Would just fish heads be enough for a fish stake set or Would more be needed i can get a lot of sucker heads a week gigging in the fall and winter

Fish head will be fine

That was one with very little bait.

And this was two nights after.

Im very interested in trying them as they seem like they could be the answer to having poor conditions to dig pockets. Can I run them with drowners or is it better not to?

I don't see why not as long as you have the room and water depth for a drowner.

Check out Dale Billingsley on you tube he has a lot of good info on fish stake set plus other things.As far as drowners I guess that will be dependent on whether or not if you need to hide a catch. If on public I would say yes if that’s the case.

All that works fine as long as you don't have an exposed bait law. Here In WI, we would have to cover that bait.

Ive watched his stuff its great he doesn't drown his catches as a rule so he doesn't really discuss drowning and I watch a video by Mike seller's I think and he didn't drown stuff either

We do not have that here in Missouri

I always set two traps with fish stakes. I will sometimes use drowners. You just have to have the room to run the drowners out in different directions to avoid entanglement.

Ive put a few out through the years. I just put a cheap paper plate on the stake over the fish.