i did 2 things that improved my worm fishing tremendously.

bigger worms. i never throw a worm <12 inches.

slow down. i use a 3.8:1 curado and it forces me to slow down. you won't get as many bites, but the bites you get are usually better fish.

You are probably not fishing where the bigger fish are.

you need to be in that 10-20 of water thats were all my big bass come from , i will use a bead in dirty water and beadless in clear , i will use 2 retrieves one is shaky on the bottom and then hop it shake again , i will do this right back to the boat ,i also will do a one revolution of the reel and pause 5 seconds then do it again all the way back to the boat (kinda like dragging it ) , for me these 2 ways work very well for catching big bass , if i had to guess you should be fishing where the boat is sitting , my2cents

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As a fellow Floridian, I can tell you that before I started using rage tails, I used to use nothing but Culprits, thanks to my father. The 10" worms in Purple and red shad colors were all I needed for big FL bass, just make sure you fish it slow and if that isn't working, go slower. You can also try some megastrike attractant, It works!

i did 2 things that improved my worm fishing tremendously.

bigger worms. i never throw a worm <12 inches.

slow down. i use a 3.8:1 curado and it forces me to slow down. you won't get as many bites, but the bites you get are usually better fish.

One of these days I need to hook up with you to see that.  I just can't imagine using a reel that slow.  What do you do if a fish starts running right at you?  Just crank like all hell?