I use worms almost everytime I dropshop. Usually smaller 4 inch worms. I havne't texas-rigged them like I did a lot in San Diego. I planned on using that technique more this year. Split-shotting them works good too.

Smitty,

Did you look in my boat at the launch on Sunday?

Daryl

I tend to fish Tubes, Lizards and Senkos a lot, with plastic craws being 4th, reepers and straight tailed worms being about 5th & 6th. Depending on where I'm going, I will probably have some worms in the boat. Somewhere. The 4" Ringworm is a great bait, regardless of who makes it.

C&R, Steve

I still like worms, during the heat of the summer I still like my ten inch black worms, I have caught some big fish on them!

One of my all time favorite things to throw for small mouth is a 4 inch ribbon tail worm on Lake Washington.  (Larry Gonczy put me on to this years ago.)  We used to use small mushroom head jigs, but now I use as small a cone weight as I can get buy with. (Texas rig.)  I took several 3 1/2 pounders last Monday in 8 feet of water.  But it works best in summer along the weed lines! 

The ribbon tail is not as erractic as the curly tail - so it's more subtle and less threatening for pre-spawn fish which tend to be spooky.  The fish I caught on Lake Morton came on that same set up.  Again, the key is the light weight. 

Kalin used to make the best ribbontail, but they discontinued it.  Zoom now has one that is pretty darn good.  I like the June Bug color in the summer.

Another thing I do, (for all of you who have put your Rev-rigs away until next winter), is to swap out the cranks for 4 inch worms and run the Rev-rig during the summer out in 20-30 feet out on the flats.  I use a double rig - one at 2 foot, and another at 4 foot.  Use two different colors to see which one they want.  Grubs work too.