12-05-08, 05:09 PM | #1 |
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New lure(maybe)
I was wondering if anybody had ever seen a lure meant to look like a caterpillar that fell out of a tree?
if not some company should make flaoting,hollw soft plastic that looks like one because i have seen fish go nuts on them. |
12-05-08, 05:25 PM | #2 |
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A short Senko or Tiki Stick wacky rigged and weightless should do a good job of imitating a caterpillar. It'll have a slow fall, and the tips will have a nice shimmy action to them.
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Try this website.
The Catalpa Worm Zone To answer your question - Any floating worm that looks like the Catalpa worm will do. The live ones work best though as they emit a green fluorescent odor and color when skewered with a fishing hook. I found it easier to just find a Catalpa tree near the lake that has the worms in it. There will be plenty of worms on it for you to fish with. Catalpa worms show up late in the summer here in the south and the catfish and bass go nuts over them. My brother in law has a lake that has several trees around the lake about 20 feet off the water that will get the worms in them. He calls us when the worms are out and we make short drive down and hook into some great bass and catfish. Quote:
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As a kid I used to throw these into the water all the time to see if fish would eat them. A few would suck them in but then spit them up immediately. Never caught a fish on them. Must taste really bad.
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12-05-08, 07:28 PM | #5 |
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we had catalpa trees right next door and would get the worms to fish with,, all species tear them up.
The beetle spin looks like one to me |
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If I was to cut a floating worm in half will the two seperate halves still float?
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Floating worms don't actualy float for any length of time.The 3 x plastic stuff floats alot better than anything else I've seen.Hand poured plastics tend to float a little bit better than mass produced for some reason ?
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12-08-08, 01:47 AM | #9 |
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those bitsy wigglers are just that, bitsy. i can hardly use mine because its so small
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I planted a catalpa tree in my back yard a few years back. It finially loaded up this year. We had two planted when I was a tad pole in the 60's and we used to put them in the freezer to to save them and then catfish with them as needed. Best bait I ever used for catfish.
I may do so playing around on the scent of some of the worms on my bass bait in my pond, but them 7 to 8 pound cats may not leave em along enough to play around with them. Maybe something just to see if the scent maybe something a bass may like when I am killing time and trying to get the feel of finess fishing with soft plastics.
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