I'm curious about this soft plastic : What are your favorite rigging tips , retrieves , where to use them , etc. ?

Speed worm has been my goto for over a year now.

 

Texas rigged on a 3/0 straight shank round bend hook with a 1/8 oz bullet weight.

 

Casting, flipping, & pitching it in shallow vegetation of the marshes around south Louisiana.

 

Quiet often I'll speed reel it on top like a frog!

my favorite way is to speed reel it across the top. I have never really put much effort into trying it anyway else.

I have been using the Ultravibe speed worms and Mag Speed worms for the last 4-5 years instead of using Buzz baits and usually try them on top first instead of a toad. I also like to wake them right under the surface, kill them and let them fall, and I find they always work better with some weight to get the tail moving.

 

I usually use 3/0 BPS Superlock hooks or 4/0 Offset Owner straight shank hooks for the regular speed worms, 1/16-1/8 for buzzing on top, and I will pitch them like any other soft bait with heavier weights. I used to use weighted hooks but now I like to peg a worm weight and for color I only use Junebug, Green Pumpkin, and Watermelon red.

 

I also love the Mag sized worm for longer casts, I think I use a 5/0-6/0 Heavy guage hook and go weightless at times, or light 1/16-1/8 pegged. 

 

If you lose the tail of your worm, now you have a pro Senko and it still will catch fish. You can also take any paddle tail worm and make the notch to get the buzzing action, or you can just use the standard paddle tail speed worms which I prefer for Pitching. Good Jig Trailers also.

 

Zoom is good stuff. The Gambler Burner worms are also a good option for a bigger profile and they make some awesome colors like Houdini shades I like.

its really good around laydowns. i kinda slow roll it through a laydown.

Great replies - appears to be a pretty versatile soft plastic ! 

3 hours ago, Catt said:

Speed worm has been my goto for over a year now.

 

Texas rigged on a 3/0 straight shank round bend hook with a 1/8 oz bullet weight.

 

Casting, flipping, & pitching it in shallow vegetation of the marshes around south Louisiana.

 

Quiet often I'll speed reel it on top like a frog!

Exactly!!! Friend of mine introduced me to speed worms over a decade ago. At the time we were using them on the surface as finesse buzz baits around grass and lily pads. They're a killer. 

 

Since then, I started using them on light t rigs. Lately, I've been using them on 1/16 - 1/8 oz shakey heads. Work great this way too. 

 

 

One of my favorite baits, kind of like ViseGrips®, I fish it like a senko, buzzbait, frog, or swimbait depending on what's going on.

I like to fish them like a swim bait. I'll rig them on an ewg with a pegged 1/4 Oz tungsten weight and burn them around shallow grass beds.