Summer Worm Fishing Tricks

Worms, colors, hooks, and even rod tips that will make you a better worm fisherman this Summer! Its time to fish a worm for those lethargic summer bass and we're going to tell you everything you'll need to know.
Anglers often overcomplicate this style of fishing. Pairing a straight tail worm with a shaky head in either a natural or dark color is often all it takes to be successful in the summer. Keep it simple and focus more on your technique than complicated color selections.
If you're prepared with Junebug, Black/Blue, and Green Pumpkin in a handful of worm sizes you've got everything you need to catch bass all Summer long. Below is a break down of the gear and baits that we use.
Worms...
Zoom Trick Worm: bit.ly/2aWkG7E
Zoom Magnum Trick Worm: bit.ly/2iwZAyo
Zoom Swamp Crawler: bit.ly/2arWoA8
Netbait T-Mac Worm: bit.ly/2jndwj9
Strike King Fat Baby Finesse Worm: bit.ly/2aKei5y
Strike King Bull Worm: bit.ly/2Iqhy3w
Recommended Colors... Black/Blue, Junebug, Green Pumpkin, Watermelon
Shaky Heads...
-Dirty Jigs Scott Canterbury 1/8 oz: bit.ly/2aFOs0V
(Fat Baby Finesse, Trick, T-Mac, Swamp Crawler)
-Dirty Jigs Stand Up Head: bit.ly/2apouhn
(Magnum Trick, Magnum Swamp Crawler, 8" Bull)
-Strike King Mag Jig Head: bit.ly/2xw54pW
(10" Bull Worm, 8" Bull worm, Magnum Trick)
Matt's Favorite Shaky Head Combo...
Rod- G Loomis NRX 852C JWR: bit.ly/2hedqsq
Reel- Aldebaran MGL: bit.ly/2uQ4oH8
Line- Power Pro MaxCuatro 20 lb: bit.ly/2clBRiQ
Leader- 10 lb Maxima Ultragreen: bit.ly/2ae97J9
"Bang For The Buck" Rods that area little longer...
1) Shimano Expride 7'6" Med/Heavy: bit.ly/2nTq9FL
2) Shimano Zodias 7'5" Med/Heavy: bit.ly/2cgmMAe
3) Dobyns Fury 7'3" Med/Heavy: bit.ly/2bGvlVV
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[@racetrucks10]

Matt never apologize for not being able to be on the water brother! I'm speaking for the TB family we all would rather you not be on the water till your 110% mentally and physically. Then to be on the water and you not be focused and hurt yourself worse or take even longer to get better. Just know no matter what God has a plain for you and everything that has happened. Just to see you back in a video smiling and full of life again is all we need. Thanks again for another amazing video! #TBStrong

[@scottbunning6737]

Ultimate Extreme Outdoors Amen brother

[@bobsmith1841]

Agreed!!

[@darrellsanbornjr2088]

Well said!

[@patrickclark3026]

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[@brettstephens2785]

Thank God for these guys and all the knowledge that they share with us. I never get tired of a video and rewatch most of them.

[@yaknkak9934]

"Any time it gets weird, swing on them!" Best quote I've heard in a long time. Keep up the good work man it's good seeing you back at it.

[@gatorhkman]

Dude...older vid and I am working through your catalogue. YOU are the MAN...so so so giving in technique, approach to the audience and your passion. Thank you and know you are appreciated.

[@jeremykeith3152]

Thank you Matt! Ever passionate about bassin'. You got a way of boosting the confidence and getting the excitement rolling in fishing.

[@anthonymunster3696]

Dude Matt I love listening to you talk fishing! Everything you say is really valuable stuff and best part is is that you inspire me to fish. I love to fish and love to listen to someone else who loves to fish too. Thanks man for your commitment to get out there and use a lot of your time to help tech us. I really appreciate it.

[@phillipnichols4125]

Matt we’re all glad things are going better! Thanks for all the quality content you and Tim put out!

[@kevinmain5727]

Good to see you back at it Matt. Love your videos but also appreciate you following your doctors advice. Keep moving forward my man!!!

[@NorthernKayakAngler]

Your videos are THE best on youtube. You explain every detail where most guys leave the important details out that newbies want to know. Thank you!

[@drested1793]

Most informative videos delivered in a humble manor. Love em.

[@williameikner4690]

Praying for a speedy recovery brother!! Thanks for all the videos and helping everyone enjoy this great sport!

[@joebridges1878]

Matt, glad your ok man, your my #1 guide

[@colton6223]

Great video. I am obsessed with how dense your videos are. Thank you guys. You have changed my fishing mindset for the better so much. God bless!

[@tbdwoods]

Lovin these videos! I'm pretty new to this so having everything in the description is increadibly helpful really appreciate that

[@CasualBassGuy]

So the most recent Summer Gear vid brought me here and I can remember about 2ish years ago this being the video that introduced me to the channel. Ever since then the knowledge I’ve gained has a lot to do with TB. Glad you’re healthy today and thanks for information you & Time make available to us! 💪🏽🙏🏽

[@malcolmzoll7613]

Love watching your video Matt, you are telling us viewers some great information on how to do,and with what to do it with, baits &Hooks ,rods ,reel and down to earth teaching, Thanks again as usual 👍

[@bassinnw3608]

Happy to see you back Matt!! Make sure to not rush yourself and heal up well before you cure that itch!

[@mikewilliams7728]

Glad you are back! On the water or not you are always informative! Love your stuff. God Bless.

[@rubenp9346]

Matt, love the videos and the tips/tricks. When you explain things, you can see the passion and it's fun to see. Thanks for the videos and keeping it reel 😎😂

[@staleek100]

Great vid Matt! Wishing you a speedy recovery and hope you can get back on the water soon. Thanks for your great work!

[@vidter001]

Good to see your recovery is coming along and your starting to do videos again.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Every single time I watch your guys videos I feel like I become a better angler. I’ve never heard fishing a worm by ripping it like that but makes total sense. Def giving that a try next time on the water. Thanks

[@racetrucks10]

Glad to see you back brother! Keeping those prayers going for your family, your Dad and yourself!

[@davidbontempo6314]

Good to see you feeling better, Matt, thanks as always for your lessons

[@fishsnatcherstv6292]

its great to see you back on the channel teaching us about bass!! thanks for the info and best of luck with your continued recovery! get well brother, the TB family and the bass aren't going anywhere!!

[@kevingriggs332]

I'm new to bass fishing due to your videos. Fished most of my life for cats, crappie and bream. Im definitely going to try some of these shaky heads and techniques! Thanks for all your tips shared!!!!!

[@gooutsideandplay4975]

Good to see you back. Great to hear your doing better and hope to see you out soon!

[@drumandball]

" i dont care whether its an 8 inch bullworm or a magnum trick worm" Love the honesty. Too many guys are acting like every tiny little detail of everything is going to have a tremendous impact. There is huge importance in paying attention to detail, but it is a breath of fresh air to hear someone remind us all of the reality that a bass sometimes just doesnt care whether or not there are purple flakes in your green pumpkin trick worm. Great video!

[@IrAbynormal]

Thank you for taking the time to keep us informed on great summer tactics even though you are still recovering. I am mostly a Texas Rig fisherman and also use quite effectively unweighted Senkos rigged Texas style, so using a shaky head will be a new experience for me. It's funny but Junebug and Green Pumpkin seem to be the only colors that work at my lake so I will have confidence using them. I've been out of the game since 2015 when I had a second stroke that took my ability to stand and walk away from me, so now I will be fishing out of a wheel chair limiting my choices in areas to fish. But rest assured I am getting back out there. I've been watching your very informative videos and others as well. Thank you for doing the great job you do.

[@mrpinfold]

Matt great to see you getting back into the swing of things , great info again .

[@richshackelford5793]

Great video Matt. Very informative and simple. Take your time we will still be here when you are able to get back on the water. Like to see fish catches but also like this type of videos

[@adamlightner3171]

Glad to see you're doing well! Thanks for your dedication and hard work Matt,tell Tim what's up,

[@dominickizzo8528]

You sir are the very best of the You Tube Fishing Sources, glad you bounced back

[@wesjones4904]

Good stuff! Keep it coming. Great seeing you back making content and glad the recovery is going well.

[@Bluezkat1]

Great vid and great details. 100% agree about the T-Mac worm ... much easier to rig on a screw lock than most others. I love shaky headin’ ... this was another awesome tutorial. Nothin like gettin on a good work bite in the summer. Glad ur back Matt!

[@coledaughdrill7619]

These are some of your best videos, just sharing your knowledge gained from experience. I fish straight tail worms about 90% of my time on the water and everything you said can be taken to the bank (no pun intended). No clickbait, no drama, just laying it down. The rest of youtube should take notes.

[@offthehookbassfishing9608]

Buddy I'm glad evrything is working out for u and ur fam I know we ain't hung out or anything but I don't know what I would do without u ,u help me so much and don't even know it so thanks for everything I appreciate it keep ur rod bent my friend

[@McFU61]

Thanks for the tips about using worms! I definitely have been trying the RIp Rip pause technique and it has been working well.

[@jsteislures5361]

Hay man it's great to see you getting back in to it. I love your videos even if you can't be on the water. Keep up the good work fishing isn't the same without you telling me how to do it the right way.

[@danielbryan8300]

Perfect timing. Was planning to go use a shakey head tomorrow morning. And I just got my dirtyjigs canterbarry heads in.

[@davidshellhaas1730]

Great video Matt--appreciate it!! Glad you are starting to feel good enough to be even talking about getting back out on the water. Take your time and get right. Appreciate you and Tim and the vids you put out for us. Thanks

[@38fishing44]

Glad to see your getting back to it, hope the recovery is going well.👊🏻👍🏻

[@BayAreaBassing]

The way you teach gives me goose bumps. Too good. Thanks for the tips, AGAIN

[@chrisfine6250]

Awesome video! Haven’t used the shaky head a whole lot but definitely going to work on it this summer. Good to hear you are doing better.

[@robtaylor4810]

Agree totally on the colours! Here in Ontario Canada I have found white is also a killer color! Glad your getting better! Great Vids!

[@BigBearFishing]

Another good video as always Matt! Thank you for sharing these summer worm tips and tricks!!

[@shortround889]

Again great content. Keep making progress healing Matt 👍. This has been great for me, always learning

[@lionsfan20jg]

That saying needs to be on your new line of shirts! “Hook sets are free” lmao. Freakin awesome.

[@1MegaTuber]

It is a great saying but been used by anglers for YEARS.

[@nickheyd6417]

Yep sets are free. Heard it for years.

[@idkwhattomakemyname101]

Jake Garvin I’d buy it

[@victordeleonjr5386]

My buddies and I say "Swings Are Free"

[@youtubecomments5951]

Decades. Cause I said it 32 years ago

[@stephenshoemakejr6921]

Great information, hope your doing much better now! Thanks for the tips! Looking forward to trying some of these tips out!

[@hc_gabe4078]

I caught my first fish on a shakeyhead the other day, I was using a grub type bait though. It was a large single tail grub, came in an MTB box. Had a shakeyhead that matched its color in my bag already so I figured I’d try it out. It worked!

[@chamallow1590]

Hey ! I'm à young french fisherman, and i love your videos, very good job, love it 👍 thanks for all the tips !

[@ColtFifty5]

Glad you are back in front of a camera talking bass fishing! Looking forward to seeing one of those rig rundown type videos showing off the new truck and boat when you get to that point.

[@braydencobb2051]

We all love you Matt glad your felling good

[@callahan906]

Thanks Matt as always we really appreciate your information and your skill hope you get better soon

[@christophercodytroxell1589]

Glad you're doing better Matt

[@brianmccarty3626]

Good to see the messiah doing fresh videos! You haven't lost you touch brother! Keep getting better!!!

[@ethanyangswag]

Always putting out good content! Keep it up Matt. I’ve learned a ton from these videos

[@davidmoncrief8923]

Great to have you back Matt!

[@davidjackson7985]

It's so great seeing you getting better. Great video Matt

[@razr199]

You the man Matt. Great knowledge as always. Glad to see your getting better brother. Fish on

[@mecheledawson4262]

Hang in there Matt make sure you are healed. Yeah we miss ya but, your health and healing are most important. Thanks for sharing your wisdom on worming techniques, gleen ed some information I did not know, and now can try. Very cool! Take care, see ya on the water soon!

[@dimitriraimonde873]

I love shaky head fishing! Just started it this summer, and I've been experimenting using tons of different types of plastics, not even just worms, to give the fish something they may not have seen much before and I caught my PB on it, 5lb 6oz! It's not a lot at all in California I know, but in New Jersey, it's pretty big haha!

[@dimitriraimonde873]

Especially since I bank fish

[@PervertGrandpa]

5 lbs in Jersey is a monster

[@datruthhurts3984]

NJ donkey!! like a 8-10 pounder in cali.congrats buddy

[@huntnfishnuts5880]

No matter how experienced you are you can always learn something from a tacticalbassin video.

[@pubggoat6014]

Huntnfishnuts true!

[@SoCo_Surfcasting]

Great to see you back Matt!

[@UttonPhotography]

Matt, had to write. First, it’s really great to see that you’re starting to look and sound like your old self. That’s fantastic. Second, this video knocked out of the ball park for me. Watched the video Friday. You really told me what, how, and where to fish worms. Promptly went over to Bass Pro and they had non of the items you listed (l’ve since put a $150 order into Tackle Warehouse). I picked up some similar large worms (primarily Yum). Went our tournament Saturday night and started fishing the large worms and hooked a large bass on the first cast! We ended up in the money when the night was over all because of your video. Thanks again for all you do.

[@mattybauer22]

thanks MAtt. youre a G bro. super helpful. glad youre gettin back on track

[@juanmendez9872]

Always great content and ways of explaining techniques thank you, after what you and your pops went through take whatever time is necessary to be 100% before getting back in the water and thank god you still have that option. Stay positive friend you will be catching fish in no time

[@alexnelson09]

Matt thanks for the tips today! Glad you’re gettin back into the swing of things a bit. I never thought of sticking a trick worm on a shakey head. In fact I’ve rarely used shakey heads and I don’t know why! Tonight I just caught five smaller bass along with a 3lb skinnnnyyyy bucket mouth! Hope you get better soon!

[@boo.bitchcraft.books23]

Glad you are recovering well and so glad you are okay. Great video!!

[@unolove]

Glad to see you are doing better can don't rush yourself take your time and heal its always an awesome getting lessons from you and Tim! Keep up the great videos....and hey we don't mind watching the wives go fishing they definitely catch SLAUNCHES!!!! LOL....Get well and my prayers go out to you and the TB family.

[@InfinityFishing]

most basic but informative jig/worm tutorial , thanks for posting.

[@seizedcarcass8440]

The swamp crawler is so unique. It’s a great shape and it’s pretty thin and has enough salt but still floats good. It’s super good for shakes heads and dropshot. Wish they made more colors.

[@bmale13]

Looking sharp, Matt!! Must see video to watch while drinking my coffee. Heal fast brother! God bless the whole tactical family!

[@harrysmith9648]

thanks Matt great info as usual tx this sat i am going back to worms i kind of got away stay tuned your fan tar heel bassing NC

[@bloodcat12]

Glad to hear your recovery is going well, Matt!

[@Mr40tt]

Bless You Brother! Thanks for the video, and "Never Give Up!"

[@funkymojo111]

Thanks Matt, one of what I found a most informative video for a bank fisherman with very little income.

[@danielwagoner]

Great job of simply explaining how to keep it simple. Continue recovering brother and we look forward to you getting back out there.

[@alduro6505]

A VERY GOOD video. Thanks! I hope you have recovered fully by now. God Bless!

[@crankitt.v3431]

Love the videos guys! Glad to see you are doing good after the accident matt. Cant wait to see your future videos!

[@northeastbassfishing1501]

Great video Matt....I hope you're healing up and feeling better! Mark

[@1Cast1Fish]

Gotta love them worms for finicky summer bass....awesome video full of info

[@caseyc4516]

Love your vids...ready to see you back on the water

[@DWBCustomAmmo]

Another awesome video. Hope to see you back on the water soon!

[@randymcgee9176]

Welcome back Don’t rush it follow Drs orders. Love all your videos.God is on your side my friend.

[@leojeidy1143]

Great video! Glad to here you are feeling better.

[@jamesamaro]

Morning everyone thanx for the vid guys.

[@pjuiliano]

Awesome video! thank you hope you heal up quickly.

[@stevebattista6686]

Thanks Matt. Great tips as always

[@ericchappel5727]

Wow - I've been feeling the "soft weird" feeling for the last couple days at my fishing hole and thinking it was just mud or something. Hook sets are free indeed...

[@eddiemartz678]

excellent video ... thanks for the tips Matt!

[@MtnWBassin]

Love summer bass fishing with big worms

[@daverice8304]

Great video, Matt. The options for worm fishing can be pretty overwhelming for newbies. I appreciate the simplicity with which you approach it - keep up the good work. I would really like to go fishing with you sometime but don't get to CA so often. May need to make a special trip!

[@glancyoutdoors1881]

I have been testing something recently. Burning a senko. Got a good bunch of blow ups. And catches. Seeing a fish chase it down is just thrilling and a ton of fun

[@davidkrause3400]

Hey great vids man I love watching you bc I learn so much about fishing so thanks man!

[@scotttaylor4566]

Great to see you moving well. Get back at it soon.

[@PastorG16]

It's nice to see you're recovering. You don't need to take risks to give useful advice or remind me of something I've forgotten. Good job not getting pooped on under that bird's nest.

[@Dmnazdaq]

Great video- simple tweaks are the best!

[@phillipimsdahl3563]

Thanks learned a lot will pray to God to bless and speed your healing. The birds were a nice touch too.

[@timsoutdooradventures3004]

great video i really like how you explain to set the hook anytime it feels weird, ive lost a few fish thinking i was in grass but when i reeled in there was no grass on the hook. ive learned that worm fishing here in lucerne ca. is amazing during mid summer and fall. but when i want those big bites i throw topwater all day long. also a good cheap worm rod is a ulgy stick from walmart, most ulgy sticks are very sensitive and work amazing for the hookset. and another thing i do is work the worm with slack line, pretty much jig it and then let the line slack and watch the line, it will pull or drop more slack when a fish bites, ive even had it start pulling to the side and then i set the hook