| Have you seen all those different fancy plastic worms | | | | worm in cold water in useless, that isn't true. It is one of |
| they havenow? I mean wow! They have ribbontail, | | | | my favorite lures in late fall and early winter. |
| grubs, curly tail, gator tail, and many more, all designed | | | | While curly tail worms drop straighter on the fall a |
| to catch lunker bass. Yet, there's one worm that | | | | straight tail worms glides from side to side and drifts. A |
| continues to do an amazing job and that no one should | | | | more erratic movement for sure will usually produce |
| be without....the straight tail worm. | | | | more bass. This is the worm to do just that, catch |
| Why the straight tail, there are many reasons but | | | | more bass! |
| here's just one good reason....versatility. The straight tail | | | | Many anglers will add a 1/4 ounce sinker to their |
| worm won it's fame from early day anglers fishing it in | | | | worms, a |
| timber filled lakes and reservoirs. It has more of an | | | | 1/8 or 3/16 ounce sinker will allow better action. Again, |
| erratic fall they other worms and that attracts bass. | | | | there is always an exception, on windy days or in |
| The straight tail worm is great for finding pre-spawn | | | | deep water a 1/4 ounce may be just the ticket you |
| bass, forbedding bass and post spawn bass on | | | | need to catch that lunker. |
| structure. It's a great lure to locate fish and to catch | | | | Hooks need to be smaller too. 3/0 hooks should be the |
| large numbers of bass, even though they may be a bit | | | | biggesthooks you use in most cases. I personally use |
| smaller than some lures produce. | | | | hooks from 1/0 to 3/0 depending on the size of the |
| These worms had a revival, so to speak, in the last | | | | worm I'm using at the time. I also like wide gap hooks |
| few yearsthanks to the drop-shot techniques but they | | | | instead of longer hooks than can kill the action. |
| have always been one of my favorites. When I | | | | The bite is a little different too, a lot more subtle. |
| moved to Florida years ago, I was using a straight tail | | | | Instead of getting the usual tap-tap-tap you might see |
| worm and several of my angler friends were making | | | | just line movement with no other indication |
| fun of it. They told me I might catch fish up North on | | | | whatsoever. Other times it just feels like your line is |
| that worm but not in Florida. It wasn't to long before | | | | caught on a small leaf and your dragging it through the |
| they had a different opinion, to say the least. | | | | water. |
| There are places to use other worms too, like in | | | | If you don't have a selection of straight tail worms in |
| muddy water,fishing in hot weather or around heavy | | | | yourarsenal of lures, you are missing some good |
| cover where vibrations are the key to attracting bass. | | | | fishing. As Mikeysays, "Try it you'll like it". |
| While many anglers will tell you that using a straight tail | | | | |