Finally found some time to actually take some pics of some of the different rigs I use to fish a plastic worm.
First thing I want to stress is that this is just a taste of some of what I do. In another post I will try to explain why, what and where I fish some of these different rigs.
First.....I have had several people call me and ask about threading a worm.
To start, you will need a 4" long needle that you can find in any craft shop, pretied leader and of course a worm.
Next, starting about 1" up from the tail, begin to thread the worm on to the needle.
Once you get it on the needle, put the end of your leader thru the needle eye and simply run the worm up your line.
When finished, this is what your worm rig should look like. The bead between the hook and the worm helps keep the worm form sliding down on to your hook. I try to not let any more than 1" hang below the hook, sometimes if you get to much of the tail below the hook you will miss short strikes.
This is the rig I use probably 90% of the time. You can drift fish this rig, sidedrift it or bobber dog it. Simply fish this rig like you would any bait and corky setup. One important tip when drift fishing any plastic worm.....Keep your leaders under 30" long. I seldom fish a leader any longer than 24" while worm fishing. The only exception would be sidedrifting, I will go a 4ft leader using 1/2 of a 3.5" worm. More on that at a later time.
Of course you can always suspend a worm under a float. Here is a little trick I will do when the rivers have been blown out for weeks and I am getting bored.
It's not often I take the time to thread rubber thru some of my worms. But I will say that I have done well with these in the past.
But MY FAVORITE way to suspend a worm under a float...........
Rig them upside down!
First add a small 1/8oz bullet weight or one of the lead corkies that are now available above your hook. Begin to thread your worm starting at the head....
Pull your tag end thru.
And when your done you should have this.....
Untill today I have never showed this rig outside of a few friends that I fish with. This rig has put alot of fish to the boat for me. It's like a wacky rig, but I can guarentee you will go thru less worms and catch just as many or more than someone wacky rigging a worm. I have caught steelhead, chinook, smallmouth and largemouth on this rig. In slow moving water, this is my go to worm rig.
I have had people tell me that threading worms is kind of a pain in the backside.....I cant argue with them. I will sit down and thread 100 or more before the season. When you consider all of the colors I like to carry for different water conditions, 100 will not last me long.
So here is another rig that I use alot. It's my favorite when bank fishing, simply carry a couple of your favorite colors of 3.5" worms and thread them up a #2 hook.
I just bite the head off the worm above the egg sack and thread it up the hook. Add your favorite corkie and fish. I use this rig all the time from the bank, again I will use a short leader. But I will sidedrift this from my boat also, it has been deadly for me over the last couple of years.
So there are the basics. I promise to add more on worm fishing in the next couple of day's.
Fish Wide Open!
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