Floating Worms For Trout

You need a syringe, a worm, a small weight and a small barbless hook. Stick the hook in the worm somewhere in the middle and go about 1/4 tp 1/2" before coming back out. Stick the syringe in the end of the worm and put as much air in as possible without popping it. See if it floats before casting.

Works very well even when you think the fish are on the top eating bugs. I would imagine it would work well for all kinds of fish. We hooked around 30 cutties in 4 hours doing this. I go barbless because the fish tend to swallow the worm, sometimes we had to cut the line because the hook was in its stomach alread. No kidding! We found this out while gutting a couple that we had cut the line on. Make sure you have a good pair of needlenose as well.

Floating worms also work well with a sinker in front of the worm; the sinker goes to the bottom and the worm floats above it. Very effective for big trout down deep. Try it this summer if the rain ever stops.

Would that be called a dropshot? Always wondered what a dropshot looked like, they never show it on TV. I wonder if this would work for big lake trout.

what? no helium?

Would that be called a dropshot?

No, a dropshot would be a sinker on the end of the line with a hook somewhere above the sinker. Dropshot rigs are great for bass; light sinker on the end of the line, a hook above it with a Gulp! or similar softbait on the hook. All the action comes from the sinker bouncing on the bottom and giving the softbait a little action.
With an inflated worm; I would run the line through the sinker then tie the hook on,  so the worm could move as you pull on the line. This might be known as a "Carolina rig" or "Texas rig", I don't know for sure. Aside from trout fishing deep, we used this type of set up to run live bait deep in the ocean or in the surf; the sinker would keep the bait in the general vicinity while allowing it to swim freely because the line would run through the sinker and allow the fisherman to feel a bite without the weight of the sinker.