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snake95 that's great! Yep, the Ditto Gator tail is a great worm. I liked grape the best

Maybe these are defective? Berkley are lower to mid range but I've used a couple over the years that I liked quite a bit. Lightning rod, and Series One worked well for me. Also, I don't know about the curve in rods l ike some talk about.Good rods should be straight as an arrow, or maybe I just never noticed before

I would suggest reading some stuff by Doug Hannon aka the bass professor. The plastic worm is one bait that bass can't remember. As A-Jay points out above, there are so many rigs out there, and they can all work at some time or another.

Texas rigged plastic worm

Hard for me to pick one. I guess it's an older ABU4600c I've had for a long time. But, I look at reels like tools. Lots of them will get the job done

Can't wait to throw these again! I've got pumpkin, pumpkin/ chartreuse and blk/blue. Another old favorite I'm bringing back this year. Texas rigged worked best for me.

Going through my stuff, I also found a bag of Ding - a Ling worms. It has Billy Westmorelands picture on the package. Only 2 left in the bag. A paddletail, segmented worm, can't remember when I bought those. Heck, I love all plastic worms. I've made so many threads on them, everybody's probably tired of talking about them! For me, still and always will be number one for bass!

The sluggo is another long lost one for me too. When they first came into my area years ago, they were red hot! Every tackle shop in the area sold out of them. When the Zoom Fluke came out, I think lots of guys switched to fishing those, mostly because of the more realistic minnow shape. But I'm sure the Sluggo will still catch em. Good luck fishing them. Let us know how it goes

Used to love Ditto Gator tail. For a few seasons years ago it was my favorite.

I forgot to mention, I stopped by Wal Mart the other night to pick up some medicine for my wife. Took a walk down the clearance isle, and found the Lucky Strike plastic worms marked down to 25cents per bag. I bought 10 bags- assorted colors 4" and 6". Spent a whole 2.50 plus tax. That's a deal you can't pass up! Ya, he's a cocky young greenhorn. I want to fish with him this summer and put a skunkin on him with some 20 yr old Mr. Twister phenom worms! See how he likes that business! He'll be runnin out to buy some soon after!

This will be the first year I really havnt bought much new tackle. I've spent some time going through my older stuff, and realized I've got a lot of things I've bought over the years, and for various reasons got away from. So, I'm using up some things I've had stored for years. I'll be throwing Culprit, Mr. Twister, and Mann's jelly worms, as well as the standard Zoom and roboworms, as well as some Zoom fat Albert grubs. Thanks to some recent threads about spinnerbaits, I'm going with some Beetle Spins, and standard single and double blade spinners. Same old topwaters too. I had set back a little money for a new Calcutta reel, but I'll hold off till next year. All my reels are working good, so it's not a must have item. I have bought and spoiled new line of course. A young co worker said I was putting myself at a disadvantage by not trying some of the newer lures out there. Disadvantage? These baits caught me a ton of fish years ago, and will catch em now just the same. I've simply accumulated so much tackle I need to use some of it up. What's left I'll use to stock up my grandsons box. I'm pumped about rediscovering the Zoom plastic lizard too. Used to catch the heck out of em with that bait years ago too. As has been said many times on this site: fish don't change, fisherman do. Were always looking for the hot new thing, when we probably already have the best! Ponds are thawing out now, warming weather is coming in. I can't wait to get out there!

Catt, my first casting out for was similar to yours. I too made it work for everything, and didn't know any different. When you learn on an outfit like this, you really appreciate a nice fast, light graphite rod no matter how long it is!

I've always kept them in the bags they come in. I put them in a large plastic tub, and take out various bags for fishing

Overcast days have always been good for me. In my experience bas tend to roam a little more, and become more active. The overcast sky is a form of cover

I've had plastic worms slide down hooks and up the line for a long time. I never gave it much thought. Just re rig and cast again

Glenn's videos are always good. These are the only videos I watch anymore

Getting ready is a big part of the fun of fishing. I'm still just as enthusiastic at 61 as I've ever been. Good luck out there.

I've been a carpenter for 30+ years, and I'd say you did a nice job

I never watch this stuff. It's a big waste of time

In one of the smaller lakes I fish, bass have a definite preference for baits that fall vertically, as opposed to baits that are retrieved steadily through the water. I realized this as I was looking through some notes. 70% of the fish were caught on a dropping bait. The lake is rimmed with moss, weeds, and a few logs, and blowdowns. Casting to the bank, or sometimes onto the bank, reeling a plastic worm slowly across the moss then letting it fall straight down at the edge is the top producer here. The fish will rarely strike if you start a bottom hopping retrieve. After one cast, let the bait drop. If no strike occurs, reel in and cast again a few feet away, and repeat this method. Folks who flip and pitch heavy cover have using this vertical style of fishing for years. My best bait has been a plastic worm, but a spinnerbait can be a great dropping lure too. Reel it slowly through the water, and when it nears a good piece of cover, kill the retrieve, letting it fall vertically. It's been known for a long time that bass like to get under baits and hit them as their falling through the water column. It catches fish better on this lake for sure. Why? Maybe I've simply found the fish, and this is the best presentation. Anyone else experience this, if so how are you fishing dropping lures. What baits and cover?

My grandson did very well with the menace on a shakey head one hot summer morning last year. I like them Texas rigged

Always remember: A couple of bags of plastic worms, some bullet weights, and some hooks are an economic way to fish, and will catch you a ton of bass

If I were to pick one lure for bass it's a Texas rigged plastic worm. For a universal catch all lure- a 1/8 oz marabou jig.

I'm no slowpoke! My wife likes to take her time, but I'll get her moving

My wife may want to fish with me this spring. I would love to master her getting ready faster. I can be ready to go in 15min. It takes her foreverrrrr!