best shaky head setups???

[soccplayer07]

I am interested trying a shaky head jig. What are the best ones? What are the best worms to use too? Thanks.

[flyphisher #]

I like the Bite-me jigheads, all i have used since they came out. Same ones Vandam uses. The vertical 60 degree line tie help it come throw cover easier and helps get a better hookset.

[burleytog]

I like the Bagley heads and Powerbait 5" shakey worms.

[THEbassmaster]

i got the jigheads from wally-world. i believe they were made by arkie, in the 1/4oz style. the worms i like best are the FLW 6in finese worms and ZOOM trick worms.

aaron

[Ky_Lake_Dude]

The Spot Remover is my best jighead 1/8oz-1/4oz

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_78588_000000000_000000000_000000000_SearchResults_?hvarTarget=search&CMID=&pageView=image&hvarTextId=78588&jumpToPage=1&currentPage=0

My favorite worms are the 5in Berkely Powerbait Shaky Worms and 4.95in Reaction Innovations Flirts

[Brad_Coovert]

There are a lot of good jigheads out there.  The Spot Remover, Pro Spot Remover, Reaction Innovation Screwed Up Jigheads, Gambler Giggy Heads and the Picasso Shakedown Heads are all good heads that I have used.

There are several other brands that I am sure will work well also.

As for baits, any finesse worm in the 4" to 7" range will work well.  Other plastics like ZOOM Speed Craws or NetBait Paca Chunks work also.  A NetBait Paca Chunk Sr. on a jighead or Trig is a great compact craw bait.

Brad  

[soccplayer07]

thanks guys. just ordered the spot remover and berkley shaky worms. I noticed the pic attached detailing how to rig this set up...is the hook put just barely in or is it hooked all the way through and out the other end kinda like a senko??? thanks

[FishTank]

My favorite is the Tru-Tungsten Weed Wacker 3/16oz with either a Roboworm or Zoom Finesse worm.

Check out the links for the video at ***.

http://www.***.com/descpageTRUTERM-TTWW.html#

http://www.***.com/descpageSFWROBO-RW45ST.html#

[RoLo]

Mike Iaconelli's 1/8oz Weed Wacker (front hemisphere is rounded, the hook has an M-bend retainer)

The Strike King 7" Elaztech Finesse Worm is by far my favorite shaky plastic (stands vertically upright).

Strike King offers a 4" finesse worm, but if I want a shorter worm I just cut the 7" worm (provides more bulk).

Roger

[Infidel.]

I like to use the heads that BPS sells with the screw lock in a 3/16oz head with the Zoom shakey worm.  The curl tail on that worm is great.  It is almost like the GYCB curly tail but better because the tails don't rip off.  

[WhiteMike1018]

I use spot removers with a ZOOM trick worm or finesse worm, depending on how finesse I want to get.

I also will be using * worms once they are shipped in.

-wm

[kbkindle]

I like the Bite-me jigheads, all i have used since they came out. Same ones Vandam uses. The vertical 60 degree line tie help it come throw cover easier and helps get a better hookset.

kb here  been useing the bite me jigheads   not having to much luck  i have the 1/16 oz size   think thats to light ?  kb    been skiping under docks and piers  mostley  kb

[kbkindle]

we have this one coming out soon, but have been fighting to find a steady supply of hooks. we'll start with two sizes of the round head, and eventually have a football style head also. i have a few i've been throwing in with finesse worm orders. we'll eventually try to carry 2/0 - 5/0 models.

b

man   would that look good with a muddy man on it  kb

[flyphisher #]

SPOTREMOVER JIGHEADS ARE NOT SHAKEY HEADS!!!!! they are standup jigheads. They are not made to fish like a ballhead jig and do not perform well in fished like a shakey head.

KB,

Never used or had to use a jighead that light..... A small worm like a Spotsticker finesse worm or even some zoom c-tails might work well on a jighead that small. Still doesnt give a big fish incentive to eat it often enough for my likeing.I use 1/4 and 1/8 oz. Use the 1/8 on 6lb around docks unless there is brush and stuff with finesse worms, tricks worms are too big IMO for the 1/8, I use a 1/4 on 10-12 lb line and fish it  anywhere almost like a jig on MH tackle. Other than pitching the 1/8 oz around stuff for a slow fall or pitching the 1/4oz. I throw it out and drag it in slow, real slow. on a semi-tight line.

[Gorgebassman]

Title Shot and *** has a new one that I use for shaky head.

I love them both.

I was under the impression that *** was still awaiting arival of those jigheads did they get them in now or do you just know somebody?

[David P]

I have been using some of my personal stock to send out samples.  especially if they use alot of the finesse worms.    we'll have 'stand up' versions of the 'jig' heads as well.    we know people like the 'flat sided' head, but i've always wondered how flat the bottom is (or could be) and how well it really stands up (and by well i mean different).  on a sandy bottom do they all 'stand up' the same??    

my dad always jokes that he wouldn't know how a jig would stand up if there's a foot of beer cans down there.   lol

b

Brent, I like your heads better then Spot Removers that say they stand up , in fact, yours stands up when shaking it a bit and does just fine. I've been catching 90% of my bass in the past 2 weeks on your heads that you sent me. The hook is much better then a cork screw or peg, it hasn't fallen off yet.

What's most remarkable, I kid you not, I caught 10-15 bass on the same d**n trick worm, and the only reason I took it off, was cause the reservoir closed and I had to leave!

Anyone that wants to fish Shaky heads, once * is selling them , get them, they're great!

[RoLo]

Brent, I like your heads better then Spot Removers

There's no comparison.

To qualify as a shaky head the front hemisphere of the jighead must be "spherical".

Brent's jig is a ball-head jig, but the Spot Remover has a broad flat that tends to steady the lure,

making it an "anti-shaky" worm. With all due respect, the flat-bottomed Spot Remover is a great jig

with plastic crayfish (yum crawbug, zoom critter craw, paca craw), but a finesse worm is mucho different.

Roger

[David P]

Brent, I like your heads better then Spot Removers

There's no comparison.

To qualify as a shaky head the front hemisphere of the jighead must be "spherical".

Brent's jig is a ball-head jig, but the Spot Remover has a broad flat that tends to steady the lure,

making it an "anti-shaky" worm. With all due respect, the flat-bottomed Spot Remover is a great jig

with plastic crayfish (yum crawbug, zoom critter craw, paca craw), but a finesse worm is mucho different.

Roger

I think I may have mis understood something you wrote, or maybe I mis typed something.

I have no luck fishing a trick worm or anything else on a spot remover. I fish the ball heads from Brent just as I would in theory fish a worm on a spot remover, and have much more luck. The spot removers hardly ever stand straight up from what I've noticed..

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

i'm really not sure what it would look like if you swirled pumpkinseed and black.  i think the black would overpower the pumpkinseed, and it wouldn't look too much like that one.  

 10,000 worms is quite an experiment       Who wants 500??      :-/ ......... anybody?      :-/

 

Shoot me a price for the 500.  Assuming it's a bit more than a usual 500 of something that isn't custom.  I would throw that color alllll day long.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Brent, I like your heads better then Spot Removers

There's no comparison.

To qualify as a shaky head the front hemisphere of the jighead must be "spherical".

Brent's jig is a ball-head jig, but the Spot Remover has a broad flat that tends to steady the lure,

making it an "anti-shaky" worm. With all due respect, the flat-bottomed Spot Remover is a great jig

with plastic crayfish (yum crawbug, zoom critter craw, paca craw), but a finesse worm is mucho different.

Roger

Brent sent me some of those heads in the last order, they have the ones with the flat side too, at least those were the ones I got.

[RoLo]

Brent, I like your heads better then Spot Removers

There's no comparison.

To qualify as a shaky head the front hemisphere of the jighead must be "spherical".

Brent's jig is a ball-head jig, but the Spot Remover has a broad flat that tends to steady the lure,

making it an "anti-shaky" worm. With all due respect, the flat-bottomed Spot Remover is a great jig

with plastic crayfish (yum crawbug, zoom critter craw, paca craw), but a finesse worm is mucho different.

Roger

I think I may have mis understood something you wrote, or maybe I mis typed something.

I have no luck fishing a trick worm or anything else on a spot remover. I fish the ball heads from Brent just as I would in theory fish a worm on a spot remover, and have much more luck. The spot removers hardly ever stand straight up from what I've noticed..

Brokejaw, I was actually reinforcing what you stated by breaking it down and laying the pieces on the table.

The original concept of the so-called "shaky head" began with a ballhead jig. The idea makes sense, because the distance

from the center of the jighead to "any" point on the jighead surface is equal. Consequently, any rocking or rolling of the jighead

will not be influenced or suppressed by the shape of the jighead. In stark contrast, any flat-bottomed jig would in essence

be an "anti-shaky" jig, because the flat works to stabilize the jig and suppress any rocking or rolling.

In short, the Spot Remover is not a shaky head, hence there is no comparison.

By the way, as long as you're using a "high-floating" worm, a standup jig is totally unnecessary,

because the tail of a high-floating worm is "always" pointing skyward, regardless of the jighead position (wag-ready).

Understand that I'm not disparaging the Spot Remover or any other flat-bottomed jig, because I use them and love them,

but not for jiggling vertically upright finesse worms.

Roger