12-21-08, 07:23 PM | #1 |
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texas rigged worms
my favorite way to fish and with spring around the corner and the possibility i might learn something new,i thought we might tell what was our favorite worm,color and length.
im a berkley power worm user,last year i mainly stayed with the 7 inch motor oil worm,rigged on a 3/0 or 4/0 gammy hook with a 1/4 ounce worm weight. |
12-21-08, 07:34 PM | #2 |
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My weighted worming is done with the same setup that I use for pitching a wt'd creature bait. A 7'0" M fast action rod coupled with a Daiwa TDA 150A baitcaster reel spooled with 30 lb Sufix Braid and a 3 ft 12 lb test mono leader. I mostly use a 3/8 bullet wt unpegged, but in and around weeds I do peg the weight. For working the weighted plastic along a weed edge I prefer to use a 4 inch Ugly otter. But when I'm pitching to cover I switch off to a 7 inch Berkley Power Worm in either Green Pumpkin, June Bug, or Red Shad. My 2nd choice is a 6 inch Zoom Trick worm Tex-posed if I'm working isolated cover.
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if we are talking strickly plastic worms and not creature baits ect. then my favorite would be a power worm. i mainly use 7" but in the heat of summer i throw a lot of 10". black is my favorite color but i have a lot of different colors that i use and like a lot.
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I also use a berkley 7" power worm in motoroil.I also use a Yamamoto cut tail worms in smoke color or #214 color.
I primarily fish them on spinning gear.A 6,6 medium Quantum tour edition HSX54 rod with a Browning citori reel and 8 lb P-Line CXX Xtra strong in moss green. I also use a GLoomis IMX 843 C /shimano metanium Xt and 10lb Izorline. The spinning gear allows the worm to fall straight down through the water colum when fish are holding tighter to structure. Ivan |
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i use alot of 8-10" worms texas rigged i use them as a dead dropper near vertical struture. put it in der let her fall all the way down..
i texas rig alot of critter baits from bush hawgs to hua grubs.. the hula grub was on fire for me last year.. i carolina rig the same worms.. zooker
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4" senko or magic stick rigged with either a 1/0 EWG tex-pos or a #2 circle hook wacky.
No weight. |
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Depends on if I'm fishing a river or a lake. For the river it's a 4" Blue Fleck Power Worm or 6" Red Shad Culprit. For lakes I'll use a little larger worm. Mostly Green Pumpkin.
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I love my Senko's. If I want a tail, I use a Gulp Turtleback.
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If they make'm i own them. I depise the jig but love the worm.
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A zoom u-tale, texas rigged, with a 1/8oz weight.
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5 inch yum dingers in junebug , 7 inch power worms in most colors and I like the power bait shakey head worms a lot as well , although I find myself t-rigging them rather than fishing them on a jig head .
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zoom ole monster, red shad and junebug rigged on a 3/0 gammy with a 1/16 or 1/8 unpegged weight and 15lb. big game green line.
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My set up
Color if I had only one choice BLACK
Hook 4/0 Weight 3/16 Size 10" hook weight and size will change as conditions change example Spring 4/0 , 1/4 once 10" Summer HOT 4/0 to 5/0 , 1/2 or bigger 12" worm maybe even longer |
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10" June Bug Berkley Power Worm.
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I like use Berkley power bait 7". I have used Motoroil and a black and blue one (dont remember the color "name". The one I had the most luck with was a Dicks Shaw Grigsby series in Marti Gras normally using a 4/0 gammy.
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Why do you despise jigs? Is it because it fishes so differently then most other bottom baits? And usually the bite is mushy compared to a plastic lure. Learning how to fish a jig will cost you time, effort, and a lot of missed fish. But once you get the hang of it, and start to build confidence in fishing them, just watch how many bigger fish you will start to catch.
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i have to agree with joel on that one.i'm not a jig lover either but when the jig bite is on there is no way to catch bigger fish.
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I'm only guessing but I'd imagine guys that are fishing ponds that are choked out with vegetation only have the jig come back with a afro of moss and slime on it, where as the worm works wonders.
Jigs on big bodys of water are my choice , worms in small ponds and reservoirs....... oh and zooker, that doesnt mean I wont throw a tequilla sunrise down at Ky Lake here in a few months LOL |
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John, I'm not the greatest jig fisherman. Marty, Ronnie, and Chris S all put me to shame fishing a jig. I tend to use them in situations where a tex-rigged creature bait or worm would be over powered by the cover. My #1 place to pitch a jig is into those nasty laydowns.
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You guys who don't like jigs need to practice with them a lot. You don't know what your missing! I would feel hamstrung if I didn't have a jig tied on!!! My #1 favorite bait period! Especially for big fish!
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I'm not primarily jig fisherman, but I use them when I know that fishing a plastic lure wouldn't be the best way to go about it. And you're right about the bite. The biggest difference is that a jig is rock hard. The Bass takes it in and spits it right out. That's why you need to keep in contact with your jig. For me the bite 95% of the time is mushy, or barely noticeably. I usually feel the fish as I hop or drag the jig. And I do use Kevin's suggestion of a test pop when it hits the bottom. Caught many Bass that way. I've also had some really big LM swallow my jig on the way up which is one of the weirdest feelings you can get. It's nearly impossible to set the hook since the Bass was swiming up. Needless to say I've missed the vast majority of them. Even a few have broken the surface as I was reeling in my jig. So for me I prefer a wt'd plastic over a jig for working a lure slowly along a weed bed, but a jig along a rock wall as it's easier to hope over things. In holes it's either, but in laydowns it's always a jig.
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