Curly Tail Worms are awesome baits for smallmouth bass. The curly tail swimming action is hard for these bass to resist. Whether you swim them, hop them along the bottom or fish them slowly through the water column, these worms can put a lot of bass in the boat.
What Sizes are Best for Smallmouth Bass Fishing?
Curly Tail Worms in the 4 to 6 inch range are perfect for targeting smallmouth bass. Some worms may be thicker or thinner than others, but the 4 to 6 inch length seems to be just about perfect for catching good numbers of smallmouth bass with some bigger fish too.
How to Rig Curly Tail Worms
The smaller curly tail worms work just fine on a basic jighead. You can use your favorite jigheads as most of them should work just fine with a variety of curly tail worms. The larger curly tail worms will also work great on a Texas rig.
Best Techniques
Hop Them Along the Bottom
Smallmouth bass are often found swimming just above the rocky bottoms as they search for crayfish and other food to eat. Use your favorite soft plastic rig to get these baits down to the bottom and you can just hop them along with some pauses mixed in. This is a great technique to catch good numbers of smallmouth bass.
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Fish Them Slowly Through the Water Column
A lighter jighead or split shot rig works great to fish these curly tail worms slowly through the water column. When smallmouth bass are suspended up off the bottom, you can catch quite a few of them by fishing a curly tail worm slowly through the water column.
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Swim Them
The curly tail finesse worms look great with a slow and steady swimming retrieve.
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Vertical Jig Them
From summer through fall, you can often find smallmouth bass in deeper water. Vertical jigging these smaller, curly tail worms can be very effective when smallmouth bass go deep.
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Dead Stick Them
Some curly tail worms look awesome with the dead sticking technique. Pick a worm that looks good and add some scent if you want to get more bites with this technique.
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