worms or lizzards?

[rubber duck]

What does the trick for you? Why?
I have had better luck with lizzards.

[huskiesplayer15]

I like lizards at this time of year, what works good is I rig them backwards, texas style, but I have a small piece of copper tubing that takes a small plug out of the head, I then add a small egg sinker or bullet weight making it head heavy. so when it sits on the bottom, head is down into the bottom. Making a more natural presentation. Two cool things i have learned from this, by rigging it backwards, cast it out in front of a tree or next to a dock and the lizard will glide away from you, so cast out glide, give it a pull, open bail, it will glide a little farther. So without casting you can make a much more quiet approach. Another thing about having the lizard worked backwards and head heavy, once it hits bottom, shake your wrists small little movements, it will make that lizard shake and shimmy on the bottom like it is rooting some bugs and stuff off the bottom. Works really great!
Best Fishes
Chris

[psegriz]

Like huskies said this time of year I like lizards. BTW huskies I like the way of hooking them you described have to give it a try. Later on I would switch to creyfish but make sure the head and claws float. That is if I can't find live frogs.

GRIZ

[huskiesplayer15]

If anyone doesnt understand how I rig them I will try to post pics here.
Best fishes
Chris

[huskiesplayer15]

I will post pics here in a little bit once I have time to get the camera out, I got a couple grad parties to go to today plus track practice.

I like to use zoom or culprit lizards, although I am going to use a lot more of berkely's lizards this year, I like some of their colors, and I like how they have pouches for BUBBLE-UP pellets to be inserted, those give you more details that are out on the bass’s senses. You have a visual aid¸in the bubbles popping up, you have sound in the fizzing for them plus it just looks really cool in the water.

I like to use the five inch lizards right now, then I will start to get bigger here in a couple of weeks, If I am in a lake where there are bigger fish I will upsize to an 8 inch worm and throw that. This time of year though I like the 5 inch lizards.

I like the lizards to be in white, June bug, pumpkinseed, browns and reds, I have always done better with white early in the year.

As far as hooks I like to use Gamakatzu’s 4/0 offset shank worm, they are razor sharp and have done great for me.
Any other questions? Post or email me huskiesplayer15 at hotmail.com
Best Fishes
Chris

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[taxmancommeth]

Can you post (pictures if possible) on how you rig those backward lizzards? Thanks.

Got any specific brand that you prefer? Sizes? What kinds of hooks?

[buzbunni]

So how'd you do at the track meet huskies?

Out pitchin, lizards from shore today, and I soon realized how much I want to try this technique of yours. I had a 1/8 oz. bullet weight pegged, but it still picked up junk...as well as a bass...well...almost .

Anyhow, with the more horizontal approach that shore fishing often presents, I'm anxious to try your method. I think I get the idea, heck I can jam a splitshot in the head if I want, but I would love to see how you use the copper tubing.

Do you put the hook at the end of the tail? Right where the body meets the tail? How about the piece of copper tubing?

I think this is quite an innovative idea; thanks for sharing it. I'm gonna try it. Here's hoping you can get some photo's up when you have time. I'd love to see it.

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SERIOUSLY! It was THIS big!

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[Bill-E-Bazz]

I prefer worms, just me. I picked up some terminator 7" snapbacks they, I mean the one I used all day, because they last alot longer than anything else I've ever used, got me about a 5 pounder on tuesday. Ask Ebass they were hitting his good ol' bungee all day too. I like to hook it weedless with a liitle splitshot right at the head of the worm.

Good Fishin'...

[Pagz]

I like to use worms.I like Culprits and this year I have had great success with the 8in bungee worm by Powerbait.Texas rigged with
1/4oz black bullet weight.I never peg the weight,it still seems to work for me.

I tried a black-colored lizzard for the first time last night and caught one fish,but that bungee worm was on fire!!

[Mark Christianson]

7 inch sallies for me. I love those things.
Although a new favorite is the Tube Minnow(powerbait).

[locolocal]

Weightless 6" stick worms all day long. Hammered 'em on Tonka this week. I love bass fishing...

[huskiesplayer15]

To rig the lizard you want the hook coming out of the top of the body just behind the head the eye of the hook will be pointing towards the tail this way when the bass picks it up by the head, you have a hook pointing to the top of the mouth, the copper tubing is used to take a small "plug" out of the lizards head to insert the bullet weight, but you could try a plit shot. go to a hardware store with a couple bullet weights and ask for a chunk of tubing that will fit in you r hand, the diameter you want to be a little smaller then the biggest part of the weight, so you can jam it in there and it will stay.
best fishes
Chris

[smallie_hawgin]

on the weight issue... I have used cut pieces of larger diameter nails. That way you can avoid the hole punch issue all together. Just take some cutters and snip off variuos length segments of 8-16 penny galvanized nails. I usually use the tip peice with the point and cut it about an inch or so long. Then you can just jam it in any plastics you use. Also works well for sluggos and weighting senkos.

[taxmancommeth]

Anybody have any photos yet. Mikght give the cut off nail method a shot this upcoming weekend...

[Lost]

I've never used soft plastics before. Where are you using them? What depths? Structure? Etc?