How to Bait a Plastic Worm
- 1). Slide the pointed end of a cone sinker onto the end of the line near the rod tip. The sinker has a hole drilled through the middle. This extra weight helps with casting and getting the worm down to deep water.
- 2). Tie a hook to the end of the line using a clinch knot. An illustration of a clinch knot is linked to in the resources section. When complete, the rigging will have a hook on the end of the line, with a free-sliding sinker weight between the hook and rod tip.
- 3). Pierce the tip of the hook into the worm head on the end, then gently push the body of the worm up onto the shank of the hook until the head of the worm is pressed against the eye of the hook.
- 4). Push the barb out of the body of the worm, then rotate the hook 180 degrees and pierce the barb back into the worm body. Rotating the hook this way improves the worm's action in the water while creating a weedless bait that can be dragged in relative safety through lily pads, submerged grasses and other line-snagging obstacles.
