Do real live worms catch more fish then plastics or lures?

No.

Depends on where you fish

I refuse to touch live worm.eww

They certainly can but just like artificials night crawlers and the like do best when retrieved

The panfish usually aniline the worm first but get yourself a bucket of shiners and go to town.

56 minutes ago, JustJames said:

I refuse to touch live worm.eww

 

 

LOL!

Thanks JT, James broke right into his "Valley Boy" accent.

 

Hysterical! Nothing personal James, just funny the way you reacted!

Depends on what you are trying to catch. Pan fish, sure. Bass, no.

Today my wife, 13yr old son, and I went to a local private pond we have permission to fish.  My son caught a 14in largemouth on a white Rooster Tail spinner.  My wife caught a 10in smallmouth bass using a #6 hook with a nightcrawler and a bobber.  We catch a ton of fish with the spinners.  I wouldn't place a bet on seeing another smallie pulling on a worm and bobber.  

I used to catch lots of bass pitching weightless live nightcrawlers to docks on light spinning tackle, some big ones too. If the fishing is tough, there's a good chance I could catch more fish doing that than I could with a wacky rigged senko or whatever other bait someone wants to try. Most days, an artificial in the hands of a skilled fisherman is going to out produce live bait because they can be presented faster and in places/ways that live bait cannot. 

22 hours ago, Peddiesake said:

The panfish usually aniline the worm first but get yourself a bucket of shiners and go to town.

This x10. Of course each body of water is different but I find this to hold true at 95% of locations.  Private ponds might be the exception b/c bass can occupy/dominate every nook and cranny of it. 

If you're targeting whatever bites, 98% of the time you'll catch some kind of panfish. I've got bass on live nightcrawlers in the middle of a school of bluegill

On 7/8/2017 at 1:30 PM, Peddiesake said:

The panfish usually aniline the worm first but get yourself a bucket of shiners and go to town.

Did you mean annihilate?

On 7/8/2017 at 10:39 AM, JustJames said:

I refuse to touch live worm.eww

 

What about a dead worm?

They work on different kinds of fish usually the small ones like the live bait. I have had luck with the green night crawlers I usually go to the river and have a pretty good day catching drum fish and caught a couple northern too.