Originally Posted by
BassinPLS
jkgts1,
Congratulations on you first bass at Perris. There is a leaning curve when you start fishing plastic worms. There are numerous ways to fish with them: Drop Shot, Texas Rigged, Carolina Rigged, Wacky Rigged, Shaky Head Rig, Ned Rigged just to name the ones with which I am familiar. They all are fished differently and some don't work at times are are really hot at some other times. Probably the most constant rig that works most all of the time is the drop shot rig, (D/S Rig). This should be fished with light line, say 6 lb, preferable with Fluorocarbon line, and is a pretty easy way to fish. When I take kids out fishing I always put them on a D/S rig to start. I have taken many kids who caught their first fish ever and they can not believe how big bass are compared to trout. Check out the internet on how to rig a drop shot rig and you results should increase drastically.
Last Sunday I fished a small bass club tournament at Lake Silverwood and I would venture to guess that 90% of the bass caught where using a drop shot rig. Try a Robo worm Margarita Mutilator III worm at Perris. That worms seems to produce on a pretty consistent basis at Perris.
Tight Lines, and by the way Perris is an awesome fishery!
BassinPLS