shakey heads

[roadwarrior]

My primary presentation is the MegaTube Craw

https://www.megastrike.com/product-page/mega-tube-crawdad

[scaleface]

I remember buying my first shakey heads . I did not know what a  shakey head was , just thought it was a neat design . I rigged 6 inch jelly worms on them and fished just like a Texas rig . It caught bass , especially river smallmouths . Thats the way I still use them .

[Jonas Staggs]

3 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Well, watch Bobby's video. His shaky heads stand up.

 

https://www.megastrike.com/shakey

 

 

I was under the impression they were supposed to stand up. Seems pointless to have to buy a bait that floats to make a stand up jig stand up. Maybe that's why my zman ned rig didn't stand up.

I was under the impression a standard ball head jig shouldn't be used for a shaky head because it won't stand up....but if the shaky head isn't supposed to stand up I don't see much of a difference between a standard jig vs shaky. Maybe the shaky head is supposed to be at a angle?

This shaky head sure does look like it's gonna stand up. Whatever, I'm over complicating things at this point. I'm just going to buy some and fish the d**n things and go from there. 

 

[roadwarrior]

I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

[Russ E]

3 minutes ago, Jonas Staggs said:

 

 

I was under the impression they were supposed to stand up. Seems pointless to have to buy a bait that floats to make a stand up jig stand up. Maybe that's why my zman ned rig didn't stand up.

I was under the impression a standard ball head jig shouldn't be used for a shaky head because it won't stand up....but if the shaky head isn't supposed to stand up I don't see much of a difference between a standard jig vs shaky. Maybe the shaky head is supposed to be at a angle?

This shaky head sure does look like it's gonna stand up. Whatever, I'm over complicating things at this point. I'm just going to buy some and fish the d**n things and go from there. 

 

 

skakyhead is a semi weedless version of a ballhead. it generally does not have a 90 degree head, so it goes across rocks and light cover better. It is designed to fish on bottom. Most of the shakyhead jigs only standup if they are moving.

In regards to a ned rig standing up, most people use some type of slow swimming retreive. if you are constantly bouncing the bottom with a ned rig, plan on having a lot of spares.

 

[Team9nine]

20 minutes ago, Jonas Staggs said:

 

 

I was under the impression they were supposed to stand up. Seems pointless to have to buy a bait that floats to make a stand up jig stand up. Maybe that's why my zman ned rig didn't stand up.

I was under the impression a standard ball head jig shouldn't be used for a shaky head because it won't stand up....but if the shaky head isn't supposed to stand up I don't see much of a difference between a standard jig vs shaky. Maybe the shaky head is supposed to be at a angle?

This shaky head sure does look like it's gonna stand up. Whatever, I'm over complicating things at this point. I'm just going to buy some and fish the d**n things and go from there. 

 

 

Everything is definitely being over complicated IMO. The original shakey heads were simple ballheads with larger hooks to accommodate worms (see pics below). They weren’t standup. They didn’t require floating worms. Nobody even really worried or cared about whether they did or did not stand...and people caught tons of bass on them. Have they been refined and upgraded over the years - yes, but keep in mind a lot of this is marketing. If it gives you confidence - great. Just like the Ned rig, standing up is something people have convinced themselves they need to have - you don’t. 

 

 

[OkobojiEagle]

slip weight worms, jig worms & weightless worms... everything else are variations of the theme.

 

oe

[I/MBasser]

On 1/19/2021 at 12:42 PM, J Francho said:

Not if you use a floating worm and a stand up jig.  I do have a problem with a shakey head falling over, but they're not meant to stand up.  

What do you use for a stand up jig?

[mikey z]

I haven't tried it with just a regular jighead, but if you've ever watched Flukemaster on YouTube, I remember him saying that rigging it the way @Team9nine did in his picture gives it a slightly different action, especially on the fall. He said it gives it kind of a swirling action as it sinks. 

 

2 hours ago, I/MBasser said:

What do you use for a stand up jig?

 

I use a Buckeye Spot Remover or a 6th Sense Divine wide gap.

[InfantryMP]

4 hours ago, I/MBasser said:

What do you use for a stand up jig?

They make shakey heads that stand up on their own. Something like this. I use these a lot with drop shot worms, and it comes good for really tough bites.

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Perfection_Lures_Sure_Hook_Up_Shakey_Head_3pk/descpage-PSH.html

[roadwarrior]

 

[Luke Barnes]

Wait..... Shake heads are supposed to stand up?? Since when? Why didn't i know this?!?!

 

I do have a few David Dudley heads that have little legs on them but I always thought they would collect weeds and grass big time so I never use them  

[J Francho]

On 3/17/2021 at 9:45 AM, I/MBasser said:

What do you use for a stand up jig?

I don't use them, typically.  The point of my post is that a shakey head, in its purest form isn't the same as a stand up rig.  

[FryDog62]

My use of Shaky heads has evolved over the years... Originally, I used them more like a jig worm when you wanted a slower presentation with a little jiggle down towards the bottom. If I wanted to swim something a little faster retrieve I'd switch over to a ribbon tail worm. Around cover I gravitated more and more to Texas Rigging.  ... So I really stopped doing the traditional Shaky Head thing around 10 years ago. 

 

The last couple years I have started to use the "Stand Up" shaky heads with floating worms. Partly because they are a different technique than above. I also think the undulating tail gets noticed more at times. It doesn't always stick straight up, and when its moving even slightly its more like 45 degrees.  To me thats more similar to a a worm/creature rooting around on the bottom feeding and an easy target for prey. I either get more strikes this way, or its just more confidence for me... but either way shaky head fishing has made a comeback for me anyway with the stand up/floating approach.  

 

The two biggest largemouth I caught last year were skipped way under a dock and left to float up in place for 15-20 seconds. Both times it was a floating worm that just stood there straight up until it got chomped.  

[5/0]

Frenzy shaky heads. A little stand up, a little ball in one head.

[RDB]

On 3/17/2021 at 11:45 AM, mikey z said:

I remember him saying that rigging it the way @Team9nine did in his picture gives it a slightly different action, especially on the fall. He said it gives it kind of a swirling action as it sinks. 

This is true...unless you overpower the weight.  You can do the same thing by putting a kink in the bait.  Another great thing about shakey heads is there is really no wrong way to fish them.  You can drag, hop, shake, or swim and all can be effective.

[Columbia Craw]

Sieberts tungsten shaky head with the screw lock is the best I’ve found to date.   It matches up perfectly with a trick worm. 

[Jonas Staggs]

Grabbed some shakey heads from Walmart. This whole shakey head marketing thing online etc is way over complicated. Caught 4 first time out with them. Worked good with trick worm and craw.

[FryDog62]

30 minutes ago, Jonas Staggs said:

Grabbed some shakey heads from Walmart. This whole shakey head marketing thing online etc is way over complicated. Caught 4 first time out with them. Worked good with trick worm and craw.

Trick worms work great, have worked for years. Although I find inconsistency with them, sometimes they float, other times not. Switched to Net Bait T-Mac straight tail worms. Look identical but float is much more consistent. Inexpensive too.. $4 for bag of 20 ?