Fishing with a 10” worm
Jul 24, 2019 17:33:26 #
I do a lot of bass fishing a night with a 10” black curly tail worm. I have caught about 10 bass at night but there is sometimes when I reel my worm in I miss the fish. I can feel a tug on my line but when I go set the hook I miss the fish. What am I doing wrong?
Jul 24, 2019 21:46:11 #
Your probably not doing anything wrong. Fish sometimes make a short strike. You might could add what’s called a stringer (basically a circle hook a little smaller than your main hook) to your worm maybe about 3/4 toward the back of your worm to reduce the number of short strikes.
Jul 24, 2019 22:40:18 #
Jul 24, 2019 23:20:18 #
Does the stringer hook to my main hook and do I use like a leader from the main hook to the stringer hook?
Jul 25, 2019 00:41:44 #
Yes that’s correct. Make sure you leave enough slack in you line to the stinger that it doesn’t affect the action of your worm.
Jul 25, 2019 01:25:39 #
Thanks. I think that will work because it’s like a trailer hook. I use trailer hooks on my spinnerbaits when they short strike. I never heard of a stringer for a worm but it does make sense. Thank you very much for the advice.
Jul 25, 2019 01:52:43 #
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Jul 25, 2019 21:39:55 #
20mules
Loc: Chesaw, Washington
Back in the 1960's this Mountain boy from Eastern Washington State was stationed at Homestead AFB in Florida. I had a terrible time trying to catch Bass in the canals there until a local friend told me to stop fishing the way I was and when I felt a fish take the bait, open the bail on my ultra light spinning reel and let the fish go wherever it wanted. when the line stopped moving close the bail take up a little slack, not tight, and when it started to move again set the hook. My catch numbers really went up. He said those Bass would take hold of the bait and swim off with it in their mouth and then stop to actually eat it. Made sense to me and it worked.
Jul 26, 2019 21:58:21 #
That does make a lot of sense. So when I feel the tug do I need to stop my reeling and just let the worm set on the bottom?
Jul 26, 2019 22:49:53 #
20mules
Loc: Chesaw, Washington
That was about 50 years ago and my memory is not as it used to be but if I recall right when I felt the strike I would open the bail and let the fish go wherever it wanted. You do have to learn the difference between a let's kinda take this thing off somewhere to eat it and a bait gulping hit which means set the hook now instead of breaking out in a sweat trying to figure just what is going on at the hook end and when to set it.
Jul 26, 2019 22:54:54 #
Thank you very much for the advice. I bet over the last 50 years of fishing you have caught a lot of fish. It’s good to get advice from some that has been fishing that long. If you have anymore advice to give me please pass it along.
Jul 26, 2019 23:04:20 #
20mules
Loc: Chesaw, Washington
You're welcome but remember, any advise someone gives you about their experience is just exactly that THEIR experience. It worked for them and it may or may not work for you so take it and adapt it to your way of doing things or circumstances.
Jul 26, 2019 23:08:59 #
Jul 27, 2019 00:47:04 #
If Im getting short strikes, I like to spray some anus, or garlic on my soft plastic only at the top of the bait not the bottom, makes the fishbite better z
And you will hook up a lot more, also keep in tact with your weight and you should cut out all the get short bites
And you will hook up a lot more, also keep in tact with your weight and you should cut out all the get short bites
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