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| Warden
Senior Member Username: Warden Post Number: 688 Registered: 8-2000 |
Picked up some Strike King plastic worms at Walmart. They are supposed to be super soft, salted and really tough. How about this. I used the four inch curly tail grub on the jetty this past weekend. I caught enough blues on a white bucktail with a white Srike King curly tail grub to completely destroy the jig. That's right, there was nothing left of the jig but the lead head and the hook of course. I replaced the jig, took the worm off the old jig and put it on the new one and continued catching fish. On the second day I hooked into something big that took me around a rock and eventually broke me and the worm off. At first I thought it was a ray but then I had some shaking so I wasn't sure. Anyway, I fished that same worm for the better part of two days! I looked for the Strike King worms at Old Inlet but they didn't have any. I don't know if they are strictly a Walmart brand or not but they are a really great bait! | ||
| Mick83
Member Username: Mick83 Post Number: 145 Registered: 9-2000 |
Thanks for the tip, Warden. | ||
| Doverpower
Senior Member Username: Doverpower Post Number: 213 Registered: 10-2002 |
Im glad to hear someone tried them. I have been looking at them but didnt want to get off the extra $ money, Thanks Warden Drifted the inlet last night 5-9 pm no takers on eel just a couple blues on jigs. | ||
| Harborcoat
New member Username: Harborcoat Post Number: 37 Registered: 10-2002 |
I've used those Strike King baits with some success as well. They float so you can rig them up in some interesting ways. Whatever you do, don't mix them in with your regular plastics or they'll melt. tight lines | ||
| Warden
Senior Member Username: Warden Post Number: 692 Registered: 8-2000 |
Yeah, I read that on the lable about melting other plastics. I wonder what the Strike Kings are made of? They are so soft and mushy I don't see how they can be so tough but they are!  | ||
| Skeeterbait
Junior Member Username: Skeeterbait Post Number: 69 Registered: 10-2002 |
The melting part is because soft plastics are soft due to large amounts of plasticizers being used in the formulation of the material. Hard plastics don't use it. Well the plasticizers sort of migrate to the surface. If the worm etc. is in contact with something like a plug the plasticizer starts to turn the plug soft and it looks like it melts it. Unfortunate if it happens. Keep them in their own bag. | ||
| Brad
Senior Member Username: Brad Post Number: 391 Registered: 10-2002 |
I tried them too. I like the texture, but they seem a little difficult to rig on a jig or hook. Not a bad price to pay for something that lasts so long I guess. I did have to superglue them to the hook to keep them in place. I know one thing, Pickeral can't chew them up! I'm still using the first one I tied on last spring. | ||
| Seadawg
Senior Member Username: Seadawg Post Number: 703 Registered: 8-2000 |
For anyone around the Dover area, the local K-Mart is clearancing a lot of their fishing and boating stuff (going out of business maybe?????), and I saw some of these type of baits there. They also had a "wild-eye" Storm lookalike, that I bought a couple packs of too. |