Geecrack Bellows Stick 2.8″ Floating

The Geecrack Bellows Stick 2.8″ Floating delivers a revolutionary, high-buoyancy twist to the traditional ribbed stick worm. Extensively tested across high-pressure Japanese venues, this highly technical creature bait features an aggressive, full-body ribbed chassis that extends seamlessly from head to tail, terminating in a distinctive, bulbous ball-shaped tip.

While the original Bellows Stick is a high-specific-gravity sinking bait, this specialized Floating Elastomer version is poured from an ultra-buoyant compound. This ensures the lure stands completely upright when fished along the bottom or creates significant wake and surface noise when worked up high, making it an elite-tier choice for ultra-light game, Light Rock Fishing (LRF), and modern finesse disciplines.

Detailed Specifications

• Length: 2.8″ / 71mm

• Quantity: 5 lures per pack

• Material: Ultra-buoyant, high-stretch Floating Elastomer composition infused with Geecrack’s powerful Strong Shrimp Flavor Formula.

• Body Design: Full-body ribbed “bellows” structure with deep, water-displacing segments and a molded hook-alignment channel.

• Tail Type: Lightbulb/ball-shaped micro vibration tail.

• Recommended Hook Size: Size 4 Offset Hook or Fine-Wire Jig Head.

Key Features & Design Performance

• The Ultimate Water-Biting Ribs: The core innovation of the Bellows Stick is its deep-grooved body segmentation. These ribs trap water continuously on the move, generating an immense amount of hydroacoustic displacement and subsurface wave motion that predators track effortlessly via their lateral lines.

• Indestructible Floating Elastomer: Engineered from an advanced floating compound, this bait possesses extreme structural elasticity. It stretches endlessly without tearing, easily shrugging off violent strikes and allowing you to hop it through rough ground, reefs, and structures without the body sliding down the hook shank.

• Natural Stand-Up Posture: When paused on the bottom on a weighted rig, the heavy-buoyancy material forces the bait to stand completely perpendicular. This presents a striking, highly visible target that mimics an un-defended aquatic organism or worm reaching up from the substrate.

• Inhalation Rib Compression: When a fish takes the lure, the hollow, soft-ribbed body collapses instantly inside its mouth. This eliminates any rigid plastic resistance, prompting the fish to suck it deeper and ensuring an exceptional hook-up ratio even on tentative, cautious bites.

Where & How to Use It

• The Finesse Free Rig & Texas Rig: Rigged weedless on a free rig or light Texas setup, the sinker drops to the bottom first, leaving the ultra-buoyant Bellows Stick to slowly glide and float downwards behind it, mimicking a slow-drifting organism.

• Ned Rig & Bottom-Hopping Finesse: Mount it on a flat-bottomed Ned head or a tungsten Cheburashka jig. The floating body keeps the tail up in a constant defensive posture during pauses, making it an exceptional tool for targeting resident harbor wrasse, pollack, and big canal perch.

• The Floating Neko & Drop Shot: Exceptional when fished on a Neko rig (with a small nail weight in the nose) or on a drop shot. The body hovers perfectly horizontal or dances vertically with the slightest twitch of the rod tip.

• Target Species: Specimen canal and river perch, trout, and chub in freshwater; pollack, wrasse, school sea bass, and various rockfish species in saltwater (LRF).

Pro Tip

The Stand-and-Shake Method: Rig the Bellows Stick 2.8″ Floating on a light Cheburashka or Ned jig head. Cast it tight against structures like harbor walls or rocky ledges, let it hit the bottom, and pause for 5-10 seconds. The lure will stand fully upright on its nose. Give your rod tip continuous, ultra-subtle micro-shakes without moving the sinker. The deep body ribs will catch the micro-currents and ripple on the spot, sending out constant acoustic signals that force lock-jawed predators into a reactive strike.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I store these floating baits inside my main soft plastic trays?

Absolutely not. The Bellows Stick Floating is made from an advanced elastomer compound. Elastomer causes a severe chemical reaction when it comes into direct contact with traditional PVC plastisol soft baits, which will cause both lures to melt, warp, and turn into a sticky, ruined paste. Always store them in their original packaging or a dedicated elastomer-safe tackle box.

How does the action differ from the standard sinking Bellows Stick?

The standard sinking version glides down head-first and drags along the contours of the bottom. The Floating Elastomer version actively fights against the weight, slowing down the fall of your rig and standing straight up on the pause, giving slow-moving or cold-water predators a much longer visual window to strike.

Is this bait infused with the standard S.A.F. formula?

This specific floating elastomer variant is blended with Geecrack’s high-potency Strong Shrimp Flavor Formula. Because elastomer absorbs and holds scent differently than standard PVC, this specialized blend ensures a continuous, hard-hitting scent trail leaks out underwater to maximize your bite numbers.