Favorite way to put wax worms on your hook?

[FishnBear]

I was experimenting with different ways to hook wax worms, I was fishing panfish and caught them faster by just jabbing them thru the center and not threading them on like a crawler or just jabbing them thru the head. What have your experiences been?

[Tyler Holm]

I've found that hooking them through the head, helps them stay on the hook longer.

If you hook them sideways, your jig will fall slower, sometimes enticing the "light bitters" to slurp it in.

[Random guy]

Tommy Skarlis did an article some time back titled "fishing with a .45" He brought up the idea of hooking grub type bait threaded though the head and making the grub come out at a 45 degree angle. It made sense to me after watching panfish take a lure on the camera. It creates the prefect attack angle for the fish and lines em up for a solid hookset.

[Bushwacker]

For me, it really depends on the lake. Most of my panfishing is done on a very clear lake with sunnies that are very finicky. I have to thread them on the hook and as long as no metal of the hook is showing at all the fish will bite, but if just a little of the hook is exposed the fish will just sit back and watch the lure. On other lakes I just hook them through the head. It make the lure fall faster and the fish still bite with some of the hook showing. The .45 idea seems like a good one. That is the way most of them strike when watching on a underwater camera. I will give it a try next time out.

[Woody Erickson]

I have found that when Crappie and Perch are finicky, turning waxies inside out works well. Start by clipping/biting/cutting a little bit off the tail. Using a round wooden toothpick, push the head of the waxie out through his butt. While still on the toothpick, push the hook through the head (end of the toothpick).

If using a jigging spoon, I will sometimes put up to three of them on. I am not sure what this does, different look or extra scent being emitted or ???

Give it a try.....

later

[Dan Thiem]

I will sometimes put two of them on a tear drop jig. One wacky style or hot dog style and the other dangles from the head. Like a letter "T". That way if they hit it and you miss it, you'll still have one on the jig for a follow up bite.

[Tripleplay]

I caught on a Midwest Outdoors show a few weeks ago a tip that I'd not really thought about. One of the locals was actually puncturing the waxie at the back end with his hook and pulling some of the guts out to leave them hanging--then hooking either by threading partially or the head. His point was to leave some of the "juicy guts" hanging out spreading scent in the area.

I have never intentionally done this although once the waxie gets hit a few times I was probably getting the same effect. I usually thread to cover the hook tip but I'll have to try the in the middle tip as well when that isn't working.