In this article, I will describe how to put together a set of multi hooks for fishing under a float. Two of the popular and effective fishing baits are live worms and live minnows, and hooks are the most effective way to handle these live baits for fishing, especially when fishing under a float. For those of you who don’t know, gang hooks are a pair of small hooks tied back to back on a leader and are used to fish for various live baits.
When fishing with a float, which is of course another name for a bobber, the best types of floats to use are sliding bobbers. Slide floats made from balsa wood are the most buoyant and effective fishing floats. Sliding bobbers slide across your line and “free float” on your line. A spool stopper (which is a small piece of rubber) is then added to your line to prevent the spool from “slipping” past it. The angler can adjust this bobber stop, so they have full control over how deep their bait is below the float. This makes float fishing much more accurate, and in almost all fishing situations where a float of any kind is used, a slip bobber is the way to go.
With that being said, let’s get to the business of how to rig live bait hooks under a float, what do you say? For this example, I will assume that a slider is being used. If you’re using another type of float, these principles still apply and I’m sure you can adjust these ideas to your particular type of float as needed.
Start by grabbing the end of your line and sliding your cork onto the line. Now add the bobber stop to your line. At this point tie a small swivel to the line. The swivel will not only help keep the line from twisting, it will also make a strong joint between the line and the multihook set. At this point, a pre-tied multi-hook set is added to the opposite end of the swivel. Now, depending on the depth of water you intend to fish in, current flow (if any), and wind conditions, you may need to add one or two split sinkers to your line to help the bait sink. in water. . Adding split shots to the line is a judgment call and entirely dependent on personal fishing conditions.
At this point your bait should be added to the hooks. If minnows are your preferred bait, simply hook the minnow through the lips on the top of the two hooks and allow the second hook to “hang free”. If worms are used as bait, place the worm on the extended hooks (as I’m sure you can imagine). In the case of large worms, such as those that crawl at night, the worm should be pinched in half before being placed on the hooks so that a large part of the worm is not “hanging” on the second hook in the water .
The spool stop should now be set to the depth you would like your bait to be below the float and you are good to go. Now that you know how to set up multi hooks to fish for live bait under a float, it’s time to get out there and start fishing.