After doing a lot of night fishing I believe the bass are close to the shoreline in the dark eating eels. I shine a light at the waters edge it's loaded with eels. So this is why the 6" black plastic worm has been the number one bass bait for many decades. In the beginning of plastic worms we had natural or black at first. The purple then the red soon followed. (Creme worms) my uncle and cousin who received field and stream and outdoor life every month back then learned about the split shot rig. I learned it from them.

There was no internet.

I use the Zoom Trick worm a lot. Lot. But don't forget the Zoom Finesse worm, too. Will get bites when nothing else works and some big ones every now and then, too.

 

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I often think I'm the only one who uses Creme baits.  I like them all (scoundrels, midget crawlers, angle worms) and use some of their little panfish plastics as well. 

In my neck of the woods the Crème Scoundrel six inch purple with a white tail worm is lethal in grass.

 

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