Just wondering if any of yall still fish the original ribbon tail,or c tail, u tail ect...  worms?  What is the best time of year to throw them? 

My go-to t-rig is a 7" ribbon-tail worm, Culprit, Power Bait, Yum, etc. Brand doesn't seem to make much difference.

 

Tom

Ya, i fish them

Curl tail, ribbon tail, straight tail, boot tail, Rage Tail, I throw em all

Not many fishing days go by where I don't use one... Learning to fish a true Texas rigged ribbon tail is a good idea for any bass fisherman. 

 

On the same note... They are not usually the hottest lure of the day for me.. but sometimes save me from a skunk and I have caught some nice ones with ribbon tails. Definitely have a place in my box. 

10 inch berkley power worms! 

Heck yeah I really like the powerworms!! Tequila sunrise is my favorite!

46 minutes ago, Jacob Krahenbil said:

Just wondering if any of yall still fish the original ribbon tail,or c tail, u tail ect...  worms?  What is the best time of year to throw them? 

all my life, any time

I use them in finesse presentations.  I probably have 20lbs of Yamamoto Pro-Senkos, Kut-Tail worms and curl tail worms, in my boat at all times.  I use them on a shakeyhead and dropshot.  

I do/will fish 'em on a TX rig, or smaller ribbon tails

on a mojo rig. But TBH I don't fish them too often 

anymore. Might should get back into them this year...

Yep. 7", 10", and 12". Its the basic staple of tex rig for me. 

Yes, I will fish them anywhere, anytime. Usually weighted:

-7"-10" ribbon tails on a regular texas rig.

-4"-6" curly tails on shakyheads, sliders and other finesse heads, like this owner bullet ultrahead:

I even still fish the 4-6" ones on an open hook jighead occasionally (the classic "jigworm") when the cover is limited to vegetation that isn't too heavy (cabbage especially), ripping them out of the weeds. 

A 7.5" Culprit is almost always going to be tied on and ready to go.  Very rare is the day when I won't throw that at some point.   Last year, my #1 day in terms of number of fish caught were on that rig. 

 

 

I love fishing curly tail worms! They work well for me early in the year especially. It's one of the first lures I use when I hit my local lake. It's almost cheater once the bass have moved up into the shallower water aND are around cover.

I usually tie on a 3/0 hook with a tungsten bullet weight and either use a 7" Berkley Power Worm or a 6" Big Bite Baits Kreit tail worm. 

As for colors, I keep it simple. Watermelon red or green pumpkin always workeep. Sometimes I try other colors for fun too. 

1 hour ago, Catt said:

I've happily fished both. The Mr Twister Phenom was a GoTo for me years ago, either swum or fished on the fall.

 

Then there's the ribbontails... That lower photo says it all! Man, my heart is thumping just looking at it. I fish a ribbontail as a swimming worm often. I swim it by cover and ambush spots and inside weed edges and... come to think of it outside weed edges too. I fish them for peri-spawn females, and for post-spawn females, and... gosh, I fish a swimming worm a LOT. It's simply a GoTo. I most often fish it T-rigged with light weight (Brewer Slider Head Pro, or 1/16oz bullet), high in the water column -not bottom-crawling, although they'll work there too like any other worm. Swimming a ribbontail is a big fish producer too, and it doesn't need to be a big worm. I actually like the Mr Twister 6" "grub" -it's actually a worm. See that lower picture? Killer.

@Paul Roberts I'll swim a worm before I'll swim a jig!

A Culprit 10" ribbon tail is one of my favorite summer baits. 

@Catt, I'll fish either. I bet I fish a swim-jig and swimming worm more than anything else, all told. Since most of my waters are shallow I often fish a swimming retrieve first, and up high, asking fish to come to me, to see how aggressive they are. If no go, I go deeper (more weight), often still swimming. If no go, I go "reaction". If no go, I start to go vertical.

 

Another important piece: You gotta boil the tails of those worms. They have to writhe at very slow speed.

 

Hmmm... dunno how that @ thing works.

Edited February 13, 20179 yr by Paul Roberts

3 hours ago, mwh33 said:

10 inch berkley power worms! 

x2. I love them in the summer on a C-rig

Yep,Always a Culprit and Rage Anaconda.From March on.

4 hours ago, Catt said:

Curl tail, ribbon tail, straight tail, boot tail, Rage Tail, I throw em all

Don't forget Cut Tail! 

10" ribbon tail  worm texas rigged on deep weed edges is probably my #1 producer on hot summer dog days. especialy  once the sun comes up and the shallow weed bite dies.

My personal best fish came on a 10" Powerworm.

6 inch Manns Jelly Wigglers . I use to buy them in 100 bags . 1983 , I was at the Manns store at Eufala and bought 6 100 count bags . I dont know if they make them anymore . 

   Black Grape , Blue and Motor oil .  I love to have a bag of motor oil now .