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