Opinions on my Shakey Jig Head alternative

[airborne_angler]

This may have been thought of already,but I was just messing around and may have found an alternative to those expensive shakey Jig heads.

If any of you have done this please let me know how it worked.

Heres the plan.

Go to yout sporting goods section at WalMart and pick up some renegade Painted( or unpainted) weedless Standup Jig heads. I chose the 1/4 size.

Bend the weed guard down to where it is even with the end of the lead on the jig head.

Using diagonal Cutters(Dikes) Clip the wire.

Slide your finnesse worm onto the wire and rig as you would a normal shakey head jig.

I was using a rattlesnake brand floating worm and it worked great in my aquarium,Now how it will cast,thats another story. For all I know,I may just fling the worm off. If it works it can save you a little cash,and th jig heads are available at Wal Mart,for those of you like me,who dont have a Bass Pro ,Dicks,Gander Mountain,Cabelas,or Sportsmans warehouse within a decent distance.

Pictured is the original next to a modified jig head

Give it a try ,It may just work!!

[airborne_angler]

The results.

[Raul]

The catch of a shakey head is not the weight of the jighead or how the bait is held ( attached to ) by the jighead my friend; the catch is all in the hook size.  

Regular jigheads have too small hooks to be an effective shakey rigging machine and if you want a bigger hook the weight of the jighead increases progressively as the hook size increases and still, even at quite large jighead weights the hook found in regular jigheads is still too small, in your pic it 's clearly seen that the hook is too small, you need a longer hook.

Fortunately for you nowdays manufacturers do produce jigheads with longer hooks without them being too heavy and those are a lot cheaper than brand shakey heads with "designed" bait keepers, the expensive ones are expensive because the hook is expensive.

Now, you can cut on some costs by pouring your own, I 've been pouring sinkers and jigheads for years and they cost pennies even using high quality hooks, the investment is not that great ( melting pot and mold are the greatest part of the cost ) and as we speak, Do-it molds has a shakey head mold that allows you to insert the bait holder in it so you can pour your own shakey heads with a bait holder, you can find the melting pot, mold, bait holder and hooks at BPS.

[airborne_angler]

So my setup would possibly work if the hook shank were longer?

I suppose if I were to try my setup,I might end up with alot of missed fish due to the length and placement of the hook?

[Raul]

So my setup would possibly work if the hook shank were longer?

I suppose if I were to try my setup,I might end up with alot of missed fish due to the length and placement of the hook?

No, it wouldn 't possibly work if the hook was longer, it will work.

Yes, you 're going to miss the greaer percentage of fish that bite the bait.

You wanna know how I know it ? many moons ago I was you, a beginner, not that now I 'm an "expert" but you can say I 'm a beginner with a lot of experience, what you try now I tried long time ago.

[Tin]

You could save lots of time and missed fish by just going online and ordering some Spot Remover's.

[Stasher1]

You could save lots of time and missed fish by just going online and ordering some Spot Remover's.

Or Owner's shakey head jigs. I have had trouble keeping the worm on the post using Spot Removers, so I look for ones with a screw-type retainer.

[Tin]

You could save lots of time and missed fish by just going online and ordering some Spot Remover's.

Or Owner's shakey head jigs. I have had trouble keeping the worm on the post using Spot Removers, so I look for ones with a screw-type retainer.

They make them with the screw design....

http://www.***.com/descpageJHBUCK-BSRP.html

[Matt Fly]

Spot Remover jigheads cost us alot of money earlier this year.

We had numerous fish come unbuttoned at the boat.

Without having to go up in weight to get larger hook, I cut about 2/3's of that spiraled baitkeep off, which opened up the throat more.

Made a big difference.

Anyone having info on other types of Spot Removers, please share.

[Tin]

I generally use them to "finesse flip" wood and docks with a Super Hog or Beaver and don't loose the that way. The thicker plastic seems to just tare off the screw.

But with a thin finesse worm it bunches up, I had to learn to just apply pressure and reel up with them, as soon as I did that, no more issues. It seems like that way, it just pops the hook out of the plastic and stretches the plastic instead of pulling it down.

[vtbassin]

Airborne,

If I was going to use those mushroom head jigs I would thread the worm on the hook over the bait keeper collar and then a basic texas rig.  

Shakey is a technique where you shake the bait in place.  Any jig can shake.  I use a ball head with the same type of collar as your mushroom head and catch some nice fish.  

Marketing is a tool of the bait monkey.

tightlines  

[Matt Fly]

By the way, those mushroom heads melt real easy.

Takes a few seconds to heat them.

One, I like to burn the paint off to powder coat most, and second, by heating them up, you can flatten that mushroom out to make cheap spot removers.

Over heating will totally melt them down, so alittle practice and its very easy to master.

[Dan:]

I have tried many shaky head jigs but I have never used the spot removers, they just seem too expensive and I don't like the jighead shape. I like the Owners as well as the Picasso shaky heads.

[The Rooster]

Tru-tungsten Ike Spike rigged with a Zoom finesse worm.  I watched my bro-in-law boat 15 or more fish on this lure alone.  That was convincing enough to me to not look anymore or try to make my own.