SHAKEYHEAD thread

[n8casCT]

I do a lot of SHAKEYHEAD fishing up here in CT. This year, one of my goals is to make SHAKEYHEAD fishing a strength of mine. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I know there are many factors that go into making these decisions but, let's just say generally speaking (or most of the time):

1/8 or 3/16 ? On spinning set up... I don't like going below 6lb diameter Flourocarbon line ( I usually use 8lb). Should your weight of the jig head be mostly determined by 'feel' on the bottom?

Different jighead shapes? I use football head in rocky areas stand up jig heads in hard bottom structure, same with ballhead. I use straight inline eye for grass (the yamamoto jig head with the eyelet inline with the shank -- it pulls through grass better than any other jig head I use where there's grass on the bottom)

Soft plastic set up? Use a jig head with a spring mount, run it down the shank to put a little 's' in the plastic, use a spring loosely attached to jig eyelet so it moves more freely ?

Hook? Thin wire -- texposed, exposed, t-rigged?

soft-plastic? Floating tail? Thin soft plastic finesse worm, modified creature ( I like cutting the head off an ozmo and using it with a 3/16 ballhead)

Obviously I'm not looking for all the answers here, any advice would be very helpful.

[Raul]

So you are asking my point of view or what I do:

Weight: 1/8 or 3/16 ?, doesn 't matter, for me it has do do with where and how, I use from 1/16 up to 1/2 oz.

Setup: spinning or casting for me is the same, I have spinning and casting gear from UL to H and a rod becomes a X lure/technique rod the moment I tie X bait to it.

Line: I fish mostly with nylon, if I 'm going to fish where there 's a lot of cover then I 'll use copoly or braided, and I may fish with 6 lbs all the way up to 20 lbs.

Jighead shape: most of the times I fish round ( ball ) jigheads, however, on rock I prefer a football head, stand up ? I have a few and I swear I haven 't touched them since the day I bought them, I like darter heads for more open watter situations ( off the bottom ).

Hook: thin wire for thin/fragile baits on little cover, heavy wire for beefy baits and/or heavy cover

Rigging: for thin wire, scarce cover, light line --> texposed, for heavy wire, plenty cover, beefy baits --> t-rigged

Soft plastic: in practical terms any soft plastic is shakey headable

[n8casCT]

Thanks for the reply... I guess I was looking to see what  people throw most of the time-- including jighead Weight, shape, hook, gear, line, etc...

[MonarkMcfaster]

My ShakeyHead:

Quantum PT Tour spinning rod 6'6" with a Cardnial reel. I use 8lb BPS Excel Mono in low-vis geen.  I carry several sizes of hooks, head types and different weights but usualy around 1/8oz on a ball jig head works the best for me. NOw for the baits I use it varies a lot, It all depends but I usually stick with smaller baits...a 3 or 4" Yum Dinger, Ring Worms or even 4" lizrds.

[jdw174]

Rod:  AllPro 7'MH spinning rod w/soft tip

Reel:  Shimano Sahara 2500

Line:  PowerPro 20lb braid w/12lb copoly leader

Jigs:  Mostly football in either 1/8 or 3/16

Lures:  SK Finesse Worms, Hags Tornado, Davis Shakeyheads, or Zoom Trick.