I was fishing with a friend yesterday,and from the back of the boat,he caught seven bass.I caught none.He was using some type of lizard,I was determine to catch a bass,wacky worming.I had plenty of hits,but who knows if they were bass.The fish would run with the worm,I set the hook,but nothing.One fish ran about ten feet,had the line tight.I set the hook,but no fish.My friend thinks that the fish are hitting the tail of the worm,using the wacky style,and not getting the hook.He said a bass will attack the head of it's prey,for a quick kill.So with wacky fishing,how do the bass grab the worm?I hope that i'm making sense,so I can get an answer.

Simply put..................you were being toyed with by panfish.

Simply put..................you were being toyed with by panfish.

Yup, most likely there was a school of rock bass or perch grabbing the end.

The sunnies will grab the bait, run for a couple of feet and then drop the bait. 

Simply put..................you were being toyed with by panfish.

Agreed.

Yeah, bluegill are bad about doing that.

Simply put..................you were being toyed with by panfish.

My thought exactly...Not knowing what size senko you were useing, the first thing I would do is switch to the smallest one you have. A 4" one will give less wiggle but it also will give a smaller target to hit.

Worst case you'll catch a few.

Mike

Simply put..................you were being toyed with by panfish.

 

My thoughts exactly.

You didn't mention what type of worm you were using, but I've had panfish just try to massacre a finesse worm, trick worm, shad-shaped worm or senko. I usually notice the line swimming away followed by a machine gun tap-tap-tap.

 

I've also had small dink bass do the same (except without the multiple taps). Sometimes they can't get their mouth around the whole bait, but it's probably better that they aren't hooking up. Unless you're going after dinks.