Those are nice little 5-inch worms, aren't they? Try wacky-rigging them like
mini-stick baits, too. I'll be sad to see the last of them go, but once
they're gone, I guess we should be able to switch over to trick worms to get
the same results.

So far we've given out about a quarter million of those worms (plus tubes,
grubs, eels, and craws) to soldiers returning from Iraq, charitable
tournaments for at-risk teens and March Of Dimes benefits, and so on.

Joe
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Like any other bait, it's hard to catch fish on baits or lures that
you have no confidence in. Dan suggested using a bait exclusively or
for a set period of time each outing, and it is excellent advice. That
will help you build up your confidence in a particular bait. But
remember, don't get caught up on one bait. I see a lot of fisherman
catch some good fish on a particular bait like a senko or powerworm and
never put it down. After a while you start hearing about how the bite
was off this day or that day. I don't believe the bite is ever "off".
fish are going to eat and while the bite may be slow at times, it's
just a matter of giving the fish what they want. If your not catching
fish, your doing something wrong IMO. Try switching up to something
different regardless of past results using a particular color or bait.
Try some worms one day, spinnerbaits and jigs the next. It's not
uncommon for me to fish 5 or 6 different types of soft plastics in a
single outing while varrying the colors in between on the same baits.
It has paid off really well in the past.

1 particular example was fishing last year with Dave and we could not
find a bite . Bluebird skies, and fish should have been under pads in
brush etc etc acording to everything I read. However it wasn't until I
tied on a green buzzbait, that fish started hitting it...and in open
water. Dave switched to a green lunker city salad spoon and started
hitting fish as well. another day it was tiny brushogs in a sand color.
switched up to watermelon green on them and the bite stopped. Back to
the sand color and fish were all over it again. Most recently, I went
out and threw everything in the bag, only I could not get bit. I looked
through my bag and found some straight tailed worms that Joe had given
out in KY earler this year. Went back through the areas I had just
fished and caught 6 keepers. So experiment a lot and have fun