hey everyone,i was just wondering what does everyone use on there shakey head? i have heard alot of differnt senarios? like medium action rod-wit a spot remover and a trick worm,or lite action rod- with a lucky strike shakey head and a swamp crawler or finesse worm, what do u guys use and why? oh yeah an sorry i have been gone so long computer problems,but i am back and loving the south carolina fisheries,execep these lakes have alot of pressure,and the shakey head shines at times

Hi bassboy!

I've been using the 3/16 Bassdozer shakey jig with 6" Roboworms on 6 lb. P-Line Halo medium action rod.

ok, i guess me and u geo are the only ones that fish a shakey head rig, lol

As a matter of fact bassboy I was out at the Lagoon doing my thing with the shakey rig the other day but didn't get any bites.

Didn't get bites on any of my other goodies that day either. So it was just an off day.

It does take a lot of patience to fish that rig the right way though. All it takes is just a very little gentle shake to get the tail of that worm quivering just right. A lot of people pick that up thinking it's gonna be a piece of cake... actually it takes a very precise touch to get it on.

Hey George,Jason

This is my first year fishing a shakey head. Its a new thing for me so I'm trying to figure out which rod,line etc... will work best for me. It is finesse fishing definitely.

yall are right it is not something u just pick up one day and conistly catch fish,it takes patience,it took me a while 2 get it down right,but it is a fish catching bait and i am still learning all its benifits, and anthony, u want a medium action spinning outfit, 8 - 12 pound line mono or flouro or p line, and the head and worm depends on your style of fishing, i like the spot remover and lucky strikes football heads with a trick worm or swamp crawler, but try different setups 2 see what works 4 u, but the medium action rod is the key, 4 feel that is,thats my five cents, hope it helps u out,

Thanks Jason,

I have a 6'6" med-light St.Croix I will start using the shaky head with. To be honest I hate med, light action rods, I love heavy action with a fast tips But It makes sense to use a med action rod being your slightly moving the shaky head on the bottom.

I got several different heads and styles i will be experimenting with the next time I'm on the water. Thanks again for the info.

Just a heads up since you mentioned "spot remover" jig heads... We will be doing a product review of several of their lures (Buckeye) over the next couple of months. This includes many versions of the spot remover jigs and jig heads...

well thats cool brendan, because i fish with both and catch fish on them both,the jigs and the plain heads, and the only problem i have with them is they catch all size fish,i was on lake greenwood,last week and i was skipping floating docks with the jig version and the plain head and i went thru 2 pack of trick worms,caught about 40 fish and half of them were knotheads and one was a bass,i swear 6 inches, caught on a trick worm and spot remover,so they catch bass,but all shapes and sizes,i did weigh in 15.6 and only one was caught on a blade,it was good for 6th place,so its a must have bait.

oh yeah and one more thing anothony, a little tip about any shakeyhead fishing is on the hook set, make sure u set the hook straight up,dont sweep the hook set,if u do u will miss more than haif of your fish,when u feel that tap tap or you see your line swimming off,reel down 2 him and set the hook straight up, and you will hook almost all your fish,just a little tip i forgot 2 mention

Good advice from Jason on the hook set with a shakey head rig.

As for the multi-size/species with the spot remover, I think you will find that will most finesse lures... because they tend to be on the small size they are going to open the door for you to catch a wider range of fish. Glad to hear that you were able to put together a nice bag though... 15 lbs 6 oz... that's a very respectable bag.

BC

Thanks Jason, Brendan

I set up a couple of rods with a few different ones. Tomorrow hopefully after work I will hit one of our lakes close to home and test them. I use to fish SLIDER heads a lot a few years ago It looks similar. It would be great to add another tactic to the army, can't have enough.

so how did u do, on your test run with the shakey head

Hey guys, sorry I havent posted much lately. Finishing up fishing season, work and taxi cabing kids to all their sporting activities. As Brendan mentioned earlier in the post, I just submitted product reviews on The Spot Remover and Knuckle Down Lures shakey heads. They both are awesome!!!! I fish them alot, especially on pressured lakes and rivers. The great thing about these lures is you will catch numbers of fish. But dont be fooled, they catch monsters as well as swimmers. I fish them on a 6'6" med/heavy baitcast rod with 12 lb McCoy flurocarbon line. You can rig it with many different types of soft plastics, but I usually use a 7" Strike King Super Finesse worm. I prefer the heads that have the spring keeper, I feel they hold you bait in place much better when skipping under docks and I dont think they tear up you bait as often. Both the Spot Remover and Knuckle Down heads are flat on the bottom which makes you worm stand straight up when sitting on the bottom giving it more action and drawing more attention. Add em to your arsenal and you wont be disappointed.

Alot of good points. I also like to use it rigged whacky. it gives it a whole new action. With 6''zoom trick worms in green pumpkin and especialy in black. For the lakes around here which are usually clear with little to no grass or weeds. alot of laydowns and rocky bottoms.

I have been using the shaey head jigs for over a year now. i started with a similiar type of stand up head jig I got at bass pros shop, instead of a spring on the jig eye it had a ribbed pin that you pushed the worm onto, I have had a lot of luck with both of these lures. I find them all purpose as far as technique goes, I usually cast out a 3/8 oz green pumpkin head with my choice of worm, I use this color as too me it seems to blend with most bottoms and makes the worm look like it is standing on its own. Here is a secret I tried last fall on lake toho when the bite was off for me, I rigged the worm backwards on the jig as it looked like it was coming out of the bottom in my mind. I cast it in a dark area about a foot out of the vegetation and let it set for a minute and then just twitched it a hair, and repeated it three or four times. Twice I got good strikes and lost them. Both times I reeled in to see if I lost or tore the worm as the push in type used to do that when hit. The next time I missed I let it set for what turned out to be three minutes as my wife called and it took that long to get her off the cell, lovingly, then I twitched it again and wham this time it took it and I let it have it for a few seconds and then just applied some pressure and in it came. It was about a four lb. bass. I use the berkely gulp worms, I like the watermelon with the speckles.

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I prefer the type with the screw spring attachment. And I use them in black and green pumpkin depending on the color of plastic I'm useing. I also like to use baby brush hawgs and 3'' rapiers on the jig. The bait to me stays put more than the push on type. Although both will do the job. It is one of my favorite baits when the bite is tough and you need a smaller slower bait. But be sure to be a line watcher most of my strikes they seem to just pick it up and swim off with it or just pick it up and sit there. The bite seems to be lite. On the other hand I've put alot of fish in the boat useing it.

Here are the links to those Product Reviews mentioned above for Buckeye Lures - Spot Remover Jigs & Shakey Heads and Knuckle Down Lures - Knuckle Shaker Pro Jig Heads

I like your idea about rigging the worm backwards for something different... I do that with Yamamoto's Fat Ika.

OK guys, now I'm gonna throw a "power fishing" version of the shakey head into the mix. I have discovered a 5/8 ounce shakey head made by Xcite baits that are huge. We have been using 10 or 12" worms on these bad boys fishing them on ledges in 20 to 25 feet of water. I am fishing these on 6'10" heavy action Falcon rods, 12lb flurocarbon line on baitcasters. It is AWESOME!!! They also make a 1/4 ounce version as well, pair these heads up with a big worm of your choice or check out their 10.5" Maximus straight worm they designed for these heads. the website is
www.xcitebaits.com