Top water worm fishing....

When I first moved into the cabin, I was catching all of the bass by
finesse fishing worms around the grass beds and along the rip rap bank.
About two weeks ago the weather got really hot, and the bass catch
dropped way off. I tried some different lures, but didn't have much
better luck....no one else was doing any better, and I figured the bass
had went to deeper water (no boats allowed here), so tried some long
casts with a drop shot rig...no luck!

The other day I was back to throwing my "go to" worm along the bank, and
caught a couple small ones.....those few hook-ups were when the worm
first hit the water, and it seemed like a waste of time to work the
worm after that initial drop. So I started just reeling the worm in if I
didn't get a hit on the first drop. Well, it surprised the heck out of
me when a nice two pounder hit the worm while I was "surfing" it along
the top to get it back in for the next cast! Next cast out I tried the
same thing, but added a "twitch" to the worm as I fast reeled it
in....had a strike but missed em. I kept playing with the retrieve until
I got another hook-up.

The last couple days I have beat em to death with that top water worm
technique....blows my mind!

Anyone else ever had this happen when worm fishing? It's a first for
me...on rare occasion I have had a bass hit the worm when I was
"hauling" it back in, but nothing like this!

I suspect that some top water lures would work as well...but ya all know
I am a soft plastics guy, and I don't have much in the way of those
alternative lures in my "sack". But I am going out and buy some tomorrow
. I did try a spinner bait, and got a couple....but the worm out
performed the spinner 10 to 1.....go figure !

John K