Help W/ Shakey Heads Please

[rps]

A floating worm on a jika rig. You can rock the weight and dance the worm without moving it.

[merc1997 Bo]

funny thing that i have discovered about all the so called stand up heads is that the only time they do stand up is when you sit them down with your hand. i have drug about all of them across all kinds of terrain, and they all fall over and drag on their side. many have claimed that their favorite heads hang up a lot. the reason for this is because they are really not standing up, but laying on their side. some "shakey" heads will stand up some, when lifting straight up and down, but not so much casting and dragging. just my opinion, but i have tested many so called stand up shakey heads and have not found any to really stand up. obviously fish are caught on them, because people do. but, do they really perform as billed?

bo

[Hazbin]

Well here's best way I have found if you want a jig to hang level, is cock the jig with a small rubber band(1/4"dia.)and when you set the hook the rubber band pops back onto the line. With this method you can use a regular jig with a 60degree hook and get all of the advantages of it's hooking capabilities. I note the shaky-head in this post has a EWG90degree hook. The big problem there is when you set the hook it has the tendency to rotate in reverse from the point of the hook and loose a lot of fish,especially when it's hanging sup pended in the water.

Again just my opinion from what I've experienced.

[dblades]

I like a 3/16 or less 90 degree head if they are hitting on the fall( it will spiraL like a tube if rigged correctly) and a 60 degree head for dragging.

[Hazbin]

My experience, and I pref-is my experience!, a 90 degree hook will rotate in reverse of the hook point for about 90 degrees before it start it's forward penetration. A 60 degree hook will start it's forward penetration in about 1/3 of that motion. Try this test for yourself and you'll see what I am talking about. Tie a piece of line onto a hook, place between you thumb and index fingers and pull (don't jerk) and you will see the reverse motion when pulled straight up. Hang both parallel in your fingers as they would be hanging in the water. That's why I cock a 60 degree with a rubber band to make it hang level and when I set the hook I get the advantages of the 60 degree pull. The 90 degree will lip hook a lot of fish in the outer lip and in that thin tissue and again in my experience you will loose your share of fish.

[countryred]

I like a zoom trick worm which can be shortened if necessary. I like those bass pro shops screwlock football heads in 1/8 or 3/16.

[Jerry Rapp]

this is the best one I have found.

[Hazbin]

Jerry, I can see why you like that head, you've got everything going for you 60 degree hook with a horrizonal eye. About as good as you can get. However you can make hang parallel by rigging with rubber the band method.

I learned this Crappie fishing, at times they simply wouldn't hit it if wasn't hanging level. Since most all Crappie are 90 hooks, I noticed I was lip hooking and loosing a lot at the surface and boat. I started cocking them with a small rubber band and corrected a lot of that problem. So I carried over to my Bass jigs which I want hang level for suppended stuff. Just thought provacation, I thouth you might want to try sometime if things get boring out there.

[bluebasser86]

funny thing that i have discovered about all the so called stand up heads is that the only time they do stand up is when you sit them down with your hand. i have drug about all of them across all kinds of terrain, and they all fall over and drag on their side. many have claimed that their favorite heads hang up a lot. the reason for this is because they are really not standing up, but laying on their side. some "shakey" heads will stand up some, when lifting straight up and down, but not so much casting and dragging. just my opinion, but i have tested many so called stand up shakey heads and have not found any to really stand up. obviously fish are caught on them, because people do. but, do they really perform as billed?

bo

I find the same thing to be true with the "stand up" style shakyheads. Maybe if they hit perfectly flat on a mud bottom they might stand up, otherwise, they fall over on their side a majority of the time, in my experience. I pour my own round heads with a screw lock that stand up for me way better than any "stand up" shakyhead. Nice thing with pouring my own is I can choose my hook brand and size for certain baits or situations.

[Pour Dennis]

I make a round head version with Mustad hooks. They are for sale at Jug-N-Plug in Shell Knob. They come in black or brown.