Favorite Worms And How To Use Them In Heavy Cover

[Dingah]

I am looking for new worms and how to fish them in heavy cover.

[endless]

I usually fish the out side of cover or just go for it and toss it in. If speaking of like beaver dams The ones I try to fish I can't find away in there. There heavily covered so I fish the outside of them. Lilies I always had a great success with wacky on the outside of them. I might toss a T-rig in there sometimes. Submerge trees Wacky, T-rig, Shaky or just stick to jigging them. Find the right jig for that purpose you might not get snagged no where as much if have a problems with jigs cause of that. If must be a worm they make weedless hooks expensive but ok. Ok cause I still manage to get snag. I would also PM Wayne P and ask him about his weedless wacky if he doesn't respond to your topic. To me heavy cover is just one of those areas where you have to take the good with the bad. I also have two rod lined with braid but I will still toss in with 10# flouro since already rigged up. Most of the time if do get a bite I'm more likely loosing it to the trees anyways. One of the braided rod is for jigging and I'm trying to break away from the worms and gain more confidence in my jigging. Next time out my wife's rod is lined with braid so I might try hers with a worm.

I'm not sure my post helps a whole lot and the more successful angler will have more to offer which I will be tuning in for ideals as well.

[Alpster]

This worm (Culprit Black Shad)7-1/2" or 10" will produce in heavy cover. Texas rigged with a bullet weight.

Ronnie

[David Rangel]

Dingah

Try the magnum trick worm or magnum ultra vibe speed worm, with screw in Florida rig with ownerZ neck hook, or Mustad mega bite, ultra point hook. in 5/0 size.

Using them so slow,

Good luck!

David

[zachb34]

Zoom ol monster worm its pretty similiar to the culprit worm that was previously posted.Use whatever colors your most confident in.

[Bluebasser86]

I'm not a big fan of using swimming tail worms in heavy cover because of the tendency for the tail to catch on the cover and keep it from getting to the bottom. If I do use a worm something like a Zoom magnum finesse or trick worm or a Rage thumper are my choices. The Thumper is really growing on me becaue the short thick tail puts out the vibration to help them find it in cover but the tail is small and short enough to help keep it from hanging up.

[Avid Angler FL]

I'm also a big fan of Culprit worms! I usually Texas-Rig a 7.5 inch worm on a 3/0 hook (EWG or regular offset, depending on preference) with a 1/8 or 3/16 oz bullet weight. Sometimes I'll upsize to a 1/4 oz bullet weight if I'm punching through thick weeds or grass.

[Catt]

Many anglers don’t like plastic worms with tails because they want the worm to come through the grass cleanly. My approach is to be noisy, that is I want my worm to cause a disturbance by moving grass as when it coming though. Create a little commotion and the bass will not only notice your worm but turn and swim towards it.

When I feel my worm is getting a bit tangled I simply apply pressure, then release, apply a tad more pressure, then release; if this doesn't work I apply pressure while shaking my rod tip. Once my worm breaks free I pause for a good 15-20 seconds cause before I can count to 20 I done got bit!

[MuffinMan]

I t-rig a 7.5" Red Shad Culprit worm, you cannot go wrong!

[Al Wolbach]

IMHO it depends on what type of heavy cover you are talking about. If it is weeds or some type of grass I agree with Catt the worm type really doesn't matter. If the heavy cover is laydown pine, cedar tree or brush pile as is common in my area then a ribbon tail or worm with a lot of tail action will not reach the bottom as Bluebasser86 stated. The flat part of the worm will stick to some limbs like it was glued, and you can't shake it loose. In this case I like a worm like a Zoom speed worm or even a Texas rigged Senko but I normally prefer a beaver type bait for heavy cover of this type...........Al

[Brand0n]

i use culprit 10" worms in red shad and usually use a heavy enough bullet weight to drop through the cover and not get caught up. fish grab em so quick. i need to get some more colors. ive got one left out of a 10pk in a week.