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[LimitedOut]

You dont need a split shot when fishing them on a leadhead, just fish it like a crappie jig very very slowly and you'll do fine. I like to split shot or dropshot them. Thread a # 8 owner mosquito hook halfway through the worm so the worm hangs straight and just cast out let it sink, and work it back with twitches and a pause here and there.

[Fishinhopeful]

With the rainy weather whats the best way to rig them when you split shot them do you put the sinker about 8 inches above the hook since the woater is dirty in stead of like two feet up the hook? Thanks

[Indo-angler]

Originally posted by LimitedOut
.....dropshot them. Thread a # 8 owner mosquito hook halfway through the worm so the worm hangs straight and just cast out let it sink, and work it back with twitches and a pause here and there.

Do you mean by that to hook it wacky style?

[LimitedOut]

No, I thread the worm onto the hoook starting at the head of the worm and bring the hook out about midlength. As far as split shot placement I usually have it about a foot up from the hook. I don't fish it differently in murky water.

[Indo-angler]

Thanks I'll try that also. Just checked Bryan's article and he suggest wacky hookup on a splitshot I believe as a way.

[Bryan]

Both ways work. Threading the worm like Oliver says is by far the most effective method, at least for me. Wacky Worming is just an alternative. I never fish it wacky, but know a lot of people who do. The action of both are VERY different. They both have their strengths. Good luck on the water!

[DementedFish]

So wait, are you saying its more effective to put a jighead on the worm, or putting a single hook on, with a splitshot above it?