Something between 5/0 and 7/0 should be about right.Įvery so often, though, I’ll put them on a wobble head. Wide Gap VMC Ike ApprovedĪbout 80 percent of the time I fish them on a standard-type Texas rig with a pegged 5/16 or 3/8-ounce VMC Tungsten Worm Weight. Not everyone will agree with my thinking about how bass eat in the summertime but I believe it, and so I’ll say it. The other reason is that bass aren’t eating as often as they were in the spring, but they’re eating more at one time. Everything the bass are eating has been growing for several months. The first is that it’s getting later in the year. But I also fish these long worms even when I’m targeting bass that aren’t all that big. I mentioned big bass in the title of this blog because these big worms will catch them and because big is what everyone wants. Otherwise I go for a purple hue of some kind or maybe black if the water’s nasty looking. What any manufacturer calls it is unimportant so long as it looks like the real thing.

My first choice is always something natural. My color choices are about as simple as you can get. That gives them a more natural action and a more reliable hookset. That’s just enough to let me rig them with the flat side down. Power Worms have a flat side on them that’s about a quarter of their circumference. The reason is that most big worms are round. I have used their Powerbait Power Worms exclusively for years. All my worms, other than the custom jobs, are made by Berkley. And, in my case I even have some custom ones that are around 15 inches.

When I’m talking about big worms I’m talking about ones anywhere from 8 to 12 inches long.

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