Shaky head

[ikeslayer]

i was recently reading about shakey head worming. I don't quite understand it. From what i gather you use a jig head and a smaller worm Usually. To me it seems kinda pointless to use a plain old jig for this when there are things out there like gammies jobee hooks and the like. I don't know if these defeat some kind of purpose because it seems like they would slip through rocks and cover better. I would love to be enlightended on this subject. thanks ike

[kt]

The whole idea behind using the shakey head worming technique is to allow the bait, usually a finesse worm, to stand up on the bottom. This can be a dynamite technique when fish are finicky. That little worm quivering and facing nose down is hard for bass to resist. Ive never used the jobees, but i don't think they would allow the worm to get the desired action for shakey heading.

[ikeslayer]

makes sense, i have been doing some more reading and i think it also matters what kind of worm you use. The ones with a bulbed end i heard are the best. I used this technique last year without even knowing it and it played huge sucess in one tourney i was in. any other info on shaky i would love to hear it. ike

[fish'n 4 fun]

Could this technique also be called 'jig worming'? If so I'm curious what lead heads work the best for everyone?

[kt]

Jig worming is a whole different ball game. Shaky head is more of a bottom presentation, where the jig worm is higher in the water column. Jig worming is also more of a weed/weedline oriented technique. I usually go with a berkley power worm in either 7" or 4" and a mushroom head jig. There are a bunch of different brands of jigs that you can use (gopher, outkast, all-terrain, etc.) I just cast the worm into the weedline from several angles and when it gets stuck on a stalk just give the rod tip a quick pop to free the worm. Bites usually come on the fall or when you snap the worm off of a weed.

[beeflover]

jig heads with large thin wire hooks are what you want. You can get 2/0 and 3/0 hooks from some good manufacturers.

Check out Daimon lures and spotsticker lures websites. The shakey head worm is threaded on the hook texas style so no exposed hook like a jig-worm

these work good with anything in the finesse worm category

[carlcmc]

does anyone have good guide for how, where and what to fish for the shakyhead technique?

[beeflover]

a finesse technique like this is usually what you fish when you can't catch bass on anything else. post cold front, high skies, cold water, heavy fishing pressure etc.

I'm going to try shakey jiggin w some hand pour finesse worms and some small floating worms, a yeah maybe some tubes, maybe even some floating tubes, fries, flukes, beavers ...

you almost have to go to spinning gear for this, I guess 6 or 8 lb flouro is probably recommended (by people who don't use it but who watch you cussin and cuttin twisted line off)

this along with drop shotting are probably the main techniques from a big trend in downsizing the last ten years. KVD himself has really made this technique a big deal.

I think its along the lines of if you can't get a fish to bite then go smaller an maybe you'll at least get a perch or sunny peck. This is about what I think of drop shotting too.