Educate me. Floating worm???

When I think of floating, I think of things floating on the top. Not sure I've ever seen worms fished on the top, so I'm assuming that these are worms whose tails "float" or remain high and upright on the presentation. Am I right???

 

No they straight up float. U can obv sink them with enough weight, but fished with just a hook they float. They work good in heavy cover, grass and pads.

 

Floating worms flat out rock! I was introduced to them years ago fishing lake Murray in SC and have been part of my arsenal since. Seems they never took off here in the north and few people use them, down south it was like a pop r, everyone threw them.

 

Educate me. Floating worm???

When I think of floating, I think of things floating on the top. Not sure I've ever seen worms fished on the top, so I'm assuming that these are worms whose tails "float" or remain high and upright on the presentation. Am I right???

Actually, the Zoom trick worm sinks slowly with a 2/0 hook, you just twitch, twitch, reel, twitch, twitch, reel. It will stay about six to eight inches under the surface, If you want to reel faster it will surface, I do that sometimes, making it pop up and then dive. Down here we call it "porpoising", it draws reaction bites when they are feeding slow.
Best thing to me is, you can see the hawgs coming to mash it! Talk about a rush! One day I caught an 8 pounder, a seven two, and three over five. It's an unreal way to catch them, especially around grass or other vegetation!
Best colors are bubblegum (pink) merthiolate (red) white or yellow.
Keep your line fairly tight, the worm will snap left, then right. They cannot stand it, they gotta eat it!

 

I found this for ya, the only thing is I don't allow it to sink all the way down when I make the cast. I start moving it almost immediately.
http://www.bassfishingandcatching.com/floating-worms.html

 

Zoom Trick Worms Texas rigged unweighted on a 3/0 worm hook in heavy cover, thick downfall, and dense Lilly Pads is as fun as it gets IMO. It is my favorite way to fish post spawn bass next to just flat out burning spinnerbaits.
I think a couple guys here got crossed-up with the "floating worm" moniker. Up here us Yankees call them floaters trick worms.

 

Zoom Trick Worms Texas rigged unweighted on a 3/0 worm hook in heavy cover, thick downfall, and dense Lilly Pads is as fun as it gets IMO. It is my favorite way to fish post spawn bass next to just flat out burning spinnerbaits.
I think a couple guys here got crossed-up with the "floating worm" moniker. Up here us Yankees call them floaters trick worms.

Lol!! Yankees? lol Zoom trick worms are just one of many kinds of floaters. I started off years ago using Danny Joe's floating worms, then switched to the trick worm.
Lotsa of southerners (rebels?) that know little about the Civil War call all our northern brethren "Yankees". The truth is, during the war, southern soldiers only called the New England fellas "Yankees". I read a book once by Bruce Catton that told a story where men from SC and NC traded tobacco for coffee with some guys from Michigan and Ohio. The rebs were confused as to why they had to fight these mid western boys. They figured the Yankees from New England were the adversary! lol

 

The truth is, during the war, southern soldiers only called the New England fellas "Yankees".

That war was long ago and, if you are from north of Kentucky, we are now all Yanks in my experience. I have been bidding and performing projects in the south for over 30 years and always, as soon as someone new I'm working with hears me speak, I'm a Yank. It does not bother me at all but I've always thought it funny how quick the distinction is made, and on occasion with varying levels of disdain. I have a great many friends all over the south from past years of business and am perfectly fine with being their "Yankee friend".
My only reference to that distinction here was because the exact same baits and presentations can earn different labels in different geographic areas. In the north you seldom hear floating worms or bream for instance, it is just more common to hear trick worms and pannies.
This was not at all a Yankee/Rebel blast. Besides I prefer to just call you guys "Johnny".

 

That war was long ago and, if you are from north of Kentucky, we are now all Yanks in my experience. I have been bidding and performing projects in the south for over 30 years and always, as soon as someone new I'm working with hears me speak, I'm a Yank. It does not bother me at all but I've always thought it funny how quick the distinction is made, and on occasion with varying levels of disdain. I have a great many friends all over the south from past years of business and am perfectly fine with being their "Yankee friend".
My only reference to that distinction here was because the exact same baits and presentations can earn different labels in different geographic areas. In the north you seldom hear floating worms or bream for instance, it is just more common to hear trick worms and pannies.
This was not at all a Yankee/Rebel blast. Besides I prefer to just call you guys "Johnny".

That'll work. We all fight under the same flag now, as it should be..
My wife is from Buffalo, and first time we went there together, all her girlfriends were telling me, "say something in "Southern", lol! But I had a blast there, was treated well, and enjoyed some new food, like "roast beef on kummelweck roll". Awesome! Good wings too, but the beer they drank was this Molsen or Genessee stuff. Not a fan..lol