Taking Soft Plastics To A New Level

Thumper Rigging

The Thumper worm by Rage Tail is positively the biggest step forward in worm design since the creation of the curly tail. This new 10" soft plastic worm offers more of everything to bass fisherman. The Thumper produces more tail vibration and the design of this worm has gone even further with the addition of a score line on the tail for an easy transformation into a cut tail worm. The segmented body allows anglers to create a plastic worm in a size with an action that works best for them and the eagerly awaiting Bass in a lake or river near you.

• The introduction of the Thumper is an amazing alternative for a worm. Flippin’ grass pockets and bluff banks with a T/rig, Carolina riggin’ some main lake points and even swimming it around any available structure or weed lines. Select from nine great colors before your next big fishing trip and see the amazing difference this worm has for yourself.

• The Thumper can be rigged with a variety of hook sizes and styles depending on the type of presentation you are looking for. The most popular is Texas rigged using a bullet weight from 1/8 oz to 1 oz depending on the amount of wind and water depth when fishing, ¼ oz is standard. For casting with a drag and stop, or lift and fall retrieve, an un-pegged weight is very popular. For flipping or pitching in brush or trees, a pegged weight is advised to keep the bait and weight together which helps you to better navigate the structure as well as, provide a more vertical presentation.

• Carolina rigged is also very effective using as light of a weight as necessary for the wind and depth conditions. This technique allows the bait to free swim at any and all depths which is very attractive to the fish.

• Another up and coming rig is using a keel weighted hook. This allows the bait to fall with a different profile and action and is extremely effective for finicky fish in shallow water and over grass or moss beds. Light or low wind conditions are best for this style of presentation.

• Completely weightless using an EWG hook in the sizes mentioned below, gives an excellent finesse top water presentation that allows a gentle fluttering, flapping top action and lets the bait slowly fall in the grass pockets when needed.

• Any of the popular hook designs are effective with the Thumper which includes Standard offset worm hook and EWG hook. Preferred sizes are 4/0 to 11/0 in each.