Learn the basics of the SHAKY HEAD! // Project E 

Carolina rig

Lipless crankbait

Jerk bait.

Berkley beat'n paddle frog.🐸

Cracking a tube would be awesome info. A lot of people do it up north.

Definitely, Thanks for Watching Kevin!!

#7 Shad Rap. Live River Shad, Shad, or Crawfish color, in that order 💯

What BRAND of worms do you prefer in Cali? I'm back in 'Bama now, but when I lived out there, I tried to force 'em to bite Zoom finesse and Utail worms, to no avail. I had to use either small grubs (pumpkinseed/blk/copper), roboworms, or hand pours.

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Thanks for Watching William!!

I see all these guys doing all these crazy threadings and inu rigs. My opinion has always been this: if you put a worm near a bass and she's even slightly interested, she's gonna bite it regardless if it's crooked, upside down, inside out, backwards, or doing back FLIPS-she doesn't care. Mostly, it's the mere PRESENCE of it her domain, NEAR HER, that makes her bite. She FEELS IT with her lateral line as much as she SEES IT with her eyes.

If you're like me, flipping, pitching, and snatching 'em out with that 8' flipping stick with a 1oz tungsten will eventually wear on those hands, elbows, and shoulders as you age. That will definitely put that lightweight spinning rod in your hand! Don't worry; if you catch 25 or 30 on it, you're BOUND TO have a few good 'uns!!!

THIS YEAR, try a different approach. Try NOT feeling it. Make yourself use that spinning rod. Go light. Real light. Try a Zoom Finesse worm (junebug, grn pumpkin, or smoke purple) on a ¹/¹⁶oz Charlie Brewer Spider Slider Classic head. Cast it near wood on rock in the prespawn. You WON'T feel bottom. You WON'T feel the worm. THAT'S OKAY! Concentrate on the FALL of the worm. Just cast it near cover and let it fall. The slow, diagonal dive of that little worm is irresistible to bass. After you cast and let it fall until it SHOULD be on bottom, pick up your slack line and just 'CHECK' your worm to see if it's in a bass' mouth. If not, let it fall again. This way, you're just casting it out and waiting until it's in his mouth. When you tighten up your line to 'check' it, it makes it do a little dance that resembles a swimming, diving, or dying bream, shad, or other baitfish PERFECTLY. If it's crawfish you're imitating (yes, a worm imitates ALL bass forage!), be SURE to let it go all the way to bottom and give it sharp hops, along with long, SLOW falls again. Again, it's not the bottom contact that you're used to, so it takes a little practice, but you're targeting DIFFERENT FISH in a DIFFERENT WAY. Try this: Hold any straight worm, by it's head, in your hand. Try to hold it perfectly still. You can't. It moves, regardless of what you do. Add wind, waves, and boat movement and that worm is in CONSTANT motion. Now, instead of only targeting fish on the bottom, fish the entire water column. Once you get used to NOT feeling bottom, you'll see that you're basically casting it right into his mouth. Cast. Fall. Check. Fall. Check. Fall. SET THE HOOK when it's in his mouth. You will be astonished what you can do with 6 or 7lb line, a medium light 6 to 7' rod, and a fast, 1000 to 2500 series reel. I've had innumerable spring days when I had close to 300 bites doing this, only to land 75-80 on a good day. 30-50 bass is easily done using this technique and tackle in the warming prespawn days of spring.

@@shadygraves I do fish a shaky in lighter sizes. Just quarter ounce is one of my favorites for bait casting. I do fish a spinning rod also for my Ned rigs and dropshots. As well as some very light finesse jigs. I haven’t tried a 1/16 ounce shaky head before but I’ll definitely look into it. My favorite for Ned rigs are 1/10 ounce zman finesse shroomz.

Yes it Does!!

Best comment so far! Now there's a man who's figured out he can get ALWAYS 'get five', regardless of weather, or water conditions! It just takes KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, SKILL, and CONFIDENCE. You, Sir, have arrived! 👏👏

@@shadygraves thank you Shady G. I’ve been guiding almost 27 years on Lake Fork in Texas and was forced to learn the easiest ways to get customers bit. The shaky head is definitely one of them lol

Thank you

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