Wobble Heads

[Mitch f]

Lately I've lost two nice fish with a wobble head and it's got me perplexed. I have a love/hate relationship with this set up.

Pros: 

1. I love the way this bait falls 100% straight down without gliding.

2. It gives more action to your plastic trailers and jigs.

3. Once the hook has penetrated, the wider gap helps and seems to be a bait they cannot throw.

 

Cons:

Obviously my initial hook up ratio has suffered.

I seem to get snagged more often

 

I have bent the hook point slightly sideways, like the photo hoping this will work. I've always heard a sideways, sweeping type hookset helps.

Anyone have any suggestios?

 

 

[Johnsfolly]

Not a jig head that I have used enough to provide any valuable feedback. Sorry Mitch.

[Quillback]

Couple of things I did:

Pretty much fish them on a long heavy jig rod so I can get a good hook set.

I buy the cheap ones at Lureparts online, clip off the lousy hook, put a couple of split rings on the hook hanger, then add a good hook.  I also put on one of those spring bait holder deals on the split ring, so I can screw the nose of the bait on, then Texas rig it.  Doing all of the above has helped my hook up ratio with those things quite a bit.

[Dutch]

Which hook are you using, which head size, what size hook.  I put the Eagle Claw Extra Wide gap   EL098BP worm hooks on mine.

The biggest problem I have had with them is the lack of summer bite and that is what I got them for.  I can get spring bites, not summer bites and haven't tried them in the fall.

 

[Mitch f]

3 minutes ago, Dutch said:

Which hook are you using, which head size, what size hook.

The biggest problem I have had with them is the lack of summer bite and that is what I got them for.  I can get spring bites, not summer bites and haven't tried them in the fall.

 

I use either VMC or Owner Wide Gap Plus in either 1/0 or 4/0 depending on which bait im using