10-01-2009, 06:13 PM
I understand how they're supposed to work and like the theory, buying a couple jig heads and making some more of my own. But to date I haven't caught a fish on one.
That isn't the technique's problem, though. It's just that this entire year I've fished a weedy lake with the best results coming on surface plugs directly over the beds and cranks beside. Occasionally they'll hit a Texas-rig craw. But the shakey head, as I understand it, works best with a plastic worm so that the body has a little more wiggle to entice a bite. With shakey worms, I soon have a clump of weeds on each retrieve. But since you mentioned it, I'll try, try again in shoreline timber where weeds aren't a problem.
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That isn't the technique's problem, though. It's just that this entire year I've fished a weedy lake with the best results coming on surface plugs directly over the beds and cranks beside. Occasionally they'll hit a Texas-rig craw. But the shakey head, as I understand it, works best with a plastic worm so that the body has a little more wiggle to entice a bite. With shakey worms, I soon have a clump of weeds on each retrieve. But since you mentioned it, I'll try, try again in shoreline timber where weeds aren't a problem.
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