Real World Tests: I fished the Tomahawk aboard an Abu Garcia Fantasista Premier heavy powered casting rod paired with a Shimano Metanium MGL spooled with twelve pound (12lb) Seaguar Tatsu Fluorocarbon. As with any soft plastic worm, but especially big ones like the Tomahawk, they're versatile enough to be fished on just about any size hook you want. Naturally the bigger the better, but sometimes, when the fish are shy, a smaller hook is what you need to use in order to trigger that strike.

The texture of the worm's main body is referred to as Missile-Grip Ribs by the manufacturer.

I fished the Tomahawk Texas style with a 3/0 Gamakatsu Finesse Heavy Cover Hook. I prefer to peg my weight so I can pitch into and around weeds and other cover and keep that bait moving so the tails can do their work. And those tails on the Tomahawk worm really spin and twirl well. This bait has really good action in the water when you hop it off the bottom.

Design & Ergonomics: Missile Baits does not advertise any type of fish attractant scent on the packaging of their plastics, but the Tomahawk worm is very oily out of the package and that oil definitely has some scent to it. The product bag was a little curious. There's a notch at the top of the packaging on the side, normally where you'd put a "tear here" indicator for opening the bag, but it's not sealed at the top. On my initial bag of Tomahawk worms, I ripped the bag open at this spot only to see on another package of the same worm, I could have just opened the bag without creating the little bit of waste material from the top of the bag.

The Tomahawk 8.75 sells for $3.00 per package of six (6) worms.

Price & Applications: The Tomahawk 8.75 sells for $3.00 per package of six (6) worms. That breaks down to roughly sixty seven cents ($0.67) per bait. Not a bad price for a "big bait". It's readily available at any outlets that carry the Missile Baits product including TackleWarehouse.