I am going through my tackle and I have a box of these and I can't remember using them one time last year. I would use them all the time in the past but have learned so many other techniques that my worms have taken a back seat. I would always use them T-rigged with a bullet weight. Does anyone use these with regularity anymore? What season do you use them? I think I will break them out again this year.

I have an on and off relationship with these worms. I use Berkley Power Worms, and have for as long as I can remember. Seems like I use them a lot one year, then I don't for a couple years. They seem to shine for me in the same places I would toss a jig or creature but can't get bit on those, and they are still a favorite c-rig bait of mine.

Ribbon tail worms (Culprit are my favorites) are a real confidence bait for me. They can be fished in almost any conditions, structure & cover. It's rare that I can't coax a bite with one. Don't get stuck with a Texas rig, you can C-rig them, drop shot, weightless in shallow cover. I even use small worms for spinnerbait and jig trailers although I cut off the front 1/2 for some of these rigs. Use your imagination and you can show the fish something new.

I dont throw Ribbon Tail worms much, but when I do, I throw big ribbon tail worms when I am fishing deep.  I would like to throw them more often, but I never think about it because I have a box of all kinds of other stuff I have a lot of confidence in.

One of my GoTo's for a long time now has been the 6" Mr. Twister. They are dirt cheap and I've bought them in the 100 packs. I boil the tails and fish them as a swimming worm -just a killer bait and technique.

I caught my first bass on a purple power worm last year. And that was the first and last time I used them I don't know why I think I just read about to many other baits and wanted to try them all as fast as I could. Next season maybe I'll try to catch my first one on the same thing that would be kinda cool I guess since that first one has started an obsession with bass fishing. God I can't wait for spring.

If I had more rods I would always have a ribbon tail tied up May-October. I bet a ribbon tail accounts for more fish per year for me than any other lure.

They are an off and on lure for me too. 

I love a zoom or culprit ribbon tail when I want a worm that's still pretty finesse but gives them aittle more movement to feel, at least that's how I look at it...

I use the culprit 7.5s and the 10s I catch a lot of fish in the summer on them

I don't always fish ribbon tail worms, but when I do...It's a 10" Anaconda or Recon. Great for fishing deep.

Culprits in plain black and my favorite-brown maccuson- used those two for years in 6inch

A Texas rigged 10 inch Berkley Power Worm in Black is one of my most productive daytime mid-summer deep weedline producers of above average bass. 

 

And I'm always surprised just how many Brown bass will gobble that bait right up.

 

A-Jay

The only ribbon tail worms I carry with me are the Culprit 7.5" worm in black w/blue tail.

I plan on farting around with the 10" this summer.

Berkley power bait10" power worm in Motoroil. It's a killer TX rigged.

Berkley power worm 7 in purple

Zoom MAG II 9.5" or Ol Monster 10 or 12" in Tequila Sunrise.

 

I can always catch a fish on a tequila sunrise.

 

If the bite is tough or im getting short strikes i bite about 4" off  the 12" ol monsters.

 

I think ZOOM has hands down the best soft plastics.

 

Plum Apple

Red Bug

June Bug

 

are other good colors. IMO

 

 

 

Zoom u-tail in red shad. It has caught me so many fish It's unreal.

I'd be lost without some Zoom Ol' Monsters and Mag II worms. Black Grape, Plum Apple, Watermelon Red Magic are all great colors. 

 

The Rage Recon and 7" Andaconda in Red Bug is a great worm too. 

Florida is killer with worms. It works great around shoreline, and around holes in the day time. I use Culprit 7 to 10 inch worms and berkley. I been catching them on 7 in solid grape on a 1/4 ounch bullet head in the day time here. As well as june bug, watermelon-red, and BLACK. You can also use them weightless around light vegetation on a medium rod - I can cast them far on my set up. All black - 10 inch worm on the top - bass love it looks like a baby snake.

Culprit ribon tail, has done well for me here in Florida, even in the cooler months im stil getting hits on it

I like the 10" Anaconda

 

http://www.ragetail.com/news/03/rage-tail-anaconda-comments/

 

 

 

 I boil the tails

 

Best tip of the thread...

 

 

oe

I'm a fan of the missile baits tomahawk, the double ribbon tail give it a little bit of a different look than the standard ribbon tail

I fish them every summer, most of the time a 10" Powerworm. Last year tried the Big Bite Bait Kriet tail and fell in love with that bait as it seemed to produce a bigger average over the Powerworm . I will use both this year and see if that trend still continues . Here is a good write up on this bait  https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanother sitearchives.com%2Fbig-bite-baits-kriet-tail-worm%2F&ei=hui2VJr_G5b_sATjoILoBA&usg=AFQjCNHnNICgVBGqVjXXtMz-qHzIpArAXw&sig2=9I21qj9crnVzTxYBs-sPYw