Yes you are maturing TC and you respect your elders, good!Creatures and flukes mostly. I tens not to throw a lot of artificial worms. But I have thrown worms on them too occasionally.
There are no rules. You can put whatever you think might work on it. Who knows, you might start the next big thing.
(Can't beleive I got through that without a single wisecrack about throat depth and worms )
I would use a small hook so they can bite it and don’t see it. Then just run a split up a little higher. For your smaller stuff.I understand that throat depth is a factor for using minnow and creatures. The smaller the throat the more it is for just worms. What say thee?
If I answer that question do you promise not to tell the others.....There are two lakes now that I fish for bass on purpose and not by accident....its tough as I hold my nose the whole time. The by catch is Big Rock Bass at the one lake and Pickerel at the other (though not many as they rarely hit worms). I'm also fishing Kieteck Minnows allot...all different ones. For the big Fat Swing Impact in weedy areas a deep hook would be in order I believe.Just thought of it but smaller worms and something I think would work is powerbait trout worms on a smaller hook.