The Advantages of Soft Plastic Baits

Soft Plastic Lures

There are a lot of preferences when it comes to using soft plastic lures, but one thing is for certain: soft plastic lures produces results. I mainly use soft plastic lures because it gives me outstanding results when I fish for largemouth bass. I tend to use/rely heavily on the banjo minnow I'm always talking about, but I also use "trick worms," flippin tubes like Gambler's Flippin Tubes, and a wide assortment of flukes. Is soft plastic lures that good? Well, let's just look at the time when soft plastic lures became a huge buzz. Tracing back to 1998, one man won both the 1998 Bass Master Classics and 1998 FLW Tour Angler of the Year by flippin jigs and soft plastic lures. This memorable victory I'm talking about is none other then Denny Brauer, the 1998 Bass Master Classics champ. After his huge victory, his influence of using soft plastics not only rubbed onto anglers, but it also urged lure manufacturers to produce bigger and more soft plastic lures. Skeet Reese, the 2009 Bass Master Classics champ, also used soft plastics in his line of lures. Another thing I like about soft plastic lures is that it can accomodate jig heads and spinner baits as well. I tend to use 4-6-inch grubs on my spinner baits when I cast them out on sunny days. For deep water jigging, I tend to use plastic crayfish, craws, and flippin tubes.

Plastic Worms

Plastic worms are widely regarded as the one of the "King Lure" for largemouth bass fishing. Depending on how you rig it and which select plastic worm you use, you can either reel it in slowly like a swimming worm or troll it slowly on the surface or underwater. Worms can either be rigged texas-style (most common) or carolina-style. For deep water bass fishing, you can hook the tip of the worm for drop-shot rigging. Another form of rigging is "wacky-style" rigging, which is applying a 1/0 straight-shank hook inserted through the middle of the worm. Another trick-worm technique is to insert a finishing nail or lead nail weight into the head to make the worm do a headstand. Troll it slowly on the underwater surface and jerk it here and there. This will entice bass to strike as it looks like the worm is trying to dig a hole to escape predators.