03-03-2016, 02:04 AM
I posted pictures of some soft plastic grub ideas for catching panfish. One point I tried to convey was that many of the grub lures had the tail removed or were hand poured without one. It blew me away when I caught decent numbers of pan fish even after Xmas on a local lake. This made me wonder how other soft plastics could be modified so that an original design might work even better with different presentations.
Hundreds of soft plastic worms are stored in my basement and rarely used. Taking into account that grubs without tails catch fish, why not take curly tails off some of my plastic worms - especially worms that have a nice slinky action. Senkos have no action tails and catch bass using different presentations, so why not other thinner worms like the Mr Twister Phenom?
One thing a curl tail does is slow a bait's vertical drop and mutes the action of the entire worm when worked on bottom because of drag. Without the curly tail, the worm whips up and down faster without adding weight. When used near the surface without weight, it has a nice quick back and forth slither when jerked on top. A curl tail won't allow that action which is why many finesse worms have blunted tails.
The same worm can be used for panfish by cutting of the curl tail and cutting a piece of the worm 1" up from the tail end. It will catch many species of fish when rigged on a light ball head jig and worked slowly.
Hopefully I'll be able to try my many cabin fever ideas out later this month when the water temperature gets over 40 degrees. I'll post the results. At least now I have a reason to bring some of these lures out of storage.
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Hundreds of soft plastic worms are stored in my basement and rarely used. Taking into account that grubs without tails catch fish, why not take curly tails off some of my plastic worms - especially worms that have a nice slinky action. Senkos have no action tails and catch bass using different presentations, so why not other thinner worms like the Mr Twister Phenom?
One thing a curl tail does is slow a bait's vertical drop and mutes the action of the entire worm when worked on bottom because of drag. Without the curly tail, the worm whips up and down faster without adding weight. When used near the surface without weight, it has a nice quick back and forth slither when jerked on top. A curl tail won't allow that action which is why many finesse worms have blunted tails.
The same worm can be used for panfish by cutting of the curl tail and cutting a piece of the worm 1" up from the tail end. It will catch many species of fish when rigged on a light ball head jig and worked slowly.
Hopefully I'll be able to try my many cabin fever ideas out later this month when the water temperature gets over 40 degrees. I'll post the results. At least now I have a reason to bring some of these lures out of storage.
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