Yes, you do.

Picked up a bunch of the big Anacondas yesterday, and decided to hit my lunchtime pond.  I had intentions of just chucking it out weightless, and burning it over the weed choked pond, but after all the rain, the pond was up about 4'!  

After a couple of casts, it was clear that some weight was needed.  I was letting it set in pockets, and although it was slowly sinking, the tail wasn't wiggling.  Instead of going with the typical free or pegged slip sinker, I decided all that was needed was a little quicker fall.

I pinched on a 1/4 oz. hook shank weight, I believe they were XPS weight, and the action was perfect.  If you fished it exactly like a classic t-rig ribbon tail worm, you get the same type of action, but in super slow motion, with that tail wiggling the whole time.

I even was able to trigger a strike retrieving it like soft jerkbait.  This is a very versatile plastic.  It gets a full time slot in my tackle bag.

Sick!

And deadly on the fish that had moved into the open pockets between the flooded shrubbery that was once the shoreline.  I'll be back after work to finish the job, LOL.

I've tried the Chunks, Craws, Shad, and now the Lobster and Space Monkey, and they all work well, are well made, but to be honest, while they had great action, and caught fish, they were just another brand in my tackle bag.  That's not a negative thing, I just happen to have A LOT of plastics.  

I'll probably keep buying the Space Monkeys, because I like the way they look, and they catch as well as anything else.  They are another bait that does multiple tricks.  They can be burned, like a plastic toad, or fished slowly on a c-rig, like a lizard, or even on a pegged rig for flipping pockets like a beaver.

The Anaconda, to me, that is another beast altogether.  That big tail just seems to keep this bait aloft so much better than other ribbon tails.  Speaking of the tail, it takes very little to get it moving.  I was originally thinking these might replace the plethora of 10" Power Worms in my box, but I think I just have to make room for one more "big fish bait."

Oh yeah, I christened my new combo with a 3-8 LMB

Did you know Rage Tail is contagious?

Yep, ya get a little on you and it starts

growing like kudzu!

8-)

I was wondering what those funny fins on my fingers were.....

Glad you like'em J and if you get a chance, pls take the time to fish it on a 5/0 1/8 to 3/16 keel weighted screwlok or twist lock hook. Over grass and slow fishing like picking thru it with a weighted tx rig is one of my favorite techniques. The bait settles on the top of the grass instead of penetrating it head first and with the horizontal fall with tail wagging above....it's hard for any fish to resist whether in grass or open water.

The slower fall rate and sultry action is often the key to strikes. Any big curl tail worm can be fished successfully this way but the Annie has a different and more obvious tail action.

I will often tip the end of the tail with a bright color for added flash....

Hope you enjoy it

Big O

www.ragetail.com

take the time to fish it on a 5/0 1/8 to 3/16 keel weighted screwlok or twist lock hook

that is basically what I did.  I have a pile of this style hook, but being on lunch, was pressed for time.  I happened to have some of the hook weights in my little hook box I carry, so that pinched on a 5/0 EWG was what it had to be.

The old highlight color on the tail is a good tip.

I'm clearing out a spot in my worm box for three colors, and adding room for the keel hooks tonight.  But only after I annihilate the pond after work, LOL.