I was looking thru a Bass Pro catalog today and they had an illustration that looked like something worth thinking about  :-?.

 They had taken a Zoom Fish Doctor worm, T-rigged it with a #2 off-set worm hook and one of those nail looking weights that you push in the tail. Supposedly it sat on the bottom tail first and floated body up.

 What I was wondering was, had any of you used the Fish Doctor Worm and was it bouyant enough to hold a regular #2 hook up and if not maybe a thin wire hook?

 Any thoughts on this set up from ya'll would be greatly appreciated ...

                                                   As Ever,

                                                    Skillet

Skillet,

According to Ike, he uses a regular worm when fishing shakey head.

He says a regular worm looks more natural than a floating worm when on the bottom.

And no, I have not tried the rig you mentioned.

And yes, I am going to change my wacky style presentation by using a normal Zoom or Gulp! worm that sits on an angle while being fished and not straight up and down.

I am also curious if Ike will use this presentation at the Classic.

 Thanks for the input Sam .

                                   As Ever,

                                    Skillet

Well KVD said he likes floating worms on shakey heads better, and there is no way im argueing with either viewpoints. I use both floating and regular worms on jigheads and have noticed no difference. As for the tail weight rig, its not a matter of it floating so much if you keep a tight line it should pop off of the bottom no matter what worm, or so it would seem