Cool idea to rig a craw.... really good for fishing junk.

[Bassboss]

So I was fooling around today with different ways to rig a soft plastic craw (similar to a chigger craw, only 5"). The craw I used had 1/5th of the body hollow at the front/head. What I did was take the craw, and a skewer, and poke a hole all the way through, about 1/4" away from the butt. After that I took some olive oil (for a lubricant, you can use what ever, I'm sure an oil based fish attractant would have worked well too) and put it into the hole. Than I took some BB's (3), and stuck them down into the hole... as far as they would go. Than I took some Styrofoam and put it into the hollow part for buoyancy. I tested this in my fish tank and it slides down nice and easy, pretty slow too because of the Styrofoam. Very cool little rig. I can cast it good with my casting tackle, and it has a very finesse fall and action to it!

It's basically the same idea as a tru-tungsten stinger worm. It weights the plastic from the inside. With the internal weights, it will let the bait slid through cover like hydrilla, coon tail, and other gunky plants with out getting the sinker and the hook all cover with it. Since it's buoyant, it will sit onto of the hydrilla rather than punching right through. I can try it this week end.... I'll let you know how it goes.