And I have seen hundreds of big smallmouth bass take these little worms, even in very low visibility water. (With many thick-bodied plastics that are Texas-rigged, consistently hooking smallmouth bass is difficult with rods rated only light or light-medium.) However, 4-inch worms still have a long enough profile to be highly visible to bass, even when they’re hoped or crawled through rocks. These little worms have a small enough diameter that the hook easily penetrates the plastic and consistently hooks the fish, even small fry, and even when you are using a light and flexible rod. Nowadays I may use various brands of worms in various colors, but this same basic method of Texas rigging a worm on a lightweight slider head is still a favorite practice of mine. More importantly, they consistently caught smallmouth bass, lots of them, and big ones, even when the smallies were very inactive. I found that by using Berkley’s scented little 4-inch worms on 1/6 or 1/8th ounce slider heads, my clients could really work the bottom with minimal hang-ups. I really came to see how versatile and effective skinny 4-inch worms are when I was guiding about 15 years ago.
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