shaky head worms.

[Scorchx1245]

What's your favorite worm to rig on a shaky head and why? What else do you guys throw on a shaky head? Just curious cause I'm not a big user of this bait/rig.

[Fishinggeek]

On a shaky head I prefer to throw zoom products. Mostly 6.5 trick worm (usually pumpkin chartreuse). In shallow water I throw weightless Gary Y senko. If you are fishing for small mouth I would suggest a twister tail/tail grub on a shaky head.

[GreenGhostMan]

My preferred worms are the Zman finesse wormz.  They truly float so they always stand tail up, even when dead sticking.  This can be particularly deadly when there is a little current in the water.  Due to the elaztech material they are made out of, they can be difficult to rig on most shakey head jigs.  It can be really hard to screw them down on there.  A trick I learned from someone else's post was to heat up the spring lock with a lighter before screwing them on.  But Zman soft plastics are extremely durable.  I've had single worms last an entire day before and still be good to use on the next day of fishing.  Strike King also has a finesse worm thats made out of the same elaztech material and fishes the same.

 

If you don't want to carry around a lighter, some of the popular brands that are widely available are zoom trick worms, zoom finesse worms and roboworms.  But don't restrict yourself to worms.  You can fish just about any soft plastic on a shakey head.  I like using flukes, craws and 3" pit bosses on shakeyheads too.

[RoLo]

Strike King 3x (cyberfleXXX) 4" Finesse Worm      (full floater)

Brewers 1/8oz Slider Head with Z-bend keeper   (T-rigged worm)

Roger

[blckshirt98]

I first used 5" Yamamoto senkos because it let me take one pack of plastics for double duty as a wacky bait and shakey head bait.  I don't really fish wacky or senkos anymore but on a shakey head I'll now use either a Yamamoto 6.75 Long Pro Senko or a Damiki Air Pocket Worm.

[roadwarrior]

GYCB Kut-Tail is the only worm I use, but for the last two years it's been all about the

MegaStrike MegaTube Craw http://www.megastrike.com/megatubes.  I fish both of these

baits on a MegaStrike ShakE2.

 

 

 

[riverbasser]

I really like netbait T-mac and zoom finess worms. But I'll put almost anything on a shakyhead. Craws, lizards, brushhogs they all have a time and place but the T-mac gets the most use

[MIbassyaker]

I like pretty much any 4"-7" worm on a shakyhead, but the ones that have gotten the most duty in the last couple of years are:

-Zoom trick worm

-Biospawn plasmatail

-Roboworm

-Elaztech worms, the Strike King 3x and Z-man, which are basically the same thing, although I can't find the best color anymore: Pumpkin with green flake. I still have a pack of those, thank goodness, and since its elaztech, as long as I don't lose them I may never run out.

 

As for other baits, I have used baby brush hogs, Biospawn vilecraw, Zoom ultravibe speed craw to good effect.

 

 

[dsqui]

I mostly fish roboworms but have been lookin to broaden my lure choices and was just getting ready to post a similar thread lol 

[Catt]

Craw worm

[WRB]

Roboworms, Iovino and Uptons Custom 5" to 6" finesse worms on 1/8 oz to 1/4 oz Owner Ultra or Picasso shaky head jigs.

Tom

[The Fisher]

Hags Tornado It stands straight up and has great colors.

[JustJames]

The last 7 fish (actually 5) caught on 3/16 owner shakey ultra head. The worm is Z-man zinkerz.

sometime I will use 10" worm as well.

[dsqui]

Ok serious question why a zinkerz or any senko knock off are u trying to oversize a Ned rig. Why wouldn't you just t rig it in my mind that big  stick bait defeats the purpose of shakey head but I must be wrong if it's working 

How are u hooking stick baits on a shakey head 

[papajoe222]

A shaky head is limited to only one application in my book; Clear water, hard bottom and a super slow, almost dead-sticking, retrieve. For that reason the only soft plastics I use on it are ones that float and have vibrant coloration. A floating soft plastic will keep that presentation upright and the coloration will catch a fish's eye from a distance. It will also move enticingly with little or no effort on my part. I equate it to seeing a subtle neon light from a distance. I opt for a football head jig for many of the other soft plastics as I can work them faster and keep the plastic upright.

[JustJames]

On 2/15/2017 at 2:42 PM, dsqui said:

Ok serious question why a zinkerz or any senko knock off are u trying to oversize a Ned rig. Why wouldn't you just t rig it in my mind that big  stick bait defeats the purpose of shakey head but I must be wrong if it's working 

How are u hooking stick baits on a shakey head 

I only use zinkerz not senko or other knock off on shaky head because it float. That another reason I use 3/16oz head. All i need is to move rod tip just abit and the worm would move without moving the jig and it would last for a long time. My 10" worm happen to be same elaztech stuff as zman. 

I use only owner ultrahead shakyhead which the same as ewg hook on ball jig head so to hook it like normal worm hook, just a tab or superglue and Im done for a long time.

 

You will also see a lot of ppl prefer thick worm or finesse worm since we believe in float at the tail and thus should give more action.

[Ski213]

I'll use about anything that I would put on a T rig. 6"+ ribbon tail worms have been the most effective for me the last cpl years. I've never tried a craw for whatever reason but that's on the shortlist for this spring. 

[RoLo]

On 2/15/2017 at 7:20 PM, papajoe222 said:

A floating soft plastic will keep that presentation upright. It will also move enticingly with little or no effort on my part. 

 

A shaky worm made of sinking plastic, I would deposit in the dumpster.

When the worm is high-floating, you can shake that sucker on 'any' jighead.

 

Roger

[ww2farmer]

For heads I like the VMC rugby heads. 

 

For baits I like the Berkley Havoc Bottom hopper worms, the yum sharpshooter worms, yum craw bugs, the small Havoc pit boss, and chigger craws.

[fissure_man]

2 hours ago, RoLo said:

 

I find it a little odd that questions about shaky heads far outnumber questions about shaky worms.

If I offer you a shaky worm made of sinking plastic, throw that sucker in the dumpster.

If I give you a high-floating shaky worm, you can rig that worm on 'any' jighead your heart desires.

 

Roger

 

This is a little dramatic, no?  I'll take the sinking worms if you're just throwing them out 

 

Interesting that nobody cares whether their t-rigs float, but shaky worms 'must' float.  I hear t-rigs have snared a couple bass over the years

 

Just about any bait can work IMO, but fluke-style minnow imitators are an underrated option.

 

[papajoe222]

13 minutes ago, fissure_man said:

 

 

 

I find it a little odd that nobody cares whether their t-rigs float, but shaky worms 'must' float.  I hear t-rigs have snared a couple bass over the years

 

 

 

IMO, it's because with a moving bait (I consider a T-rig a moving presentation), even when yo-yoing it, by the time the rig settles down to the bottom, I'm moving it again. It makes little difference if the worm floats or not. On a shaky head, it makes a lot of difference to me because, as I said, I only use that tool for one situation.

[RoLo]

On 2/15/2017 at 10:45 PM, fissure_man said:

 

This is a little dramatic, no?  I'll take the sinking worms if you're just throwing them out 

 

I find it a little odd that nobody cares whether their t-rigs float, but shaky worms 'must' float.  I hear t-rigs have snared a couple bass over the years

                  

 

Say What?  

 

When I lived on Lake Weohyakapka (lake shore community), I had access to a pier over gin-clear water.

The pier offered a vantage point higher than I had from my boat, which gave me the opportunity

to scrutinize lure behavior and different deliveries, and the Shaky Head Worm was one of them.

It was pretty obvious to see that shaking & jiggling a sinking worm produced marginal action, at best.

But is a high-floating worm like a Strike King 3x worm was rigged on the same jig,

the worm came to life with every rod-tip movement, the jig used made little or no difference.

 

Roger

 

 

[Catt]

Interesting!...Very Interesting!

 

I think ya gotta look at the jig head design first!

 

With head designs that have the hook at near 90° & have a hook size of at least 3/0 it will hold a any 4-5" piece of plastic pretty straight up. 

 

Once I exceed 5" pieces of plastic I start looking at floating!

[NYWayfarer]

I like a bait with a lot of tail action for shaky head jigging. My favorites are in order:

 

Big Bites Baits squirrel tail worm (Can't beat that floating tail)

Biospawn plasmatail

Strike King finesse worm

[Alpster]

"Zoom" finesse worm on a "Megastrike Shake2" jig will stand up all day long.