Redneck Engineering

[Rodman_Rob]

I was driving past a pond earlier this week and had about 5 minutes to kill so I figured I stop, check out the water level, clarity, etc. While out on the pier I noticed somebody had left a used plastic worm. Even though it appeared to be an ordinary plastic worm I picked it up (the bait monkey told me to). Upon further inspection I noticed what appeared to be Redneck Engineering at its FINEST! Apparently this Redneck had an IQ higher than a 12 pack. What they did was cut a slit in the body of the worm, hollowed out part of the worm then inserted a wad of absorbant material. They then glued everything back together. I'm not exactly sure what this material was but it was somewhat like a cottonball/dobbie pad mix. It was absorbant so it would hold the scent longer, but it was also more firm than a cotton ball but a little softer than a dobbie pad. This material did a good job adding a texture to the worm. It was now harder than your typical plastic worm, but now firm and a little course, but not too firm.

[crankybait]

i had an idea like that, only with alka seltzer and a small hole leading to the seltzer. unfortunately i couldnt get it stuck back together

[cullin8s]

old idea, they called them "kangaroo" worms but it was fad in the 80's, you can probably find pictures on google. They weren't a bad idea, but they also didn't seem to get any more bites than other worms no matter what you put in the "pouch"

[Captmikestarrett]

Culprit marketed a worm just like that about eight years ago. Called the "sticky worm" with loop (velcro) materal on one side so the worm would hold scent and get stuck in a basses teeth.

Capt Mike

[JB]

I remember having those culprits and also the kangaroo pouch idea, wasn't bad for inserting glass bead of rattles

[Raul]

Capt. I have some of those sticky worms left, I stepped on them by pure necessity, I needed 7.5 in Culprit ribbon tail worms in red shad but they didn´t have the "regular" ones at Academy, I looked at those and purchased a couple of bags, not because they were "sticky" just beacues they were ribbon tails in red shad with a piece of velcro, they worked fine......as regular 7.5 in ribbontails, as for the stickiness, oh well, nothing ever got "sticked" to them that´s for shure.

[Mac3]

Putting small pieces of balsa wood into the back end of weighted worms would make the tail of the worm rise up off the bottom. I always attributed this tip to the southern way of home made tricks.

Also, from Kentucky, I met a man who, as a boy, would run white thread pieces through raisins with a fine needle...and after the individual raisins were threaded through the sides several times, would impale the raisin on a small hook. They then were set out on a board on the back porch sunlight to dry. After several days, the raisins were shrunk and dry...... They fished these home made spiders successfully for bream.

[Rodman_Rob]

Originally Posted by Mac3

Putting small pieces of balsa wood into the back end of weighted worms would make the tail of the worm rise up off the bottom. I always attributed this tip to the southern way of home made tricks.

Also, from Kentucky, I met a man who, as a boy, would run white thread pieces through raisins with a fine needle...and after the individual raisins were threaded through the sides several times, would impale the raisin on a small hook. They then were set out on a board on the back porch sunlight to dry. After several days, the raisins were shrunk and dry...... They fished these home made spiders successfully for bream.

I like the spider idea, keep 'em coming.

[crankybait]

spider has been done. mymomisbeckybaits did that