Any of you guys used the Old Monster with success?  If so, how did you fish them, t-rig, splitshot, jig head, etc?

A couple of the lakes I fish are seeing a lot of Trick Worms and smaller finesse worms and thought I might try throwing something different at them.

thanks in advance,

FD

i always T-rig with a weight if i want to fish the bottom.  I also rig them weightless and use them like a top water snake.  I don't see why a guy couldn't use one on a jighead also though.

Jason

Ol' Monsters are a mainstay in my tacklebag. They work great T-rigged, And are a big fish bait as well.

I usually t-rig them but I do use them on a carolina rig sometimes. When I t-rig them I usually throw them at night. They are a good big fish lure but I have caught some fish that were the same size as the worm.

Texas rig or Carolina Rig.  I like to fish these in the lakes we fish that have larger size limits, such as Patoka, Barkley or Raccoon.  I mainly use them in summer in deeper water on points, drop offs, channels or next to grass edges.

Brad

Fished an ABA at Guntersville today as a matter of fact.  My partner gives me a Green Pumpkin Ole Monster to try.  I tie it on with a 1/2 oz screw in weight,  bumped it over something on bottom, and it got murdered.   My partner feels me and hears me swing on this fish and grabs the net.  It comes straight up from about 22', is so fat it only gets 1' out of the water, and slings the rig back at me.  When I saw that fish jump, and that worm come flying back, I fell to my knees, with my head down staring at the deck for at least 2 minutes.  That was the biggest fish I have ever had a hook in (or thought I had a hook in). That fish would have gone 8 easy, possibly 10.  A few cast later, I had another one almost break my arm off, but it happened so fast I had no time to react.  

So I would suggest get you some of those and I suggest a 7' heavy rod, I was using a 6'6" medium heavy.

Around here the dinks like to bite off the tails.

Around here the dinks like to bite off the tails.

Bingo...I was out using them last weekend fishing with Dink. We were getting a lot of bluegill nipping at the tails and even hooked some bass that were about as big as the worm. But make mistake...these are bigger fish baits. We were using them t-rigged, unpegged, with a bead fishing them on a big 5/0 Owner or Gamakatsu Extra Wide Gap Hooks. Dink caught some pretty good fish on it. We were throwing them shallow jumping them around stumps and through laydowns. When he got a bite you could see the line mving as the bass was trying to carry the worm off, then he nailed 'em. It was fun to watch.

I don't use the Zoom plastics but I've got plenty of 11" worms in either Lucky Strike Sneaky Snakes or an out of business company called Big Bite.  I fish them T-rigged with at least a 5/0 hook, sometimes a 6.  You can throw them C-rigged as well.

I t-rig them on a 5/0 hook with a tru-tungsten 3/8oz. weight. The bass love them. My son caught a 8" bass on one. Not sure what it was thinking.

Thanks for the replies fellas.

Looks like I may have to add these to the tackle box.

I have a couple spots where this bigger bait might be the ticket...

FD

I don't use the Zoom plastics but I've got plenty of 11" worms in either Lucky Strike Sneaky Snakes or an out of business company called Big Bite. I fish them T-rigged with at least a 5/0 hook, sometimes a 6. You can throw them C-rigged as well.

bites tongue  

Hush your mouth, Val!  I was actually throwing a 2.5" toothpick worm with a 1/128th bullet crimp-on matched with a salmon-egg hook.   Heeheeheehehhehe.

Me likes 'em Ol' Monsters.

dink