Since its creation, the shakey head has always shined as a fish catching bait, when times get tough, or just in general! There are a lot of different variations in head designs, hooks, keeper systems, and weights among other things.
The Jewel Pro Shakey Head:
The Pro Shakey Head is designed similarly to the Pro spider head. That design gives it the ability to come through cover extremely well! It also makes it extremely versatile in that you can put it where it needs to be to work the bait, and catch fish effectively.
Where to throw a The Pro Shakey Head:
Picture a shakey head like a jig without a skirt. Anywhere you can throw a jig, you can put a shakey head. They work well on transition banks, points, pockets, drains, beds, and you can even use FFS with them to target individual fish.
Types of plastics:
You can use a wide variety of plastics with a shakey head! The typical set up is with a straight tail, or trick style worm. You can also use a Jewel Craw, a baby brush hog, a Versa Craw, stick worms, and a wide variety of other plastics! Your imagination is the limit.
Rigging:
As opposed to the screw lock version of this bait, the Pro Shakey Head offers a way to rig the bait, so the meat of the plastic is on the shaft, just under the head. This allows the bait to last a little longer, because if it rips you can just take a small part of the plastic off and re rig the same bait. With a screw lock, the bait can sometimes be ruined after one fish.
You can “texpose” the hook for most situations, and bury the hook with the point below the surface for situations involving wood, brush, or other snaggy types of cover. Another way to rig it is essentially like a big ned rig, with a trick style worm and an open hook. I wouldn’t recommend this in places where there may be wood or other types of cover. When throwing the bait you may find that you can feel more with a spinning rod, rigged with the braid to leader method. I would recommend 15 lb braid, to a 10-12 lb leader for most situations on a medium, or medium heavy rod as you go up in weight.
Conclusion:
Confidence in a shakey head can change a bad day on the water, to a good day on the water, when the conditions aren’t perfect. The Pro shakey head is a great one to take to the lake or river to put in a kids hands as well. A shakey head can be an extremely productive bait when other techniques are seemingly ineffective! When it comes to productivity on the water, the shakey head is at the top of the list for putting fish in the boat!
