Debate Time

[Kyle Mahaffey]

I was bored at work and I was searching stuff on Youtube. I came across a tip from KVD. He pretty muched said, that you do not have to fish a shakey head slow. He also said for the most part he fishes it fast. What are your reaction to this?

I for one, always fish it slow. Its not a search type lure. I throw it mainly when I know the fish are there and they not active.

[BassinMD]

I fish it slow as well and I would never use it as a search bait. That said kvd is pretty good at this whole deal so tht might work for him the way he does it. Give it a shot and you might find it works well. Btw saw the same video lol

[Kyle Mahaffey]

I'm still thinking about it. Maybe if the bass is more active, it will work. But wouldn't fish it fast if the bass are inactive.

[greyleg33]

Kvd?

[JamesD]

Shakey head?

[BassinMD]

Kvd- Kevin van Dam and shakey head is a light jig head used to make hold a floating type worm on the bottom in an uprite position giving it a ton of action in a slow moving presentation. Not a "normal" search bait by any means

[ripinthem]

Kevin and slow, does not compute...

[SirSnookalot]

I ought to try that shakey head one day, although I'm not much of a worm user. Sometimes when I am in the worm mood, I will take a ribbon tail and mount it on a light leadhead jig head, I can fish it at the speed of my choice, it's been very effective. During the same outing without making any changes I will swap out the worm for a fluke. I'm not happy unless I'm working a bait.

[Sam]

Kevin and slow, does not compute...

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[Sam]

SirSnookalot, the shaky head is dynamite in Virginia waters.

You have to try it.

Using one of your favorite 1/6 to 3/16 jig heads and matching it up with a Zoom trick worm or Swamp Crawler on 8 pound flouro on a spinning rig you are ready to roll.

I am throwing the shaky head more than ever with outstanding results.

[ww2farmer]

I am not much of a a soaker or dragger either. I fish it fast. Cast...fall....drag/shake and/or,deadstick (depends how they want it) for a lil bit......repeat.

[SirSnookalot]

Do you "shake it" or just reel it in using a slow jig motion?

[Captain Obvious]

Here is the problem.

We are discussing a tactic as it pertains to a way of rigging a bait. For example my favorite way of fishing a craw style bait is to "rig" it on shakey head and drag it across the bottom (tactic). For KVD he is rigging a worm like a shaky head but he is fishing it more like a light texas rig.

At the end of the day fishing a shakey head (which is a tactic) means letting the bait sit on the bottom and slowly shakey it. Once you stop doing that and start fishing the bait differently you are no longer fishing a shakey head even if it is rigged like one.

Capt.O

[hike4steel]

I fish a very weedy lake with a lot of muck on the bottom. I tend to do a lift and drop return a lot. cover water faster and get many hits a couple of seconds after the fall.

[mikey5string]

you can hop them along the bottom at a decent pace and still be "shakey head" fishing. IMO the jig style is what makes it a SH. with the nose down and the tail up. I use craws on them and hop them along as well as just twitching trick worms.

Craws look great on them as it looks like one in a defensive position (claws up) In that case you want to be hopping it along the bottom like a fleeing craw.

A typical texas rig doesnt allow the bait to "stand up" on the bottom like a shakey head.

The only thing I wouldn't do is reel them up mid depth like a crankbait. Not that you couldnt get fish like that, just better options for that type of fishing.

[Clint C.]

Well.. Fishing from shore I use this and a drop shot as a search bait I guess you could say. Feeling for any rocks, stumps and anything out of the ordinary, When I do find something I'll make a few casts to it then search for something else.

I lose a lot of jig heads and weights (even spin shot hooks which are getting expensive!), but oh well. Works great on the pressured lake I fish the most.

[Michael DiNardo]

But if Shimano made shakey head jigs, they would be way better than the Lew's shakey heads!!!

Mike