Hey y'all,

 

Uh, is this a thing? Y'all find it productive? I once watched a video with richard gene where he took the tail of a trick worm and scissored it to split it and claimed it'll catch the heck out of bass. My bass appear to now turn their noses up at any worms that paddles or ribbons or moves aggressively in general so I'm wondering if this switch could help me catch some more bass. 

Yes !!! Works with finesse worms and sluggo too. I know, you’re too young to remember sluggo 

Just now, TnRiver46 said:

I know, you’re too young to remember sluggo

You're gonna love this. Gimme one second

2 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

You're gonna love this. Gimme one second

@TnRiver46 boom. Courtesy of Aberdeen Bait and Tackle approximately..... 4-5 years ago?? It's been a while. 

I weightless texas rig them sometimes. I do it often for my boy, who is 4, and he has caught bass on them. All of the sudden we hear this splashing and commotion right at the bank.. yep he's got an angry bass on the line. He holds on tight and I help him land it. I don't know exactly how he does it, flogging the bushes and brush and water, but then gets a fish to bite. Relentless determination, all while I can't buy a bite with a senko.

I ran out of stick baits in my bank fishing carry all and threaded a pumpkin trick worm (regular pumpkin not green pumpkin) and dipped it in chartreuse and I wore that worm out in about 5 minutes catching 5 fish on 5 casts and the last one was a 4 lber!

 

I think I was using 12 lb red label and a 1/8 oz lead bullet sinker unpegged.  

 

I fish trick worms t rigged a lot more after that day.

Love trick worms. Weirdly, I only fish them two ways:

 

- unweighted texas rig; or

- shakyhead

Here we are with one such bass caught by the boy.

One of the reasons I love plastics is there are so many things you can do with them & they all catch. 

Some guys like to snip off about 1/8" off the head of the trick worms, to have the sinker sit flush. But you don't have to do this. They catch fish either way.

 

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

he scissored it 

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1 minute ago, KP Duty said:

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Bruh
 

Somebody get this man some help

 

I've had great days Texas rigging them with 1/8 or 1/16 oz bullet weights. I've never tried to become a genius with it by splitting the tail though, highly, highly doubt that makes any difference at all. Some people try to get smart so their name is attached if it works.

I did try it a couple years ago but it seemed to lower the catch rate instead of increase it. That was just one evening on my local river though so your results may be different. 

I often split the tail using a safety razor by pushing the blade straight down the center of the tail works good. Scissors can’t cut straight.

Tom

I usually throw mine on a spinning rod Texas rigged and using 1/16oz sinker. I have never tried splitting the the tail to see how that worked.

I mean the Mann's Jelly Worm is a texas rig bait for a lot of us, it's basically just a giant trick worm. I've never had any luck on a texas rigged trick worm, but I also haven't fished it much

Today I caught a few with a weightless T-rigged Trick Worm Watermelon Red Flake on 8 lb. test 6'9" medium action rod spinning reel setup.

10 hours ago, thediscochef said:

I mean the Mann's Jelly Worm is a texas rig bait for a lot of us, it's basically just a giant trick worm.

 

Jelly Worms are paddletail, Trick Worm are straight tail.

 

13 hours ago, WRB said:

I often split the tail using a safety razor

 

X-Acto Knife

 

 

How far up do ya split them @Catt…….I’ve never heard of this. 

7 hours ago, Fishlegs said:

38 minutes ago, GRiver said:

How far up do ya split them @Catt…….I’ve never heard of this. 

 

I don't ?

 

I have but never seen an instance where it helped. Oh it'll get bit for sure but so does one that's not cut. 

17 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Yes !!! Works with finesse worms and sluggo too. I know, you’re too young to remember sluggo 

Oh my. A weightless Zoom Trick TR on a spinning rig is one of my go-to’s. A Gamakatsu 3/0 EWG and a Zoom Trick catches bass. Too many colors that work to list. I’ll twitch it. Drag it slow on the bottom. Swim it. Pull it over sunken wood. Let it drift with the boat. 
 

I caught my 2nd biggest bass (over 5 lbs) on a weightless Zoom Trick while fishing off the bank. Just let it sink and turned the reel handle slowly two cranks every ten seconds. Hit it like a freight train. 

Let me please specify. By Texas rig, I mean with the bullet weight. Not a worm rigged weightless, Texas style