Shakey Head worms
Another great fish catching bait with a myriad of options and styles of heads and worms to choose from. The most popular worms are 4" and 6" straight tail worms but any plastic is an option for these fish catchers. The shakey head is a jighead basically in different sizes to allow the angler to get a plastic bait in an area and shake it next to a piece of cover using weights that are heavy enough to hold it in place. A favorite of finesse fisherman sizes of 1/8oz to 1/4oz are the most popular in shallow water applications especially gravelly areas and skipping around docks, pilings, and brushpiles. They have different connectors and styles of heads to satisfy most everyone's style or favorite bait. There are also heavier sizes for fishing ledges and deeper water or current applications as well.
The head styles come in regular round heads, flat heads, and triangle heads just to name a few, they also have different ways of connecting the bait to the jighead from pegs to screwlocks. Just to discuss some of these options, the round head style is probably the most common and works in a variety of situations. It works well pulling through a variety of covers and is not specialized to a particular style of fishing within this realm. The flatsided shakey heads come in a couple of different shapes with 2 distinct purposes: the round head with one flat side is designed to stand up the bait on a flat surface. The flat shaped heads like our Tungsten shakey head is made to skip under docks allowing the bait to glide through the water. The triangular heads are made to more effectively pull through brush and grass by giving them that wedge to slide through the cover but doesn't work as well in rocks because it allows the bait to wedge in the crevices. Like I have said in many other articles these baits are a specialized piece of equipment with different applications calling for a specialized item much like golf clubs.
4" and 6" straighttails are the most popular styles of baits on shakey heads but stickbaits, lizards, and creature baits are also some very popular choices. I like straight tail worms in situations like clearer water and sparser cover. I use lizards in the spring during spawn on a shakey head if casting trying to cover water in lighter applications. Stickbaits (Senkos) espicially the 4" variety are something I am seeing a good bit of in colder water and high pressure situations. Creature baits in the spring or when bass are feeding on crawfish is also an option for a shakey head. This is a bait that lends to many options and can be a great high pressure fish catcher, become proficient with it and it can save you in the right situation.
The head styles come in regular round heads, flat heads, and triangle heads just to name a few, they also have different ways of connecting the bait to the jighead from pegs to screwlocks. Just to discuss some of these options, the round head style is probably the most common and works in a variety of situations. It works well pulling through a variety of covers and is not specialized to a particular style of fishing within this realm. The flatsided shakey heads come in a couple of different shapes with 2 distinct purposes: the round head with one flat side is designed to stand up the bait on a flat surface. The flat shaped heads like our Tungsten shakey head is made to skip under docks allowing the bait to glide through the water. The triangular heads are made to more effectively pull through brush and grass by giving them that wedge to slide through the cover but doesn't work as well in rocks because it allows the bait to wedge in the crevices. Like I have said in many other articles these baits are a specialized piece of equipment with different applications calling for a specialized item much like golf clubs.
4" and 6" straighttails are the most popular styles of baits on shakey heads but stickbaits, lizards, and creature baits are also some very popular choices. I like straight tail worms in situations like clearer water and sparser cover. I use lizards in the spring during spawn on a shakey head if casting trying to cover water in lighter applications. Stickbaits (Senkos) espicially the 4" variety are something I am seeing a good bit of in colder water and high pressure situations. Creature baits in the spring or when bass are feeding on crawfish is also an option for a shakey head. This is a bait that lends to many options and can be a great high pressure fish catcher, become proficient with it and it can save you in the right situation.
