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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: anyfish on 04/12/22 19:57 UTC
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There is probably old posts about this, but oh well, here we go...
I ordered the 10" ribbontail worm mold today and the plum x2 colorant. These will both be new to me and got me thinking what color of worm do you prefer? Does it change throughout the year?
For me, I have never fished any worm larger than 7" (and only made worms 6" or less) and I have never made a plum worm. That is all about to change. For colors, my go to colors have always been black, green pumpkin, or junebug.
I'm excited to expand out a bit.
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Motor oil (changeable) semi transparent with or without purple and/or green flake; green earthworm (MF color) with black flake (small and medium); brown semi transparent with a chartreuse yellow or chartreuse green tail.
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The 10 inch worm for me is a good summer bait off shore on the humps. It's a big bite bait. The colors I use are Plum, Black and Watermelon Brown. I fish it on a 5/8 oz shaky head with a 6/0 hook. I make long casts so I use a 7 ft rod with 20 lb fluorocarbon.
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My favorite color is green pumpkin with black or red flake. I know that most of the guys that fish deep (around 15 feet) use plum. Black with blue flake and watermelon with red flake are my other two go to colors.
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JuneBug down here. There was a special color made by Lil Hummer Lures many years ago. I want to duplicate it but I have not tried YET.
The color was called Blue Plum.
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Green Pumpkin, Black, Black w/ Blue tail for me.
Once I've found the first post-spawn fish that have slid out, I start throwing Plum at them right away and it becomes a mainstay all the way to fall. Some wait for the warmer water temps in the summer months before they think of Plum where I won't disagree that it shines, but I keep it honest right after spawn and it's paid big for me. Plum Apple and Fire & Ice are sneaky Plum alternatives too. Fire & Ice example below.
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Very cool all around. Thanks for sharing. I like the looks of that fire and ice a lot.
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10+" worms are a summer time mainstay here in the South. My go-to colors are plum/plum apple, green pumpkin, and black.
But I will tell you a little secret: every now and then, when the conditions are just right, throw merthiolate.
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Plum apple, watermelen red & junebug for me but i have thrown a bunch of the old culprit fire & ice worm & smoked them on it.
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I've not really fished big worms much since moving to SC, but know that I should. I used the big ribbontail worms, even some that are 14" long, a lot for targeting Striped Bass when I lived in MD as they can imitate small Eels very well. In some of the rivers I would catch LM bass on 7 1/2" ribbontail worms.
My colors, Black in any version, greenpumpkin in any version, Watermelon in any version, Culprit Eel, Black Shad, Red Shad and any dark purple I could find were always good colors. Of course I have other colors too, and do have some trick worms in lemon/lime & merthiolate. I have some in motoroil too, but they're mostly 4" worms. ;D
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I poured this color a few years back, and have had very good luck with it. It's sort of a medium plum with chartreuse and Canadian blue flake.
I failed (my bad) to record the recipe, or I would share. I have good luck as well in the spring with motor oil w/gold flake, black tails.
I think you picked a good mold and a good color to try it with.
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For bass, I have only ever caught largemouth and smallmouth. That 14" worm has to be gigantic. I like the looks of that worm color Lines. I'm horrible at writing stuff down so I get it.
Thanks again for all the input.
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Berkeley Camo (motor oil with read and green glitter) was a long running fave in my box before I started shooting my own... now I make a little of everything, but I still have the most confidence in motor oil mixes (followed by green or black).
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For bass, I have only ever caught largemouth and smallmouth. That 14" worm has to be gigantic. I like the looks of that worm color Lines. I'm horrible at writing stuff down so I get it.
Thanks again for all the input.
I think that I got all black 14" ribbontails from a guy selling on Ebay. I fished those big worms for Stripers on jig heads and single hooks and they still would engulf the entire worm and hook. A friend of mine used live eels for some of the fishing he did, that were much larger than that 14", so for stripers I never got concerned about them not getting hooked.
I've caught even small bass on the Zoom Ole Monster worms, but used the 7 1/2" worms most often. I like the fat versions of worms and grubs better than thin, as I think I get better results with them.
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After my first several years as a tackle crafter, I decided to stick to mostly natural colors. I make colors that are natural to whatever I'm imitating.
Years ago I switched my thinking on all worms. Here it is:
Fish don't think Our "worm" lures are worms as in Earthworms or Nightcrawlers. In their mind, they see an Eel when they see Our "worms".
Eels. American Eels, mostly.
Color variations of American Eels range from Tans, Greens, Browns, Grays, and Black.
I typically only shoot baits in unnatural colors (like Junebug) for use in dirty water or if I just want to use up a scrap color I have a bunch of (or both).
The possible color combinations of unnatural colors are endless and sticking to mostly natural colors is much more simple and conserves plastic and other components.
Some of my colors may not be true to a particular imitation, like a Green Pumpkin or Black Shad, but I'll occasionally do that to address dirty water. Often, topwaters get a dark or opaque color so they silhouette against the sky.
Worms are actually Eels, so I apply them as such.
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BUT, the OP is about my favorite Worm color...
If I had to choose one, it'll be a rich Green Pumpkin.
I have X2 Green Pumpkin Brown and would use that in a heavy dose.
I would not use any flake. If I added anything other than colorant, I'd add a hit of Black Pearl powder.
With or without the pearl, this color will hit in all water clarities.
They #1 key to catching fish is finding them.
The 80/20 Rule: 80% of the fish are in 20% of the water.
Even fishing at night, standard natural colors apply because the colors of prey don't change when the sun goes down.
Favorite Worm Color:
Green Pumpkin Brown, or just Green Pumpkin.
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I hadnt thought of worms as eels before, but it does make a lot of sense. I find your first post very interesting. I have recently started to add more colors to tails which are not natural colors (pink, chartreuse, green and blue). A few of our local lakes do really well while other lakes really do better with only natural colors. Could be the clear water and the eel connection. Thanks for the ideas.
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Roger on'nat, AnyFish🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
There are a few baits that are the fruits of embracing the fact, but they're few and far between.
Culprit has a "Baby Eel" color that's pretty bangin'.
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Just one example of Juvenile Eels.
Of course their color varies.
Green Pumpkin Brown.
Do-it 6" Finesse Worm.
Here's the live version:
https://youtu.be/UXNYbNap6uA (https://youtu.be/UXNYbNap6uA)
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The adult eels are fairly common here in the Mississippi River. They'll run up to about 30-34" for a large one. They're about like catching a rattlesnake. The bst way to handle them is noit to handle them and just snip the line. Slimy suckers and if you use a net, you'll have to take the net off the handle and launder it. Fighters though.
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They're definitely slimy 🤣🤣🤣
About on par with a Stingray.
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Can't say I have ever caught an eel but I'll keep the info in mind. I've caught bull frogs and turtles. I'm always timid with the turtles. Luckily haven't been bit. I have that finesse worm it's a good one.
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Roger on'nat, AnyFish.
Do-it's CNC 6" Finesse Worm (not El Gusano) may be their most-powerful mold, IMO, and for this reason.
It even applies in inland saltwater, where there are also Eels.
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Roger on'nat, AnyFish.
Do-it's CNC 6" Finesse Worm (not El Gusano) may be their most-powerful mold, IMO, and for this reason.
It even applies in inland saltwater, where there are also Eels.
I respectfully disagree. The 6 inch El Gusano is a fish catching machine. Tell me I could only have one worm mold and that would be it.
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I also have the 6" ES Finesse Crawler which I really like too. Not sure if it is identical to the El Gusano, but it is a fish catcher on a shaky head jig (at least for me). Havent tried the small versions of either of these baits.
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I knew I'd get you with that one, Lamar...
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I also have the 6" ES Finesse Crawler which I really like too.
I have this mold too & i agree it's a great mold. Works great on a shake head & also light weight texas rigging.