Wow !!! almost a year of silence -- Never heard of floating a worm.. I fish straight down from my Boat on channel edges or where sudden Contour drops happen. Drop it to the bottom with a small split shot a couple of inches above.. Give Two to three cranks on the reel and the bait is about 10 inches off the bottom and you can tell when the line hits structure in 15 to 25 foot of water. Another thing I found out is when you catch a Boat Load of Tiny cats move.. someone else cleaned out the bigger fish and the 3 and 4 inch fish take over untill they get ran off, You almost cant catch them -- Bait stealers