I was thinking and since the sick stick by power team lures is “naturally buoyant”, wouldn’t it make a great bait for the neg rig?  It’s also the same on both ends so one end isn’t blunter than the other like if you cut other stick worms in half

Let us know how it goes.  

The main advantage of Zman products is not just their buoyancy, but their durability.  I have a couple of other non-ZMan products I use on Ned rigs (Roboworm Ned worm, Berkley Moneymaker) and while they produce, you just go through so many more compared to Elaztech products.

I haven’t been a fan of the sick stick since you really have to throw it on a weighted Jighead and I am fishing stickbaits weightless Texas rigged 99% of the time.  The PTL plastic does seem very durable if using their finesse worm has any indication. Just not elaztech durability. I got ya. I was wondering what to do with my 50 ct (I think) packs I got on closeout and this seems like a great idea 

Have you tried a weighted wacky rig? Fishing them on a dropshot but wacky rigged? On a shakyhead? Seems like they could have some good uses. Pretty much any piece of plastic will work on a small jighead though. 

18 hours ago, OCdockskipper said:

The main advantage of Zman products is not just their buoyancy, but their durability.  I have a couple of other non-ZMan products I use on Ned rigs (Roboworm Ned worm, Berkley Moneymaker) and while they produce, you just go through so many more compared to Elaztech products.

They do last a long time.

 

I tend to lose the whole rig on a snag long before I wear out a TRD