Best Soft Plastic Worms

[fishiak]

Im going fishing for bass for the first time soon and was wondering what plastic worms to get and how big? Also what is the best brand and should I get them with salt on them or not?

[mudcats22]

well me and my buddy's have had great success with zoom watermelon seed finesse including a 13,7,and 2 five pounders

[roadwarrior]

You need to spend some time in the BassResource Library,

"Fishing Articles" and "Tacklebox" at the top of the page.

Your question may be serious, but a bit naive. Review the

site before posting, please.

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[Glenn]

That's kind of like asking everyone "What's the best food"?

Sorry, but your question is extremely broad and, ultimately, the answer is a matter of personal opinion.

It sounds like you're a little new to the sport. Please start here: http://www.bassresource.com/beginner/beginner.html

Thanks!

[bandsr4me20]

yall were nice    ^^^^

[bigbill]

This is a tough question like Glenn points out. I would read everything here you can get your eyes on. Years ago i even printed the most important articles out so i can read them on my sleepless nights too.  I don't have time to offer a lifetime experience but here's some tips.

Here's some late 60's / early 70's history of worm fishing;

Years ago we only had the creme worms to pick from mainly. We would use the black 6" creme worm rigged with a snelled hook thru the lump on the worm with a large sewing needle. Then we would split shot the loop on the snell leader. I believe back then we only had a few colors to pick from. They were black or brown.

I believe that the people at culprit were the next to offer worms of different colors to this day. The purple, the blue ect. with the chartruese color tails surely caught fish too.

Then the worm manufactures exploded and offered many different lengths and colors of the rainbow. The rest is history.

Of course worm fishing can be a very slow process but very successful. We would cast it in the weeds and let it sit and watch the line for movement. Then about every 5 minutes move it a foot and repeat.

For us the black always worked even to today. I noticed one night while fishing I shined the flashlite in the water near the shore and seen the freshwater eels at the shoreline. They were really close to black in color or a really dark brown. I think this is why black works so good.

If i had my choice today I would go with a black, red shad, green shad and a natural color to start off with to see what works at your favorite places. I'm sure you will see one color work better than the others if there finiky and color sensitive. Yet i seen one color work in one spot and another work 20 yards away go figure.

[iceintheveins]

If your talking a regular old worm, you can't beat Berkley Power Worms, Zoom's U - Tail, and Zoom's C - Tail.

[Clark Stewart]

If you're asking about worms specifically because you want to get into worm fishing then I'd recommend a worm that is about 7 inches long with the biggest tail you can find - pretty much described the rage tail anaconda didn't I? Any worm will do in any shape, but in my opinion you will have a hard time beating anything with "seed" in the title like pumpkinseed or watermelon seed. Such a natural color that always gets a bite or 2.  

Now if you're asking about worms because you're truly fishing for bass for the first time then I'd recommend a more beginner friendly technique. Worm fishing is relatively easy but it takes a little patience. If this is the case then I'd recommend you start with creature baits for a couple of reasons. First and foremost they are user friendly. They're is not really a wrong way to fish on of these. Let it sit like a worm and twitch it. Reel it in like lightning, or bounce it off the bottom or even pitch it to good looking holes. You can't go wrong! These baits have done more for my fishing confidence than anything else. I got into them about a month ago and I can say with confidence that I can go to any body of water and at least catch 1 bass. Hope this helps.

[zbigbadaaron]

Get a GYCB Senko 5". Use a 4'0 EWG Gamakatsu hook.

[guitarkid]

Curl tail- Culprit red shad

Straight tail- Zoom trick worm watermelon w/ red flake

Cigar style- Yamamoto Senko or ***, Just pick any color with these.

             -gk

[Vinny Chase]

YUM Ribbontails are by far my favorite

[central_fl_fishin]

If your starting out and want to try something to get a feel for worm fishing in general, I would start with a 7" grape/black or dark blue curly tail, t-rigged with a 1/4 oz bullet.  

[carrothead]

Go into your local tackle store, pick a few packages of whatever you think looks good (as long as it's in a natural color like green pumpkin or watermelon) and buy them.  They will most likely work either texas-rigged, carolina-rigged, or wacky-rigged.  Most of the new designs are as much fisherman catchers as they are fish catchers.

[infamous512]

I would recommend some watermelon candy red color worms & some black color worms from your local tackle shop. I have more luck with Zoom's Trick worms (long ones), Gary Yamamoto's 5" senkos and Berkley's Power worms. Hopefully these will work for you too & good luck!