Floating Jig Heads for Crappie

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

why not just drop it to the bottom and raise the rod tip or turn the reel handle one or 2 times is my question ?

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It is a lot easier to use a weight forward of the floating head if fishing the bottom.
The weight makes constant contact with the bottom while the head floats along behind.
This rig is quite effective when trolling and can be used casting.

I bought 300 floating hooks from fish usa on the cheap!!!!!! Merry Christmas

I also have thought about this. seems to me that with line tie at the front of a floating jig head. instead of a somewhat horizontal bait. it would fish nose down tail up.

No , the eyelet is within float. So Carolina rig positioning dependant on line length. You could also tweek the angle by bait wt. And tipped lure or minnow!!!!

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Originally Posted by sharphook

I bought 300 floating hooks from fish usa on the cheap!!!!!! Merry Christmas

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Do the jigs have the reverse eye so the hook rides up?

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Originally Posted by pop

I want to try some floating jig heads now that the crappie have gone deeper and near the bottom. What size hook do most use. Thanks for your help. Pop

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The ones I have made use a # 6 hook.
The bad news is the floating heads available now float with the hook in the down position.

You can make your own using a reverse eye hook and the hook will ride in the up position.
If I use this rig I use a lite bottom bouncer and a 6 to 8 foot leader.
See the posts on this thread on how to.