Floating Jig Heads?

Wondering what kind of rigs most people use to fish these. I've been fishing all my life and have honestly never used one. Any feedback on the use/ pros and cons would be appreciated.

Who likes blowing worms?!?!?!

Good point about the hypodermics, never thought of anyone getting busted for "drug paraphrenalia". My ex, who was diabetic, was a source before the Great Schism. I have never heard of these so-called worm blowers (admittedly I haven't looked for them) since 95% of my fishing now is with a flyrod, never had a need to enhance crawlers.

"I think I would go with a worm blower any day over a dirty needle."

After sticking a worm blower needle into thirty or forty nightcrawlers how clean do you think it is?

Been using floating jigs for years and have had great success with them . I usually have different sizes for the different size fat-heads you get from the bait-shop . Fatheads on floaters are my favorite but have had success with leaches too , the biggest problem with leaches is you have to check them more because they wrap themselves up and can pull themselves off the hook. I always use floaters on the bottom , mostly from shore , and I usually have about 3 feet between the jig and weight but I will shorten it up with larger bait or in current. Hope this helps....BTW watch out if you have hypodermics in your box ,I saw a warden want to arrest a pair of fisherman for possessing them .

Flytrap, otherwise you can save yourself the trouble of worrying about a dirty dangerous needle and get one of these. They are sold at just about every sporting good stores I've seen. You normally find these in the fishing tool isle by the pliers and such.

Worm blower

These are by far my favorite floating jig head. In response to Boatfever's question these float the bait the right side up. Another words the hook points up on them. Its the only jig head I found that does that. I use the #4 for leeches #2 for large leeches crawlers and smaller minnows and the 1/0 for bigger minnows. With floating jig heads I keep my leader relatively short. 36" is about as long as I go with 18" a normal for me. I use them on Lindy Rigs and Split shot rigs.

Here is the link; Cabelas Floating jig head

kz, if you happen to know a diabetic using insulin, ask for a couple used hypodermics for injecting air into night crawlers. OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO USE EXTREME CARE WHEN USING CONTAMINATED SHARPS.

in response to boatfever... can't you blow air in the crawler to make it float or something like that?

I loved Northland Tackle's floating jig heads. Just put a weigh about a foot in front of the jig and your set! I've caught quite a few walleyes doing that.

Ah! I posted a similar question a year or two ago. I had some luck with them. The biggest problem I had was with how big of a jig I needed to have to actually float my bait, and with hook sets. Most of these jigs float "upside down", meaning the hook point is turned down. I had trouble hooking fish. I would use them with a typical Lindy style walking sinker and floating jig, and I would feel the tug and, I thought, would give them plenty of time to take the bait, but when I went to set the hook - nothing. I went to smaller floating jigs, but they had very limited buoyancy and couldn't float even half a crawler. In the end, I have a bunch of them in my tackle box, but never use them.

I'd love to hear from anyone who uses them successfully on a regular basis and how they do so. Glad you posted this!

I also have used with mixed success some inline floats that just slip on your line near your hook. Sometimes, just getting it off the bottom can make a difference.

- BF