I haven’t fished a plastic worm in close to 20 years. I’m specifically talking about the 10” arena of plastic worms. Are these best fished as a T-Rig hooping on the bottom or as a slower straight retrieve? 
 

I’ve ordered three packs of googan mondo worms in 10” in watermelon red, Red flake, and June bug. I’m really excited to see what I can do with them, but I keep finding myself wondering what the best method would be. I feel they are too long for my shaky head setups so I think T rigging them with a 3/8oz weight and a 4/0 hook would be good for some action. Maybe a lighter weight or even weightless?

 

What is your experience with worms this length?

I like to fish 10" worms t rigged and weightless. Usually, the hottest part of summer is when the big worms work well. 

3 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

I like to fish 10" worms t rigged and weightless. Usually, the hottest part of summer is when the big worms work well. 

Good! This is prime time then.

 

If you asked me to name one bad plastic worm, I'd probably come up empty.

To be sure, summertime is prime time for big plastic worms.

 

Roger

Big 10" worms like the Zoom Ol Monster are popular choices for fishing on a Carolina rig on deep ledges like the TVA chain lakes. Summer is prime time for this. 

I like 10" worms on either a Trig with a 4/0 EWG and 1/4-3/8oz weight or a swinging footbal head with the same hook and weights.

Rage Tail Thumper, Blue Fleck, T-rigged. Sometime a slow, steady retrieve, sometimes a gentle lift.

Most productive presentation has been ledge fishing on the Tennessee River.  Cast up river and let

the bait drift with the current.

 

Buddy caught this one yesterday on a Mister Twister Mag 12 worm , 3/16 Tungsten bullet weight,  and 7/0 Gamakatsu offset round bend hook. 17' deep weed line in 90 degree water.

I seldom T-rig them anymore. Either a swing head or a 1/2 oz. shaky head. Either the ol'monster  or net bait C mac in plumb , red shad,  plumb apple ect.. Now's the time for it around here.

 

Mister Twister Mag 12 Buzz Worm ?

All big worms (7” and up) are T rigged. 
 I dead stick a bit before and during a varying retrieve back, but always keeping in contact with the bottom. 
 

For me there are better options for swimming. 
 

 

 

 

Mike

3 hours ago, GreenPig said:

17' deep weed line in 90 degree water.

It is never too hot for a great big worm.

Summertime night fishing with a 10" black / blue flake power worm ranks right up there with some of my all time fun in the delta.  Just lightly flipping it in to every shadowed area in the tules can get some instant hammered baits.

5 hours ago, Guitarfish said:

Summertime night fishing with a 10" black / blue flake power worm ranks right up there with some of my all time fun in the delta.  Just lightly flipping it in to every shadowed area in the tules can get some instant hammered baits.

I have to ask, do fish see well at night? Well bass anyway.

22 minutes ago, NavyVet1204 said:

I have to ask, do fish see well at night? Well bass anyway.

Hate to be the one,

"  Largemouth bass have excellent night vision. The fish's eyes have much denser sets of light-gathering rods than do human eyes. It would seem that nature has equipped bass properly to feed at night as well as during the day.
   Do not think that because you can't see at night that the bass can't either. Their low-light vision is far superior to ours, plus they use other sensory organs such as their lateral line to locate and consume prey."

 

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing/nightfishing1.html

Does anyone troll or 'stroll' huge worms? is anyone using the 14.5 inch, or even 20 inch worms?

Had to look up Googan Mondo worms and it turns out to be a ribbon tail. Ribbon tails IMO are standard size worm with added thin ribbon tail. Berkely 10" Power worm would ba a better choice. 4/0 wide gap worm hook, not EWG should be good. Drag it on a C-rig, split rig or T-rig....let bass decide.

Tom

PS Uptons 9" dragon tail fishes bigger then a 10" ribbon tail.

On 8/4/2020 at 7:15 PM, MassBass said:

Does anyone troll or 'stroll' huge worms? is anyone using the 14.5 inch, or even 20 inch worms?

No on the troll or stroll. I fish the Bruiser Baits Da Big Nasty Worm 14.25".

Y'all inspired me to make a purchase

 

 

lets see how they do!

On 8/4/2020 at 7:15 PM, MassBass said:

Does anyone troll or 'stroll' huge worms? is anyone using the 14.5 inch, or even 20 inch worms?

Personally, I’ve never had a reason to use anything larger than 10”

 

 

 

Mike

I've been using 8 inch worms almost exclusively this year , they have been very effective .

Uptons Custom 9" &  13" Dragontails are hand pours that are soft the tend to float.

Tom

PS, Bonzai worms, have a few 10".

Tom

23 minutes ago, WRB said:

Uptons Custom 9" &  13" Dragontails are hand pours that are soft the tend to float.

Tom

PS, Bonzai worms, have a few 10".

Tom

Funny that you mention these.

I bought a soft plastic lot off of ebay and 2 packs of 10 inch Upton UC worms were included.

I never heard of them.

They are nice and I only have 3 or 4 left.

They fish great on a wobble-head type jig dragged around on the ledges and deep points

 

 

For sheer "numbers" of bass, you'd be very hard pressed to beat a 6" worm.

I typically fish worms larger than 6", but I have no way of knowing for sure,

whether large worms attract more large bass, or intimidate more small bass   

 

Roger