split shot rig.

[TrippyJai]

Berkley 6" Power Slugs, Pumpkin Seed color rigged on a 6/0 Owners EWG hook.

It's one of those do nothing baits and catch fish.

[Ellesar]

10" Rage Tail Anaconda's and Zoom Ultra-vibe speed worms have really done well for me this summer.

[bigtimfish]

The same ones that I use in the rest of the seasons. The only thing that might change is the size.

[SJex]

Fat Ika and Senko.

[Sam]

Senkos and finesse worms, even.  

[BassDeaton01]

Right now my favorite is the zoom watermelon seed finesse worms. but im hoping after this weekend my favorite will be the 10" rage tail anaconda. been hearing great things!

[DINK WHISPERER]

10" Berkley PowerBait worm in JuneBug

[DMac]

Senkos and dropshotting finesse worms

[tritz18]

Senkos wacky rigged  

[RoLo]

Plastic Worms

In my opinion, stick worms like the Senko are not the best choice of worm during the summer.

Stick worms are normally fished with a vertical freefall, which can be very time consuming.

Due to the higher water temperatures, bass metabolism and bass activity is at its peak during the summer.

Plastic worms like the Gambler Ribbontail, Strike King Anaconda or Berkley Power Worm

would provide faster coverage and likely encounter more bass during July and August.

Roger

[bassman31783]

Plastic Worms

In my opinion, stick worms like the Senko are not the best worm choice during the summer.

Stick worms are normally fished with a vertical delivery, which is quite time consuming.

The bass's metabolism is higher in warm water so they're more active during the summertime.

During summer, plastic worms like the gambler ribbontail, strike king anaconda or gambler flapp'n tail worm

would provide more expedient coverage.

Roger

Totally agree with RoLo. *** 10" hookup has become my new favorite summer worm. I feel like I can work it a little faster & yet still present it properly.

However the title of the thread is "What is your favorite soft plastic for summer time?" not What soft plastic works best in the summer time. With that being said most people will still say Senkos, and a watermelon red flake senko (edit: ***  ) just happens to be my #2 summer worm

[enwhybassin]

7in Berkley Powerworm in just about any color.  Never went home fishless with this tied on.

[tnbassfisher]

When just doing my normal creek fishing I always go with Zoom mini lizards.

[rubba bubba]

In my opinion, stick worms like the Senko are not the best choice of worm during the summer.

Stick worms are normally fished with a vertical freefall, which can be very time consuming.

Due to the higher water temperatures, bass metabolism and bass activity is at its peak during the summer.

Plastic worms like the Gambler Ribbontail, Strike King Anaconda or Berkley Power Worm

would provide faster coverage and likely encounter more bass during July and August.

Not sure I follow this.  I work the Senko both weightless and with a weight depending on which they prefer that day.  Or both to mix up the presentation in a small area where you know the fish are.  This flexibility alone makes it superior to a regular worm, however I catch better quality fish with a weighted Senko than a weighted regular worm so that's the closer for me.

[Avalonjohn44]

I have to go with Baby Brush Hogs, and Super Hogs, both by Zoom.  Colors Blackberry, Watermelon/Gold, and Green Pumpkins...

I don't know what's going on in the few ponds/lakes that I've fished this year, but the senko is just not doing it for me anymore.  Has anyone else noticed this?

I also have been waiting to try the Anacondas, but the brush hog bite has been just too good to go away from... Maybe as the 'dog days' hit...

[Chris W]

10" Power Worm in Green Pumpkin or Blue Fleck

[Shane J]

Lately, due to water temps, my best bass have come on a Carolina rigged Rage lizard, but then again, I never stopped catching them on Anacondas, either.

[RoLo]

Not sure I follow this. I work the Senko both weightless and with a weight depending on which they prefer that day.

Stick worms are normally fished weightless or nearly so, to exploit their lazy shimmy during a natural freefall.

The more weight added to a senko, the more its natural charm is destroyed,

and with enough weight the senko begins to resemble a stickpen that fell out of your vest pocket.

When a "weighted" worm is used, most anglers tend to move to an action-tail worm

like a Berkley Powerbait, Anaconda or Culprit.

Roger

[CWB]

5" senko type bait skipped around and under boats and docks.

4.5" Shadalicious or fluke type baits in between the docks.

Baby Brush Hog in the grass.

Big Ribbon Tail worms on deep weed edges.

Depends on conditions.

[farmpond1]

Superflukes in the weed-choked ponds-until they spray the lakes and everything dies off. grrrrrrrr.  So it fouls the propellors on their stupid paddleboats!  Big deal!