Simply retrieve it at a slow, steady retrieve with a slow rise and fall of the rod tip. Simply cast it out let it sink to the desired depth and slowly reel it in! Yes, it is that simple! The secret is not to allow it to actually touch the bottom. The swimming technique is by far the easiest way to fish a plastic worm.

To bass, the lure may appear to be an eel, or baitfish regardless, because of all that swimming action fish can literally be pulled away from the structure and tempted into striking.

JOIN Lee Jr on his companies Facebook page here – īecause of its big profile will draw fish out of the grassįishing this way, the worm, because of its big profile will draw fish out of the grass or brush when other presentations fail. I often times put a small 1/8 or 3/16 ounce weight at the nose of the worm and fish deeper grass edges and brush piles in 10 to 15 feet of water. Because it has a larger profile and better visibility, you can fish it just about anywhere. It is ideal for shallow cover areas, and off the edges of weed lines. The action when swimming a 10-inch worm is amazingly life like and nearly compels the bass to strike.

When you are fishing one of these larger lures, you will also catch small bass, but when you are fishing a small lure, your chances of catching a big bass drop considerably. It has a big profile that is appealing to those fish. In stained or dark water that has heavy cover and a good number of quality fish, I will go with the 10-inch Worm. Watercolor and the size of the fish where your fishing will help you decide when it is time to rig up a giant worm. In certain situations, it is really the best choice. I feel these big plastics are more versatile than most anglers realize. I have caught many big bass (bass up to 10 pounds) on them. We all know that 10-inch worms are great big bass lures. However, swimming a big 10-inch worm over and around structure especially grass edges has been a well-kept secret of the pros for sometime now. All anglers know about them, but in recent times, traditional plastic-worm fishing has slipped quietly into the background, while tubes and finesse plastics gained momentum as prime tournament tools. Mention plastic worms to most bass anglers and they visualize slim-profile baits 6 or 7 inches long – the kind that were the soft-plastic staple for decades.

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