

If you choose to fish the bait Texas rigged, there's enough meat at the bait's head to hold it fast up by the line tie, and just barely enough meat along the spine to conceal the point of your hook.Įase of Actuation : In the water is where this bait's curved spine comes into play. Under five inches in length and varies in diameter from head to its stubbyĮase of Rigging : Naturally, rigged as a drop shot bait, all you have to do is pierce the nose of the Coontail Worm with the hook, but you can also pierce it through the midsection to rig wacky. I fished it on the end of 6lb Sunline Sniper Fluorocarbon spooled onto a Daiwa Exist spinning reel mounted on my St. Real World Tests: As with any soft plastic worm, there are a countless number of ways you can fish this bait, but my primary application was to use it as a drop shot worm. The Coontail worm features rings all the way up and down its length. It's available in roughly 10 different colors and comes in a re-sealable pack of 7 baits for $3.99. That bit of plastic that serves as the bait's spine is actually curved, It is covered in the afore mentioned rings, but what's interesting about this bait is its core is not straight.

Impressions: The Coontail Worm measures just under five inches in length and varies in diameter from head to its stubby little tail.

Introducing Big Bite Bait's Coontail Worm. Here's our look at Big Bite Bait's, Russ Lane Coontail worm.īig Bite Baits Russ Lane Coontail Worm Specifications Russ Lane, BASS Elite Series Pro, is well aware of this advantage, so when Big Bite Baits gave him the opportunity to design his own soft plastic worm, he jumped at the chance to make a variation of this staple to add to his signature line of baits. There's something about the texture of those baits that makes bass hold on giving you ample opportunity to feel the bite and set the hook. Since that time, I can recall seeing variations to this theme not only with worms, but other soft plastic baits as well. It was a soft plastic worm with little ridges from its head all the way down to its curly tail. Introduction : My introduction to the bass fishing scene came in the mid 1980's where I recall one of the stable baits. Your Next Secret Weapon? Big Bite Bait's Coontail Worm
