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Big
Bites Bait Of The Month
10
inch Kriet Tail Worm
With
the summer season here
many of us know that when
the water starts to heat
up some of the biggest
bass will start to head
towards deeper water. This
movement is based on two
reasons. The
first reason is for
comfort. Bass
actually move toward
cooler and deeper water to
stay comfortable. But,
the biggest reason for
this deep water movement
is food related. Many of
the food sources that the
bass are eating at this
time of the season are
taking up residence in
deeper, cooler water and
the bass know if they want
to eat they have to go
where the food is located.
Once
the bass head deep you
have limited ways that you
can catch them in deep
water. Crankbaits have
limited depths that they
can reach, but in areas
that they can get down to
they are a deepwater tool
to use during the summer
months.
For me one of the
best deep water tools that
I use is a 10 Big Bite
Kriet Tail Worm. The
Kriet Tail Worm was
designed by Big Bite Pro
Jeff Kriet and has become
a favorite lure of Big
Bite Pro Staffer Russ
Lane.
If Russ Lane has
taught us anything this
year it is if you are
around big bass it is time
to break out the 10
Kriet Tail Worm in your
favorite color.
When
it comes to equipment for
fishing a 10 Kriet
Tail, I prefer to use a
76 flipping stick,
teamed with a matching
reel and spooled with 15lb
to 20lb fluorocarbon line.
I
use a 5/0 to 6/0 Gamakatsu
EWG Worm hook. Sometimes I
will add a glass bead
between my sinker and my
hook to add a little sound
to my presentation if I am
fishing in off color water
conditions.
Lets
look at some of the top
ways to rig and fish your
Big Bite 10 Kriet Tail
Worm.
Texas
Rig 
This
will be the way that you
will rig and fish the
Kriet Tail the majority of
the time. What
makes the difference is
how you fish the bait. Many
times I will be fishing
the Kriet Tail on rocks, I
make my cast out and let
the bait settle to the
bottom. Once on the bottom
with my line slack, I will
start to move the worm
with a short lift and drop
retrieve. Do
not get to radical with
your lift and drops; you
want to keep your worm
close to the bottom. If
you do not get bites using
a lift and drop retrieve
try to drag the worm along
the bottom a few times
before you move to your
next stop. I have had
certain days when the bass
will prefer one retrieve
over the other.
If
you are fishing in weed
conditions do not forget
to try a 10 Kriet Tail.
There
is something about a 10
worm coming through the
weeds that gets the
basss attention. To
start, try a regular lift
and drop retrieve. If
this does not work try a
retrieve that the pros
call stroking. You are
going to make a short cast
away from the boat. The
longer the cast you make,
the harder this retrieve
will be to do. Let the
bait sink to the bottom
take up the slack line and
give the bait a quick snap
up, then let the bait fall
back to the bottom on a
semi slack line. Pay
close attention to your
line and the bait as it
falls as this is when the
majority of the strikes
will come. When you pick
up the bait, feel for
weight before you make the
next snap. If
you make the next snap
without checking for
weight, you will pull the
worm away from the bass
before you get a good
chance to set the hook.
This will cost you bass by
the end of the day.
Weighted Hook
There
will be times when the
bass are in the shallows
that I will throw a 10
Kriet Tail Worm on a
weighted hook. The
difference between this
and the texas rig option
is the bait will fall more
in a vertical position
than in a nose down
position when rigged texas.
On certain days this is a
big deal so always keep
this in mind. When
the bite is tough these
are the days that I notice
this bait rigging
preference by the bass. On
slow days they will prefer
a slow falling vertical
bait than one that falls
nose first.
Football Jig Trailer 
This
is kind of a new thing for
me.
I have been using a
10 Kriet Tail Worm as a
jig trailer on my football
jig. I
have been playing with
this presentation for the
last few years and I can
say I have been catching
bass along the way. There
seems to be two key times
when this presentation
will stand out.
One is when the
bass are active, but that
almost would be a given.
The other time seems to be
when the bass are in an
inactive mood. I throw
this down and it seems to
trigger one or two bites
and the best thing about
this is it is always a
quality bite or two. So if
you are looking for that
kicker bass come
tournament day this may be
the rig you might want to
turn to.
So
if you are not fishing a
10 Big Bite Kriet Tail
Worm I can safely say you
are missing out. I was
skeptical of this lure at
first.
Also living in the
Midwest, I would look at
this worm and say there is
no bass that is going to
eat this.
Well, I was wrong.
I have had 6lb bass eat
this worm all the way down
to 1lb bass that will take
a run at it. There
is something about a big
worm that just dares a
bass to eat it.
Scott
Petersen
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