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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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
So why used a floating jig head? :donoQuote:
Originally Posted by pop
Maybe'a'drop shot could work too?
Although not something I want to do, I assume that if you were to fish a floating jig head on something like Carolina rig style you'd maintain a constant relationship to the bottom a lot easier than trying to count down and reel at whatever pace you need to in order to keep a standard jig in that relationship. I've never found crappie, at least active ones, to be too particular about how close the jig is above them. But maybe it would be a great tool for mostly inactive crappie that don't want to rise very far to catch a jig. I've never fished a floating jig head, so just speculating on my part. It makes sense that there may be certain situations where it might be worth a shot though and you could keep the retrieve speed very slow for those lethargic fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
Does he mean a float and jig head below it? Works for me!
https://i.imgur.com/3wRE4qL.jpg
...with thin or stick tail grubs:
https://i.imgur.com/oGgN3bh.jpg?1
I assumed he meant a jig head made to float off the bottom like walleye fisherman sometimes use to suspend night crawlers off the bottom behind a weight. Don't know for sure though and what they say about "assume" sometimes applies to me. It looks like a jig head, but instead of being made from dense material it is constructed to be buoyant.
The one big drawback of a "floating jighead" is that the hook points DOWN, rather than up ... and that's a negative factor for two reasons, first being that it's way more likely to snag into something, and secondly (& maybe a little less of a negative) it's going to hook fish in the lower lip area (rather than in the roof of the mouth).
The fact that they're made to "float" (& assumedly on the surface) the weight of the exposed hook is going to force the hook point to be facing downwards ... at least the ones I've used were that way. I've thought about using them in much the same way as Pop describes and the other members have "assumed" he meant ... but never got around to trying it. Once I got to using weedless jigheads, the idea for them just kinda fell by the wayside.
You can make your own floating heads from foam floats and a Aberdeen hook. You have to give the hook a reverse bend so the hook rides up not down.Quote:
Originally Posted by pop
These work well for walleyes with a walking sinker or bottom bouncer.
See:https://www.crappie.com/crappie/jig-...ing-jig-heads/
A few of you hit the nail on the head and things I didn't think about. The main thing I didn't realize is the jig floating upside down. Hooking would be a problem. I was thinking about the jig floating up and be above the crappie. Back to the drawing board. Pop
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 ?
It is a lot easier to use a weight forward of the floating head if fishing the bottom.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
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!!!!
Do the jigs have the reverse eye so the hook rides up?Quote:
Originally Posted by sharphook
The ones I have made use a # 6 hook.Quote:
Originally Posted by pop
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.