05-16-2010, 03:19 AM
Hi Ryan and welcome to the forum.
I'm sure some of the local experts will come along and give you some pointers, but for me the first time I went fishing with a rubber worm I didn't catch anything, either. However, with practice and patience (you need lots of both to fish this way) you can catch fish.
Having success with a worm is usually more dependent upon where you fish it. If you throw it next to cover like stumps, laydowns, holes in weedbeds and lilypads, you can usually catch something. If you're fishing for bass then the best place is wherever there is cover or structure, like underwater ledges, holes, and rocks. There are hundreds of colors, but black, purple, pumpkinseed, and watermelon are the most popular.
Texas rigging works great also, of course. There are about as many ways to fish a worm as there are different styles of worm. Try different tactics and see which ones work for you.
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I'm sure some of the local experts will come along and give you some pointers, but for me the first time I went fishing with a rubber worm I didn't catch anything, either. However, with practice and patience (you need lots of both to fish this way) you can catch fish.
Having success with a worm is usually more dependent upon where you fish it. If you throw it next to cover like stumps, laydowns, holes in weedbeds and lilypads, you can usually catch something. If you're fishing for bass then the best place is wherever there is cover or structure, like underwater ledges, holes, and rocks. There are hundreds of colors, but black, purple, pumpkinseed, and watermelon are the most popular.
Texas rigging works great also, of course. There are about as many ways to fish a worm as there are different styles of worm. Try different tactics and see which ones work for you.
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