shaky head worms.

[RoLo]

I’m sure that different anglers fish the shaky worm in different ways.

In my case, I only tie on a shaky worm when I’m looking for maximum jiggle in place,

at the expense of forward coverage. I want a bold, cocky worm that waves its tail

in the face of the bass. This is easily accomplished by selecting any high-floating worm

like a Strike King Cyberflexxx, Z-man ElaZtech or Gambler Floating Worm.

When the worm is paused on the bottom, the tail floats up high above the head,

where the entire worm is vulnerable to the slightest jiggling or shaking.

In other words, regardless of the jighead you now have a shaky worm whether you want one or not.

On the other hand, when I rig a sinking worm on a standup jighead and allow the worm to sit still,

first the jighead falls over, then the worm lies on the bottom.

 

Roger

[everythingthatswims]

Nikko Baits 6" Bass Worm, either the pin tail or club tail. Phenomenal bait especially in cold water (but I fish it year-round) where a slow presentation is needed, the baits float so they won't lay on their side if you pause for a long time. The bait is hollow so when you rig it on a shakey head you push the hook through one side of the bait but not the other, and this keeps it extremely weedless.

 

I rig them on strike king football shakey heads in 1/8, 3/16, and 1/4 depending on the conditions. The fish in my profile picture came on this bait!

[Catt]

Down here on the Gulf Coast there's two major seasonal patterns going on.

 

First it's pre-spawn & big momma is up shallow looking for a high protein diet.

 

Second the crawfish season which means the crawfish are everywhere in mass.

 

To big momma the Spot Remover & Paca Craw resembles that high protein meal she's hunting!

[eyedabassman]

22 hours ago, Catt said:

Craw worm

Like the 0ld Mad Man Craw Worm? Man that was a very good bait Company!!!!!!!

[RoLo]

On 2/16/2017 at 10:57 AM, everythingthatswims said:

Nikko Baits 6" Bass Worm, either the pin tail or club tail. Phenomenal bait especially in cold water (but I fish it year-round) where a slow presentation is needed, the baits float so they won't lay on their side if you pause for a long time. The bait is hollow so when you rig it on a shakey head you push the hook through one side of the bait but not the other, and this keeps it extremely weedless.

 

 

I'm a sucker for foam worms & hollow worms...I added the Nikko Worm to my next order  

I still can't understand why anglers stood-by and let the 'Gambler Big Stick" go belly-up.

 

Roger

[Catt]

1 hour ago, eyedabassman said:

Like the 0ld Mad Man Craw Worm? Man that was a very good bait Company!!!!!!!

 

56 minutes ago, RoLo said:

 

 

I'm a sucker for foam worms & hollow worms...I added the Nikko Worm to my next order  

I still can't understand why anglers let the 'Gambler Big Stick" go belly up.

 

Roger

 

I still have about 50 Gene Larew Tube Worms

[eyedabassman]

6 hours ago, Catt said:

 

 

I still have about 50 Gene Larew Tube Worms

Yep,love them Mad Man tube worms and the craw tube! I still have about 25 bags. I was on there pro staff,and did they treat us good!!!!!!!!! But them where the old days!

[BigGame0892]

On 2/16/2017 at 5:22 AM, Catt said:

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!

This is basically what I go by too.  Plus, with a shaky head I'm looking for a lot of my bites on the fall - therefore the rate of fall makes a big difference as well.  That rate of fall varies a lot depending on whether the plastic is a floater, how much salt, etc.

[blckshirt98]

A non-worm I'll mention are the Damiki Air Craws, they have hollow claws that always float up.  If you wanna add some extra attraction you can stuff some broken pieces of alka seltzer into the hollow claws to let out a slow stream of air bubbles.

[CTBassin860]

Havoc Boss Dog on an 3/16 Owner Ultra head 4/0.The action on the tail of that thing looks great.

[NEABass91]

Junebug Trick worm is the go-to. Tilapia colored BBB Sugar cane worms has been a top producer. 

[adam lancia]

Has anyone ever tried to inject some sir in the tail of a trick worm or the like with any success? I have a couple of syringes that would likely do the trick (they have steel needles of a pretty decent gauge) but I wonder if the initial hole I'm creating with the needle is going to let any air that I inject bleed right back out.

 

I realize there are manufacturers who make worms with air-filled tails, I'm thinking more of something to tinker around  with.

Thanks!

[ib_of_the_damned]

On 4/3/2017 at 0:11 PM, adam lancia said:

Has anyone ever tried to inject some sir in the tail of a trick worm or the like with any success? I have a couple of syringes that would likely do the trick (they have steel needles of a pretty decent gauge) but I wonder if the initial hole I'm creating with the needle is going to let any air that I inject bleed right back out.

 

I realize there are manufacturers who make worms with air-filled tails, I'm thinking more of something to tinker around  with.

Thanks!

I don't think the worm will hold the air. As soon as you pull the needle out the air will escape. 

 

In regards to the air filled tails, I was actually thinking about coring out the tail section of a worm with something like a coffee stirrer or a soda straw (depending on the thickness of the worm) and then take a little piece of the core and glue it back to the end of the worm with some Mend-it to create that air pocket that some of the manufactured worms have. 

[BassThumb]

Yamamoto Kut Tail