Giant Plastic Worms

Giant Worm "Craze"


Some of us have been tossing 12"+ worms for years but there is a new craze for these in the bass fishing world.  I guess our secret is out!!

Giant worms?  What are they?  10+ inch plastic worms.  Some have straight tails, others have ribbon or curl tails.  I have more experience with ribbon tails and, IMO, the beefier the better.  I primarily use these on my home lake of Lake Jacomo which has coontail, milfoil, and tons of laydowns.  The bass get tight to these forms of cover pretty much year round.  You can flip finesse baits and catch fish but not the 4+ pounders you're looking for in a tournament (it regularly takes 12+ lbs to win with a 4 fish limit).

Solution - throw giant worms.  The large profile gives the bass a good target to home in on.  The abundance of large crayfish, shad, and bluegill makes the larger bait "believable" to the bass.  In addition, you'll stop those sub-legal length fish from biting.  In short, you will get less bites total but more quality bites.

Another great application for these giants is deep water points and ledges in the summer time.  Some of my best summer time bass come on deep main lake points, night fishing a giant black worm.

I like to toss my big worms on a 6'10" Abu Garcia Vendetta Medium Heavy rod paired with a 6.4:1 Revo SX spooled with 17-20lb fluorocarbon.

I rig a non-pegged tungsten bullet weight (1/4 - 5/8oz depending on depth, desired rate of fall, etc).  I tie on an Owner Oversized Worm hook; 7/0 for 10-12" worms & 11/0 for anything larger.  Some will tell you this hook is way to big, overkill, yada yada yada.  Trust me on this one.  You WILL increase your hookup ratio by going to this hook.  Awesome, awesome big worm hook.

Next time you're on a fishery with large prey species, good cover, or deep water ledges, try tossing a giant worm.  You won't be disappointed.

Owner hooks:
http://www.ownerhooks.com/products/hooks/basshooks.htm

Absolutely the best insert-free tungsten weights out there:
http://www.alleystungsten.com/Insert_Free_Tungsten_Weights.html

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