Shakey Head Question

[56 crestliner]

      I haven't been on al winter because trapping took over but im back now wiht some questions.

Is shakey head a technique or is it a product?  I know they make SHakey head jig heads but is there a specific shakey head soft plastic or do you just put like a fluke on it or a finesse worm?

      THanks

[Guest Texas_Bass_Pro]

I use the 3X Strike King straight tail worm that floats, senko, and baby brush hogs.

I think, if I'm not mistaken, that the original name is "the Alabama Rig".  I could be wrong.

But it is a type of technique.

[basspro48]

Texas Bass Pro is correct, the original name for the jighead worm or "shakey head" was the Alabama rig. It is a finesse fishing technique but most hook manufacturers make a jighead specifically designed for shaky head fishing, my favorite is the spot remover jighead with a ZOOM trick worm in Okeechobee Craw.

[Gatorbassman]

The Alabama Rig. Yep they stole that name from our very own Triton Mike who developed a topwater rig many years ago that was called the Alabama Rig. So we started calling it the Bama Rig.

To answer your question. "Shaky Head" started out as just a rig and has turn into a technique that you use with a jighead worm.

Basspro48, Although the Spot Remover is a super Shaky Jig. That is not what it was origionaly designed for. It was origionally designed by Dr Roy Autman for fishing those no cover banks and dropoffs. It is a hopping jig. You hop it around and let it fall on a slack line.  But it has evolved into a great jighead for heavy cover, shaking, bed fishing (with a Craw), and deadsticking. Sence being introduced to the Spot Remover I have boated will over 1000 bass with it. It will always be tied onto a rod on my boat.

[MoBassFishN]

Great technique when the bite is tough. As far as what it was origionally called, there has been many names. Don Iovino and Dick Trask probably were some of the innovators although used it in some form or another prior to that. It started out as a darter head technique and has developed from there. The old darter heads still work, but some of the new stand up heads will work better in slower presentations. Alabama seems to like to get credit for a lot of things. Maybe it's just a matter of where someone saw the technique used. Sometimes it's because one specific angler that  get a lot of press does well with a technique. The actual roots of this bait go back farther than any one anger as a jig/worm. The texas rig is much newer than the plastic worm and the harness and jig head were probably two of the first techniques to use it.

[bubbler]

use the strikeking 3x.

the strait tail worms work great.

they have lots of action when you slightly wiggle the tip of the rod.

[justtrying]

It will always be tied onto a rod on my boat.

yep, i've got a custom rod w/a shimano stella, loaded w/yz-us 8# & a bite-me shakey head jig that is  ALWAYS "ready to go."  .....i use zoom finesse, orig shakey head or, my favorite, yamamoto 4 or 5 in kut tail worms.

oh yeah, remember, too.  you can also catch Big fish on a s/h.

ronnie

[Triton9]

i hardly ever go anywhere without a shakey head tuied on. i always have one tied on during my tournaments. i htink they work best under  pressure situations, or "finesse" situations( clear water,light line,small bait, etc...)  but you don't have to limit yourself to using it in these situations, it works in lots of scenarios. its one of my top two finesse situation baits.  i like the spot remover jighead, as well as the Dave's spot hoppr jighead. my favorite worms for this technique are the ZOOM trick worm and finesse worm. i usually stick with a four to 5 1/2 inch worm, but occasionally go up to the 7" size such as the trick worm, and occasionally go larger. it all depends on what they want, the conditions(such as fishing pressure, water clarity, and average size of the fish in that lake. i use it on 8 to 14 pound line, on a spinning rod, preferably a 6'6" to 7' feet in length and medium to medium heavy action with a fast tip. it is an all aroung great technique, and very versatile. really, you can put almost any type of plastic on it you want.