08-05-2013, 01:48 PM
When you rig your rubber worm, try pushing the point of the hook ever so slightly out of the worm on the other side, so just a tad of it is exposed. When you set the hook, it will already be on the way out, and you'll have a defined path for the hook to travel. If you bury the barb of the hook into the worm and leave it (which in some instances you might have to if fishing really heavy weeds or something) there is a chance that setting the hook will just thread it farther into the worm, never exposing it to the fishes mouth.
I actually rig my worms like I just mentioned, with a little bit of the barb hanging out, all while insuring my worm is rigged nice and strait. I also use the offset worm hook noted above.
Also, some of those bites may have been panfish, FYI. They can hit hard for their size, and they are good for snatching off the tail of a worm. They are a pain in the butt, and are too small to get the hook. If you find yourself getting the tails bit off, or alot of missed strikes, switch up to a beetlespin lure. I like the Berkely power bait jig bodies. You'll catch the little buggers then.
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I actually rig my worms like I just mentioned, with a little bit of the barb hanging out, all while insuring my worm is rigged nice and strait. I also use the offset worm hook noted above.
Also, some of those bites may have been panfish, FYI. They can hit hard for their size, and they are good for snatching off the tail of a worm. They are a pain in the butt, and are too small to get the hook. If you find yourself getting the tails bit off, or alot of missed strikes, switch up to a beetlespin lure. I like the Berkely power bait jig bodies. You'll catch the little buggers then.
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