| Have you seen all those different fancy | | | | on the fall a straight tail worms glides from |
| plastic worms they have | | | | side to side and drifts. A more erratic |
| | | | movement for sure will usually produce more |
| now? I mean wow! They have ribbontail, | | | | bass. This is the worm to do just that, |
| grubs, curly tail, gator tail, and many more, | | | | catch more bass!Many anglers will add a 1/4 |
| all designed to catch lunker bass. Yet, | | | | ounce sinker to their worms, a |
| there's one worm that continues to do an | | | | |
| amazing job and that no one should be | | | | 1/8 or 3/16 ounce sinker will allow better |
| without....the straight tail worm.Why the | | | | action. Again, there is always an exception, |
| straight tail, there are many reasons but | | | | on windy days or in deep water a 1/4 ounce |
| here's just one good reason....versatility. | | | | may be just the ticket you need to catch that |
| The straight tail worm won it's fame from | | | | lunker.Hooks need to be smaller too. 3/0 |
| early day anglers fishing it in timber filled | | | | hooks should be the biggest |
| lakes and reservoirs. It has more of an | | | | |
| erratic fall they other worms and that | | | | hooks you use in most cases. I personally |
| attracts bass.The straight tail worm is great | | | | use hooks from 1/0 to 3/0 depending on the |
| for finding pre-spawn bass, for | | | | size of the worm I'm using at the time. I |
| | | | also like wide gap hooks instead of longer |
| bedding bass and post spawn bass on | | | | hooks than can kill the action.The bite is a |
| structure. It's a great lure to locate fish | | | | little different too, a lot more subtle. |
| and to catch large numbers of bass, even | | | | Instead of getting the usual tap-tap-tap you |
| though they may be a bit smaller than some | | | | might see just line movement with no other |
| lures produce.These worms had a revival, so | | | | indication whatsoever. Other times it just |
| to speak, in the last few years | | | | feels like your line is caught on a small |
| | | | leaf and your dragging it through the |
| thanks to the drop-shot techniques but they | | | | water.If you don't have a selection of |
| have always been one of my favorites. When I | | | | straight tail worms in your |
| moved to Florida years ago, I was using a | | | | |
| straight tail worm and several of my angler | | | | arsenal of lures, you are missing some good |
| friends were making fun of it. They told me | | | | fishing. As Mikey |
| I might catch fish up North on that worm but | | | | |
| not in Florida. It wasn't to long before | | | | says, "Try it you'll like it".Charles E. |
| they had a different opinion, to say the | | | | White has fished 50 years for bass from |
| least.There are places to use other worms | | | | California to Florida. In his lifetime, it |
| too, like in muddy water, | | | | is estimated that he has caught over 6,000 |
| | | | bass. His biggest bass is a 12 pound 14 ounce |
| fishing in hot weather or around heavy cover | | | | that hangs on his wall in his office. His |
| where vibrations are the key to attracting | | | | tips and techniques have helped many people |
| bass. While many anglers will tell you that | | | | who have never fished for bass before become |
| using a straight tail worm in cold water in | | | | successful anglers. |
| useless, that isn't true. It is one of my | | | | |
| favorite lures in late fall and early | | | | He also has fished with the Pros in Florida. |
| winter.While curly tail worms drop straighter | | | | |