Phat Pak Baits
6.5" Slinky Worm
6.5" Slinky Worm
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Our 6.5" Slinky Worm is the perfect "Trick Worm" for shaky head fishing. It uses our super soft, super boyant plasitsol, which keeps the tail standing up vertically as it's worked along the bottom. Even in a resting position the bulbous tail will slowly undulate, eliciting the strike.
Since we use a very low resin plastisol they are much more soft/suple. This allows each worm to float, gives the worm better action, and allows better hook penetration when rigging.
Rigging
Rigging
The ideal rig we've found for these is fished on a Shaky Head. 7' Medium light fast tip spinning rod, on 12lb braid to a 6 or 8lb florocarbon leader. 1/4oz Shaky head jig. Cast the bait out, let it fall on semi slack line until it hits bottom, than slowly drag the bait back, keeping contact with the bottom at all times. Periodically stopping the bait, and shaking the rod tip, making the bulbous tail of the bait undulate and flutter as it stands up at a 70 degree angle off the jig head.
Additional Rigging Options:
Texas
Carolina
Shaky Head
EWG Weightless
Dropshot
Wacky
Neko
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Retrieve
Retrieve
When thrown on a Shaky Head, cast the bait out, let it fall on semi slack line until it hits the bottom, than slowly sweep the rod, left to right, dragging the bait along the bottom. As you make contact with structure, leave it in place, and shake the rod tip ever so slightly. This will cause the tail of the worm to undulate in place as the worm is sitting tail up on the bottom. The bite usually comes while the tail is undulating.
Rod/Reel/Line
Rod/Reel/Line
7' Medium or Medium light spinning rod, extra fast tip, paired up with a 1500 or 2500 series spinning reel on 12 pound braid to a 6 or 8lb fluorocarbon leader.
Design & Dimensions
Design & Dimensions
Durability: Low, 1-3 fish/bait
Length: 6.5"
Bait Design: The body shape has a flat bottom, with a ribbed top, moving from the head back, there's an egg sack about 2" into the bait, and it has a bulbous ribbed tail
Other Characteristics
Other Characteristics
Scent: Like all our baits they are heavily scented with our Phat Juice which is a Craw/Leech/Shad combination.
Salt: None
Floating: Yes
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I fish the slinky worm in the Phat Pak custom tomato red color. It blows other trick worms out of the water. You can rig it on a heavier wire hook for texas rigging but I use it mostly for dropshot rigs and tipping spinnerbaits. The texture, shape and action work perfectly together. I think this is the only worm that you can cut that still works as a shorter worm. There aren't a lot of baits out there you can cut and they still have great action and be very effective.
I helped them create the tomato color so I would have the exact color that works best for my waters. My water here is really muddy and that's what they seem to like the best.
Mike Louis
Central valley of California
Our 6.5' Slinky Worms are injected with a softer floating plastic than the zoom trick worm, making them more lifelike and also increasing their hookup ratio