Shaky Head? What gives????

[arul]

Can someone please explain Shaky Heads to me please.  (I tried a forum search, but get an error message).

I don't understand how a shaky head is any different than a pegged weight t-rig...  Or just a jig head attached to different types of plastic.  Why all the rage in Shaky Heading???  What does Shaky Heads do that is so special?  If I peg my bullet weight, doesn't it do the exact same thing a shaky head does?  And isn't shaky head just the same thing as a good ol fashiond jig head?

Please help me see what I am missing.  Thanks!  

[Bobby Uhrig]

Arul-Maybe this will help -watch the video-go to products in the drop down up top look for shak-E2 jig it should come up-It will explain what its purpose is for    www.evolutionlures.com

[arul]

cool...that video helped a lot.  So, is Shaky heads mainly used for rock, gravel, or sand bottom?  How would it work with a vegetated bottom?

[Pigsticker]

cool...that video helped a lot. So, is Shaky heads mainly used for rock, gravel, or sand bottom? How would it work with a vegetated bottom?

Not as well as a t-rig but can still work unless it is scumy grass.

[guitarkid]

cool...that video helped a lot. So, is Shaky heads mainly used for rock, gravel, or sand bottom? How would it work with a vegetated bottom?

Not as well as a t-rig but can still work unless it is scumy grass.

For the scum avoid the weight and just throw it weightless and weedless.

                   -sm

[bugman]

Check out the November issue of Bass Master it has a good article on Shaky Head fishing.

[BassFishingMachine]

Im am not too experienced with shaky heads, but I believe the difference between a pegged texas rig Vs. Shakyhead rig, is the shakyhead rig keeps the worm floating in a fairly straight angle, due to the head of the weight usually being in a "stand-up" allowing position.

A bullet weight on the other hand, due to the shape of it, might fall over alot, causing the worm to fall over with it. While as the shakyhead will stand up straight more often, keeping the worm standing straight. This is all just a guess of mine, but seems correct to me.

The difference in action IMO, would be when you slightly twitch the rod tip while using a shakyhead rig, the very end of the worm barely wiggles while the worm remains in a "standing" position. While as if you did this with a pegged bullet weight, I'd imagine the worm would most likely be in a slightly "lying" position, maybe a inch or two off the bottom, but not nearly as straight as a shakyhead rig.

On the other hand, who knows wether the standing position is better then the lying position, I guess its all up to the fish on each pariticular day. Guess, you could figure the standing position is something different, and throw this shakyhead tactic into the list of "Things the Fish Haven't Seen" or "Rarely See". And from what I've learned fishing, these two lists work magic for me.

[Tin]

cool...that video helped a lot. So, is Shaky heads mainly used for rock, gravel, or sand bottom? How would it work with a vegetated bottom?

The Owner bullet heads with a screw work good for the vegetation. They key is learning to feel the junk and pop it free like tube fishing.