Are Swimming (Speed) Worms Overrated? Some Might Think So

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  • Do you use swimming worms like the Zoom Speed Worm and Berkley Speed Boss? Are they overrated?
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  • @richthompson3326
    @richthompson3326 6 місяців тому +1

    Great info! Thanks Matt!

  • @samuelschult985
    @samuelschult985 6 місяців тому +10

    If you find yourself in lake Okeechobee during the month of May go to the hog pen area and find the cleaner water with Lilly pads and swim either one of those worms on the surface and hold on, you're going to see them coming from 30' away. Great video 👍

    • @bassmedic
      @bassmedic 6 місяців тому +2

      ill have to remember that if i ever get down that way.

    • @MattStefanFishing
      @MattStefanFishing  6 місяців тому

      Awesome

  • @Larry77777
    @Larry77777 6 місяців тому +1

    Hey Matt: Does it matter much if the tail is oriented up, down or sideways? (P.S. To keep the worm from slipping down when pulled through cover, I use a #10 Cabela's swivel (not tied but first eye slipped onto the line before tieing the hook, then second eye slipped over the hook point and up to the offset after first poking the point through the worm end).

  • @NeilGraham.I.M.F
    @NeilGraham.I.M.F 6 місяців тому +1

    Found out how well they work as a top water last fall

  • @TAK-1127
    @TAK-1127 6 місяців тому +2

    I was fishing a lake in the Canadian Kawarthas region last summer. I was fishing a black 7” berkley power worm, Texas rigged. While I was reeling back to the boat, a walleye absolutely smashed it. I continued to swim this worm in many different areas and continued to get bit by walleye, pike and small mouth. Turns out there’s a healthy population of leeches in this particular lake and it’s a major food source. If anyone has a lake near them where leeches are abundant, I’d definitely give this technique a go.

  • @nancyzipperer8819
    @nancyzipperer8819 6 місяців тому +3

    I hadn't fishing in fifteen years and being from Okeechobee county decided one day i wanted to fish again forty-five days straight no bass. I found some zoom speed vibes and all of a sudden I've been catching bass ever sence.

  • @echails7900
    @echails7900 6 місяців тому +1

    Matt, you ever throw it on the Ozark rig?

  • @rustyreidfishing3334
    @rustyreidfishing3334 6 місяців тому +6

    The plastic head you are talking about for weightless is the Conehead by Halo. Use it all the time in Florida, helps it come through the pads. I have also Wacky rigged a speed worm

    • @David-bf9ux
      @David-bf9ux 6 місяців тому

      My fishing buddy and I slayed the bass on a 5 day stay Rolands Marina... using Speed Worms...

    • @MattStefanFishing
      @MattStefanFishing  6 місяців тому

      Thanks

  • @stevencochran4274
    @stevencochran4274 6 місяців тому +1

    I love it n grass n pads

  • @DanielBoone337
    @DanielBoone337 6 місяців тому +2

    Man I love throwing a speed worm during the summer on Toledo Bend fishing the deep outside clumps of the submerged hydrilla. I find the edge where the grass starts really thinning out and I'll flip a speed worm about 30ft in with a 3/8-1/2oz weight pegged and I'll lift it up the side of a grass clump then let it fall down the other. I've caught a bunch of big fish over the years doing this. I've never really had any luck swimming it like you hear about people doing in Florida but it's probably because I don't stick with it for very long. If I'm going to swim something it's hard for me to put down a jig... LOL

  • @tymfortoys
    @tymfortoys 6 місяців тому +2

    I know it sounds crazy but I just tried putting a 7" Berkley power black/chartreuse tail curly tail worm on a swim bait jig head. My fishing buddy laughed at me... He found out real fast how many nice bass I caught that day...

    • @MattStefanFishing
      @MattStefanFishing  6 місяців тому +1

      Sounds great!

    • @rm709
      @rm709 4 місяці тому

      You made a jig worm. One of the original bass lures…

  • @rickaurand5384
    @rickaurand5384 6 місяців тому +1

    I like using the Berkley windup worm. Even here in OK, they work in shallow flats.

  • @davehuggins5777
    @davehuggins5777 6 місяців тому +4

    Catch 80% of my bass on the speedworm here in FL. Most of the year, i like the larger ones, l like the Zoom Magnum. The Gambler burner worm is my favorite.

    • @rigorocks23
      @rigorocks23 6 місяців тому +1

      Just got home from lake kissimmee. The zoom magnums are always tied on and i also catch about 80% of my fish on them

    • @MattStefanFishing
      @MattStefanFishing  6 місяців тому

      Awesome

  • @tonynienas169
    @tonynienas169 6 місяців тому +2

    Tail pointed down or up for the speedworm?

  • @johnnyweaver1300
    @johnnyweaver1300 6 місяців тому +1

    It's one of my favorites, it used to be about the only worm I threw, it still works but not like it used to when zoom first invented it, not many ppl knew about it then, that goes to show that the bass do recognize baits!👍

  • @craigmiller3648
    @craigmiller3648 6 місяців тому +1

    Sure, I hope everyone thinks so 😉

  • @mikelembke5121
    @mikelembke5121 6 місяців тому +2

    What hook you use for pit boss worm or speed worms?

  • @itllkeal
    @itllkeal 6 місяців тому +1

    I went and caught a bass on a popper within 15 minutes today then spent about a hour getting my 1st bedding bass hooked. Nothing like a weightless hairjig on dropshot to get a fish to commit.

    • @MattStefanFishing
      @MattStefanFishing  6 місяців тому

      Nice!

    • @itllkeal
      @itllkeal 6 місяців тому

      @@MattStefanFishing I swear to Christ. That last bass I was playing with would bite the hair and move it off the bed. One time it put my jig under a limb and I had to get into the water to get my lure unsung. He moved it 4 times without taking the hook. Have you ever encountered one like that

  • @thebear74
    @thebear74 6 місяців тому +1

    will there be video on using the wacky shot by core tackle similar to the other core tackle products?

  • @castandchill
    @castandchill 6 місяців тому +1

    if your slow rollin a swim worm in bottom i feel like it looks like the back of a big shad if a bass is looking down on it

  • @heinrichkellogg7563
    @heinrichkellogg7563 6 місяців тому +1

    🍺Thanks Matt🤠.

  • @joepworther2284
    @joepworther2284 6 місяців тому +1

    Top vid, Stef !!!

  • @alanrasmussen4097
    @alanrasmussen4097 6 місяців тому +1

    Speed worm is one of my must have night baits.
    I really want to check out the new 6th Sense "The Judge" a speed worm/swimbait hybrid bait.

  • @gary9943
    @gary9943 6 місяців тому +1

    Great topic. I use speed worms quite a bit in Virginia and they work great.

  • @siryarwammowray3445
    @siryarwammowray3445 6 місяців тому +1

    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @brianpierson7708
    @brianpierson7708 6 місяців тому +1

    The the zoom worm with the flappers on it are a good go to for me.

  • @timappleton2962
    @timappleton2962 6 місяців тому +1

    Regular offset worm hook I agree is money w a swim worm , wide gap hooks miss and skin hook so many fish were the round offset is key , great vid Matt good luck in the next derb🇺🇸

  • @bassmedic
    @bassmedic 6 місяців тому +1

    I found i miss a lot of bass using the worm woks on those magnum swimming worms.

  • @cerebraltackle
    @cerebraltackle 6 місяців тому +1

    BUT - for a top swimming worm there's only ONE - The Keitech Mad Wag!

  • @mikeeller557
    @mikeeller557 6 місяців тому +1

    Thanks Matt I only use them as backup on top water misses.

  • @cerebraltackle
    @cerebraltackle 6 місяців тому +1

    I fish a speed worm from now till late fall. Now Matt, if that was my favorite color you held up...we have problem. 🤣🤣 *my favorite hook for a speed worm is a Trokar Pro V 3-3/0*

  • @astrophysicistguy
    @astrophysicistguy 6 місяців тому +1

    An incredibly important bait in Florida ...

  • @joshbirtchetfishing5196
    @joshbirtchetfishing5196 6 місяців тому +1

    Never had the need to fish one.

    • @MattStefanFishing
      @MattStefanFishing  6 місяців тому +1

      Give it a try

    • @joshbirtchetfishing5196
      @joshbirtchetfishing5196 6 місяців тому

      ​​@@MattStefanFishingso I'm in North Dakota and there is only one largemouth lake in hole state, so I'm assuming smaller profile for smallmouth? Other ways to fish it besides top water when you say swim it are u talking like on a swim jig or swimbait head?

  • @MrJohnB-qs6dp
    @MrJohnB-qs6dp 6 місяців тому +1

    🤠👍

  • @ronaldclark1023
    @ronaldclark1023 6 місяців тому +1

    All terrain tackle mighty jig is a great vehicle for speed worms 🪱 👍🏻

  • @williamknight5142
    @williamknight5142 6 місяців тому +1

    👍👍👍👍👍