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I got some zoom watermelon worm last weekend and there already gone the bass are ripping them in half when I catch them is there any thing I can do to stop that or a different worm that is recommended for me to use

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What style are you fishing them? Wacky? If so, you can use a piece of shrink wrap from a local hardware store to place around the mid-section and hook thru it. Will save the worm from being destroyed (typically) by one fish. Should last a while.

The salted ones seem to tear apart real easy when hit hard. I would think the non salted would be a little tougher, and a quick little tidbit...don't leave them in the heat. I left a pack on the front of the boat in the morning and it was about 11 before I remembered. Let's just say that once they get hit..just get a new one lol.

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I will try the shrink wrap

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The sell rubber O rings just for wacky rigging that will get you more fish per bait from your wacky rigs. If you're T rigging and want more fish per bait you might try a Zman worm or some other Elastech style bait. If you do just make sure not to mix them with regular plastic worms because they will melt. 

buy more since they are working lol

Just the name of the game man. Be happy, it means you're catching fish. lol.

The sell rubber O rings just for wacky rigging that will get you more fish per bait from your wacky rigs. If you're T rigging and want more fish per bait you might try a Zman worm or some other Elastech style bait. If you do just make sure not to mix them with regular plastic worms because they will melt.

So that's why I had a melted zoom super chunk stuck to my Denny brauer elaztech chunk!

big fan of the watermelon color in any soft plastic myself 

Just the name of the game man. Be happy, it means you're catching fish. lol.

Exactly.

when i have streaks like that, Idc about about buying extras, lol but after I a while it sucks having to keep buying them. last year I was wacking them like crazy, ripping my GY senkos to crap, so i got some gander brand, boiled them to make em soft just like GY, still worked

When they start doing that when I'm fishing with trick worms, sinkos, or any other type of stick baits I just flip them around, it gives it a little bit of a different action but it still gets the job done.

I went on a search for O-rings, and in the fishermens supply stores they are very expensive.  I did some more searching and

found some alternatives.  Clear rubber tubing that is in the 3/8 id can be purchase in any hardward store.  It can be cut into

small O-rings with a sharp knife or razor blade.  Another is to cut black shrink wrap to fit over the worm.  Another is you can

go to a store that sell horse groom supplies.  They sell o-rings that are made for grooming horse mane.  Its about twice as

big as you need, but doubling it over and putting on a worm is easy.  I recently purchased 2 thousand for 2 dollars.  They

work just fine.

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You’ve got a choice to make ;)

 

You can either have lures in your tackle box or fish in your live well but you cannot have both!

I went on a search for O-rings, and in the fishermens supply stores they are very expensive.  I did some more searching and

found some alternatives.  Clear rubber tubing that is in the 3/8 id can be purchase in any hardward store.  It can be cut into

small O-rings with a sharp knife or razor blade.  Another is to cut black shrink wrap to fit over the worm.  Another is you can

go to a store that sell horse groom supplies.  They sell o-rings that are made for grooming horse mane.  Its about twice as

big as you need, but doubling it over and putting on a worm is easy.  I recently purchased 2 thousand for 2 dollars.  They

work just fine.

Don't go to a fishing store looking for O rings

 

Go to an auto supply store  or a hardware store

I think I pay about  5 cents a piece for them,   also places like Home Depot or Lowes carry them pretty cheap.

I use them when i wacky rig senkos and I bought a 100 count of o-rings off ebay for 5.00 dollars with free shipping.

You’ve got a choice to make ;)

 

You can either have lures in your tackle box or fish in your live well but you cannot have both!

 

Well said.

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