Would a Florida Rig Weight work just as well?

[Shad_Master]

I recently saw a link to a "new" product - may have been on this site, may have been elsewhere (if anyone has the link, I would appreciate a reminder) - but the product was a type of "jig" that was made to screw into the tail of a craw worm or craw tupe so that it could be hooked through the head and would keep the tail down and the head/pinchers up like a real crawdad.

My question is, would a screw-in type bullet weight (florida rig) work just as well?

[Matt Fly]

No, for the simple reason that the bullet will just lay flat and the bait will not stand up.    

   I used to take balsa toothpicks and break them off and slide a piece of the toothpick into the craws years ago.

  Try this in a sink, you will see the craws will lift up as in a defensive posture.

  Great trick back in the late 80's.  

[Shad_Master]

Okay, I'm not describing this very well - but the product that I saw was designed to screw into the tail of the craw worm/tube and then the hook was inserted through the head and out the back - this didn't cause the claws to ride up, but did cause the head to ride up while the tail was pulled down to the bottom - in the video, it made it look more life like than anything else I have ever seen - the problem was that these little mushroom "screw jigs" were pretty expensive.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

I am interested in this as well, but can't figure out how it would be different from putting one on a spot remover. :-?

[Shad_Master]

Okay, I'll try this again - the "jig" looks like a spot remover - but doesn't have a hook - the hook is attached to the line sort of like a weightless rig - the "jig" just serves as weight to keep the tail down and the line causes the head/claws to ride up in a defensive posture.  I wish I know where I saw this link - it was a series of you tube videos advertising the product.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

Sort of why I said I was interested. A short while back my buddy was trying to explain this thing to me too and came up short on any links or pictures.I haven't heard anything it since until you brought it up. It sounds gnarly.

[Mr. Whipple]

Let's try a punch weight from BPS.

basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_10201799_100010003_100000000_100010000_100-10-3

[Shad_Master]

Thanks for the suggestion - but that ain't it - this product screws into the lure at the opposite end from the hook - sort of looked like a spot remover jig head with the hook broken off - there is no hook - simply a screw-in weight - the hook is threaded through the head causing it to ride up in a defensive position while the tail is almost anchored to the bottom.

[Shad_Master]

Well, no body has managed to come up with the product I was talking about - but I did pick up some screw-in bullet weights (1/4 oz) - if you screw them into the tail of the craw worm and then t-rig it weightless through the head - this does work great - the head of the craw worm is lifted up by the line making it look like it is alive and in a defensive posture - btw, a 4-pack of 1/4 oz bullet weights costs about $1.50, while the "product" that I saw was selling for about $6 each.

[avid]

You may be talking about the Okeechobee rig.

It's meant for pitching and flipping to thick weeds like we have down here Florida way. It supposed to fish cleaner. Notice the weight has the loop to secure it to the hook.

[Randall]

;D I know exactly what you are saying since I rig some craws that way. Everybody think of just a weight attached to the tail with no line or hook. Just the weight with nothing else attached. Got to think outside the box. Then you hook the bait with the line and hook (no weight) attached to the head. The craw moves forward instead of backward and drags the tail as it moves with the head and claws being lifted up by the line and hook.

A Florida rig weight would work OK with a craw worm or you could flatten out a larger weight or splitshot and glue it to the bait. I have a few methods I use to get the same type result. I wouldn't spend $6 for a weight.

[Shad_Master]

Avid, for some reason I can't connect to your link - but it sounds like you are describing a Parsite Weight type of thing - this ain't it - I do use parsite clips and weights a lot, but this was a whole new thing - at least to me.

[aarogb]

    Yes it will work just as well.  The only difference is that regular bullet weights don't have a screw.

[cwayne]

yes

[FD.]

Avid's right, it's called the okechobee rig. It is made by Sizmic. It comes with a pack of 3 jungle toads but I just buy the warhead weight and use either a sweet beaver or double wide beaver with it. It is kind of tricky to rig to get the weight to stay tight to the bait but it works great in heavy cover.

http://www.***.com/descpage-SWHW.html

[Shad_Master]

Sorry, but Avid's wrong - this ain't it - the infomercial that I saw was for a screw-in weight that looked just like the head of a Spot Remover - but thanks for the comments guys - if I ever do find the link to what I saw, I will try to post it.

[cato]

I haven't seen this rig but I like what I'm hearing. Sounds like it could be pretty easy to make a rig like that out of my garage though! I'll have to experiment with this and see what I can create!

[Bernie Mac]

Hey Shad, are you talking about "sliding weight" :-? the weight secures to the tail, and the hook is ran thru the craw tube towards the weight (or tail of the craw) so when you pull or jig the craw it makes the tail go underneath like it's really swimming away and the at rest it lays flat with the claws up?