How do you fish artificial worms for largemouths?

[ncwflounderer]

I have been seriously bass fishing for over 35 years and plastic worms were my go-to bait from the beginning. In all those years I have fished a multitude of colors, sizes and shapes. With all that said, now my number one color whether fishing clear or tanic water is watermellonseed. When fishing shallow water, no deeper than ten feet, I fish a Texas rigged Bass Pro Shop 4 inch Stik-O, which is a knock-off of the Senco, but much cheaper and more durable. I fish the sink...period. I cast it to some kind of cover and just watch my line as it sinks. If nothing picks it up, I reel it back in and cast again. A little trick I use for line watching is dressing my mono with a fish attractant such as SmellyJelly. The line floats and acts as a bobber. When fishing deep clear waters, which sounds like your lake, I like fishing a dropshot. And that is something else to think about. In clear water lakes, both smallmouth and largemouth usually forsake the shorelines and move out into deeper waters. If you are casting along the shoreline you may already be fishing at a disadvantage.There is a multitude of plastics that can be used for dropshotting, which could also be a wacky rigged Stik-O. When dropshotting just move it along the bottom with the rod tip, then let it sit for a few seconds and do it again, with maybe an occasional shaking of the line. The worst mistake novice plastic worm fishermen want to do is over work the bait. Just kick back and let the subtly natural moments of the bait do the work. And they catch big bass. I have caught five bass weighing eight pounds or more, with the biggest being 8-12. And all but one was caught on a plastic worm. Good luck!

x2- I also like Black, and sometimes white does the trick