RanndomUndead Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 I keep seeing these "shakey head" lures that are impregnated with salt...i cant imagine a salt impregnated lure outdoing a non salt on this rig, so are these supposed to be fished more actively? Sort of like swing jigs, think thats the name anyways. Or is this simply a marketing scam? Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 22, 2015 Global Moderator Posted March 22, 2015 Just fish them like any other plastic on a shakyhead. Quote
Trek Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 What salt does in a plastic bait is it makes it sink. The more salt the faster it sinks. I make all my own plastics and for me I never make my shaky head baits with salt because I want them to stand up on the bottom. The other idea behind salt is that the bass will hold onto it longer. I have never seen any evidence of that. I think that is determined more on how they are bitting that day not the taste of salt. 1 Quote
RanndomUndead Posted March 22, 2015 Author Posted March 22, 2015 What salt does in a plastic bait is it makes it sink. The more salt the faster it sinks. I make all my own plastics and for me I never make my shaky head baits with salt because I want them to stand up on the bottom. The other idea behind salt is that the bass will hold onto it longer. I have never seen any evidence of that. I think that is determined more on how they are bitting that day not the taste of salt. Yea thats why ive been questioning salted shakey heads lures...instead of dancing the tail youd have to hop it to get any noteworthy action Quote
Super User smalljaw67 Posted March 22, 2015 Super User Posted March 22, 2015 I'm going to say something that might make some mad at me but I've been messing with shaky head worms for awhile to see if floating worms did better over all because they look awesome when being worked across the bottom. What I discovered is there really isn't much of a difference in the amount of fish caught, over a 4 year period the number of fish caught and landed with a floating style worm was almost identical to a salt impregnated worm. We were fishing a spot 2 years ago, my buddy was using a Kicker Fish Hole Short 4.5" shaky worm and I was using the Berkley 4.75" Bottom Hopper Jr. and both worms were in green pumpkin color. The bite was decent for about 3 hours before we decided to move shallow for some jig fishing but my buddy caught 2 more fish than I did but I retied my line a couple times, he never did until we finished up. The thing was we were on a good bit of fish and they didn't seem to have a preference and it has been like that almost every time we go out but there are days when the floating worm just kills them and the same thing with the salt filled worm so I have both floating and sinking worms. 2 Quote
Trek Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 I'm going to say something that might make some mad at me but I've been messing with shaky head worms for awhile to see if floating worms did better over all because they look awesome when being worked across the bottom. What I discovered is there really isn't much of a difference in the amount of fish caught, over a 4 year period the number of fish caught and landed with a floating style worm was almost identical to a salt impregnated worm. We were fishing a spot 2 years ago, my buddy was using a Kicker Fish Hole Short 4.5" shaky worm and I was using the Berkley 4.75" Bottom Hopper Jr. and both worms were in green pumpkin color. The bite was decent for about 3 hours before we decided to move shallow for some jig fishing but my buddy caught 2 more fish than I did but I retied my line a couple times, he never did until we finished up. The thing was we were on a good bit of fish and they didn't seem to have a preference and it has been like that almost every time we go out but there are days when the floating worm just kills them and the same thing with the salt filled worm so I have both floating and sinking worms. I believe putting the bait in front of the fish in a matter they want it is the most important factor of catching fish. Not salt, scent, color or style of bait. To many people focus on the wrong thing. I watch people all day long changing their baits and then fish them all the same way. 1 Quote
RanndomUndead Posted March 22, 2015 Author Posted March 22, 2015 I believe putting the bait in front of the fish in a matter they want it is the most important factor of catching fish. Not salt, scent, color or style of bait. To many people focus on the wrong thing. I watch people all day long changing their baits and then fish them all the same way. I dont know, here on anna if i throw Firetiger anything ill never get bit. But if i throw the exact same bait in bubblegum or green pumpkin it gets murdered. Quote
Trek Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 I dont know, here on anna if i throw Firetiger anything ill never get bit. But if i throw the exact same bait in bubblegum or green pumpkin it gets murdered. Well I think your talking crank baits now. We were talking shaky heads when you started this post. Quote
RanndomUndead Posted March 22, 2015 Author Posted March 22, 2015 Well I think your talking crank baits now. We were talking shaky heads when you started this post. Ive made a couple neon like shakey heads id deem "firetiger". Caught 2 on em so far, probably put over 15 hours into fishing them Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted March 23, 2015 Super User Posted March 23, 2015 Just fish them like any other plastic on a shakyhead. My favorites are the MegaTube Craw & MegaBug, GYCB Kut Tail and Rage Tail Lobster. Quote
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