Shaky

[LrgmouthShad]

Alright y’all, I’ve decided to share my shaky head retrieve. This is what works for me. Feel free to share what works for you. 
 

Reel extremely slow while gently shaking your rod tip. If you do it right, the worm should barely, if at all, lift off the bottom, and the tail will gently wiggle and bounce. In my opinion, the closer you track the bottom, the better your odds are of getting bit. You are imitating a baitfish/slim creature feeding on the bottom. Pause intermittently in between this retrieve, letting the worm rest. You can bounce the worm at rest too

[J Francho]

I do the same. It must be a floating worm. Technically, it's a "shaky head" but that's what gets you the quivering tail. Not real complicated. 

[flatcreek]

Yep, I keep my rod tip up with a slight bow in my line and gently shake it barely off the bottom while maintaining contact.slower the retrieve the better.

[WRB]

Iovino’s “doddle slide”, he made a video of the glass ‘n brass presentation.

I just shake the reel handle to achieve shimmy action to worms and jigs.

Tom

[Catt]

Movement without Movement ?

[Mobasser]

Sounds like a great retrieve.  Your retrieve makes it easy for a bass to get. Just what you want.

[thediscochef]

I tied one on before this popped up. Means I must fish it when I go next ?? thank you!!

[LrgmouthShad]

1 minute ago, thediscochef said:

I tied one on before this popped up. Means I must fish it when I go next ?? thank you!!

good luck brotha ?

[thediscochef]

4 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

good luck brotha ?

Thanks! Gonna throw a 6" culprit ribbon tail on there and see what happens, might be good for those mornings where the ol monster gets short bit over and over 

[LrgmouthShad]

Less is more, with this. When someone taught me how to do this, I started trying it out, and I barely got a bite in like 4 hours, while my partner was loading the boat. I was watching him closely, trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. Eventually he stopped me and said “you’re reeling too fast.” And he also said that the rod shaking should be very gentle, not exaggerated at all. I made those corrections and all of a sudden I started catching up to him. 

[FishTax]

I've had good success stroking a shaky pretty aggressively off the bottom, especially on points. No shaking on that technique, just ripping it. My biggest numbers day ever was almost totally doing it that way. 

 

It's a versatile lure you can do a lot of presentations with. I need to work more on your version, I'm too impatient and always work it too fast.