Do plastic worms actually work?

[whorde]

I would like to catch a monster largemouth bass, so I'm going to keep at it here or there, but it's really hard to justify sacrificing catching 20, or even 100, other fish, to pound away at a method that has been highly unsuccessful. It's just not fun. There are definitely bass in Ballinger, and in Phantom, but maybe just not enough. Maybe I need to go to a lake where there's nothing other than bass. I did get 1 recommendation which I will leave a mystery for now, which I could potentially try next Saturday. Is dawn better for largemouth, or is dusk?

[BassDood]

Dawn or dusk...either or. This time of year is a good time to catch a big fish. Get out and fish and have confidence.

[fishingmachine]

Make sure to not eliminate topwater from your arsenal. This fish choked a frog

[fishinChristian]

Use what you believe in, then target structure of various sorts. Don't get stuck on one method or another, unless you really want to learn it, but then return to variety. Just caught a 7 lb largemouth on a 3" plastic mounted on a jighead, on 4 lb test, and that isn't uncommon. That's what makes fishing interesting, finding the pattern of the day, or hour. The most recent trip you had to fish exactly at 20' for bass of both types and walleye. Elsewhere it was all dinks. The week before it was 17' on the same lake, but you could catch decent ones shallow once in a while. Adapt and thrive!

[basspro]

We have a seminar at Limit Out Marine this next week on the 24th from 6-9 PM to discuss Basics of Bass fishing. This seminar is free to all. Come learn about plastics, top water, rods, reels, etc. for bass fishing.

If someone told you top water does not work in August you are seeing the wrong fishing store.

Russ Baker

[fishinChristian]

or even September!

[Amx]

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[Fish-N-Fool]

So ... I was talked into buying a bag of big plastic worms, and a huge hook to put them on. Guy told me this time of year the bass are toward the bottom, not just lurking under the pads, so top water not the right call in August.

From the perspective of does it work technically, yes, I have yet to lose the first worm in a few hundred casts. It's a little tore up, but it does not snag on weeds much, and when it does it pulls out easily. But I have had 1 maybe for a bite from a fish with any size. I've had a few nibbles, probably from perch I'm guessing, to the point that recently I rigged it up so it has a second small hook toward the tail of the worm.

Long story short, does this thing actually catch bass? I pitch it out to the lily pads, let it sink, try to move it slowly and randomly back along the bottom. Clearly fish see it, as I get hits from minnows of some sort, but I want to know if a bass will actually take this thing.

Tried it in Larsen, Boren, Ballinger, Phantom.

Thanks.

I used to fish Ballinger as a kid about 45 years ago and it is where I learned to love bass fishing. I still remember my first bass I caught there, a huge 4 pound plus Largey on a purple worm on a weedless wire hook and a bullet weight. So YES worms catch fish 45 years ago and today. In my opinion you can't beat the heavy salt plastic baits like my Sink-N-Fool bait and to a lesser degree the Senko type baits. Fish them tex-posed or wacky you will catch fish and big one too.