Not that I fish them much but 12" is not too big. I've caught 11" bass on the 10" worm. Read Bill Murphy's "Giant Bass" and he talks about using 16" worms. Paul Du-something who caught the giant at Spring a while back uses 24" snakes!
My two cents.
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