Doing or using something wrong!?
Jan 10, 2020 00:47:10 #
Jonmaly
Loc: Porter Texas. 20 minutes north of Houston
You all hear from me all the time. I have been fishing rubber worms where's my new bass Pole in my work pond and Academy pond. I am using a worm hook with a LED slider head molded into the hook. I am getting bass bites and setting the hook to no avail! I fought a big fish that got away he spit the worm. The hook did not come out of the worm. Also again I set the hook on another fish and it ran with it. Again the hook did not come out. What is the proper Texas Rig to make this a sure thing that the hook comes out and penetrates into the fish?
Jan 10, 2020 01:00:20 #
Jan 10, 2020 01:20:09 #
When you rig the worm make sure the point of the hook comes out of the worm and then push it Back into the worm so that the plastic is already penetrated and hook point can easily travel thru the channel created when you pushed it out of the plastic worm.
Jan 10, 2020 06:31:42 #
Are they old rubber worms?
Sounds like the fish don't like the smell, taste or feel.
Sounds like the fish don't like the smell, taste or feel.
Jan 11, 2020 11:22:55 #
Jonmaly wrote:
You all hear from me all the time. I have been fis... (show quote)
If you're using monofilament line then it may be stretching when you set the hook and not getting enough force at the hook to penetrate the fish's mouth. Or it could be that you just need to set the hook much harder--and more than once--because the fish has its mouth clamped tightly around your lure and you're not putting enough force on it to pull it out and penetrate the flesh on its way out. Try setting the hook as hard as you can and often, especially if your using stretchy line. The other possibility is that the fish has grabbed the worm by its tail and hasn't had time to get the hook in its mouth. When you detect a strike, count to three before setting the hook--hard!
Jan 11, 2020 13:05:02 #
Jonmaly
Loc: Porter Texas. 20 minutes north of Houston
doc alden wrote:
If you're using monofilament line then it may be s... (show quote)
Thank you all make sense
Jan 11, 2020 14:04:57 #
Ron620DVS
Loc: Guntersville Alabama
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Check this video out it may have resolve some of your issues with being able to hook a plastic worm 🐛 on a fishing Hook.
They don’t call them “Rubber Worms” any more, they call them plastic worms... If you are using really very old “RUBBER WORMS 🐛 “ that may be one of your problems. Buy some new plastic worms 🐛 and view the video, hope that this can help you with the issue.. Good luck 🍀 go catch a fish 🐠 and tell us about your catch..
🎣🐠🐟
https://youtu.be/sVWaY_l_3Mg
Jan 11, 2020 21:52:32 #
The guys on Tactical Bassin had a video on this and they said , " run your hook all the way through your worm then barely skin the point of the hook back in the worm. When you cast out your worm let it sink to the bottom. Wait a few seconds and tighten your line up with the rod pointing down towards the water. Now, slowly lift your rod to drag your worm along the bottom, stop. Reel back down to the water and slowly lift your rod again. When you feel a fish bite, drop your rod tip toward the water and reel up the slack, then set the hook really hard AND don't stop reeling. Keep constant pressure on the fish, no pumping the rod." Anyway that is what the pros said about your dilemma. I plan on trying it more like that when I go again. Hope it helps. I saw the video on this site from one of the posts on here. Worth watchin.
Jan 11, 2020 22:19:07 #
Jan 11, 2020 22:55:45 #
BILLBYRD1
Loc: Prattville Al
You can hook the worm on the side called skin hooking are here. You don't have as much of the worm for the hook to go through.
Jan 12, 2020 09:46:56 #
jfbanzai
Loc: Menomonie, Wisconsin
I had this type of issue several years ago and switched to extra wide gap hooks. It allows the worm, or whatever soft plastic, to give enough to expose the hook. I very seldom miss a fish now. You still have to let them take it a bit so it is in their mouth when you set the hook, but you will hook them. My go to is a 5/0 EWG worm hook, but I go up or down in size depending on the bait.
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