Trick worm and PTL Ticklers

Ol monster, mag 2, fat baby finesse worm, trick worm, centipede. I have a ton of confidence in those in various situations.

I have some Bass pro tournament series ribbon tails (7") and they seem to do almost as well as a Senko type bait, in other words they are hugely successful at catching bass.

Zoom: dead ringer, big dead ringer, magnum finesse , and the z- hog.

 

Mann's: auger tail.

 

Rebel: ring worms and rednecks.

On 5/7/2019 at 5:35 PM, Choporoz said:

Swimmer: Rage Tail Cut R

Curly tail: Rage Tail Anaconda 

Shakey: Reins Swamp Mover

 

I use lots of others,  but those 3 are far and above the rest.

 

Hard to beat that Anaconda.

Strike King - Rage Tail Anaconda(s)

Roboworm(s)

Zoom - Trickworm(s)

There are plenty of different ones that come to mind, but if there could only be one, it would be a 6" straight tail. Preferably in some shade of purple (Junebug is nice) with a 3/16 tungsten bullet weight T-Rigged with a 2/0 Gammy RB hook.

Manns 6 " purple jelly worm and original culprits

yep,, used to love the Manns 6" Blue Jelly worms with a red tail,,, fished em wading in ponds and lakes as a kid on spinning tackle,,, no weight,,, would watch that red tail,,, when it disappeared JERK !   fish on !

Any of the zoom u-tails, are super where I fish, I like the speed vibes also

I like straight tail worms a lot but have trouble with line twist . I still use them a  lot   . Now , a curltail like the Phenom rigged with the tail pointed down pretty much eliminates twist .

It would be easier to list the worms I don't have confidence in....

 

...and the list would consist entirely of the ones i've never fished.

 

I don't think there is such a thing as a bad worm.

54 minutes ago, MIbassyaker said:

I don't think there is such a thing as a bad worm.

Hmm...

 

Why spend your valuable time fishing just "any worm" when there are proven exceptional worms?

 

 

2 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Hmm...

 

Why spend your valuable time fishing just "any worm" when there are proven exceptional worms?

 

 

 

I didn't say that, though, did I.

 

 

my mileage ... i've fished the berkley power worm ... mister twister ... creme ... culprit ...bass pro shops ... mann's jelly worm ... luck e strike ... gambler's ... walmart renegade ... and others that are long gone and forgotten ... all good to excellent worms ...

 

but the best without hesitation is the Zoom Trick Worm ... 

 

good fishing ...

Any of the ribbed worms, Grandebass Rattlesnake, Big Bite Coontail, Hags Tornado. They produce when others don't consistently for me. Brian.

case plastics big momma - 11" can be shortened at any segment - that and zoom trick are my favorites -

Don't mention dead ringer, it's junk, doesn't catch fish at all. 

Zoom Mag Shakey Head and Grande Bass Air Tails

Zoom trick worms wacky rigged, not sure it counts but gulp 3 or 5” leach dropshot, berkley powerworm t rigged, 5” curlytail worm in black with a chart tail gets me tough bites

Small straight tails: Iovino and Reins

Bigger straight tails: Upton

Curly tails: Zoom and Culprit

 

Pretty sure I could catch em on just about any worm out there though 

2 hours ago, NittyGrittyBoy said:

Don't mention dead ringer, it's junk, doesn't catch fish at all. 

The first time I ordered the 6" dead ringer, I was disappointed that the additional 2" was basically all tail.  I had wanted a longer worm with the same small tail as the 4" model.

 

Then I caught my PB on it and stopped worrying about it.

Zoom Trick Worm is my go to worm. Change colors depending on where I am fishing. 

Zoom finesse worm

Zoom mag II

Original Creme scoundrel 

Mann’s 8” jelly worm

I like trick worms (straight tail worms) of lots of different brands and varieties and do well on most of them, I have used and will continue to use 7.5 and 10” culprit ribbon tails. I like zoom ultra vibe speed worms. I just picked up some of the rage tail cut R worms and am hoping they work as well as I’ve seen, similar to a magnum speed worm best I can tell. 

     Honestly not a lot of worms that I have used that seem to just NOT work. 

@OCdockskipper Dead ringer is a all time go to for me, I even dropshot with them. Solid producing bait, but it rarely gets mentioned at all. Dat tail tho...

 

But I kinda like it that way ?