The shakey head worm

I know I have done posts on this before but one of the best ways to catch bass, either largemouth or spotted bass, is on the shakey head rigged worm. As all of you know I fish from the banks so I don't fish like most others do from a boat letting the bait come from the shallows to the boat.

I have a few different types of shakey heads. I typically use a 3/16 oz but I also use a 1/4 at times on more finesse worms.

I either use zoom trick worms in white, green pumpkin, black, or hologram morning dawn in a roboworm for 1/4 oz.

These are my selection of shakey head hooks.

Below is my HBT Shakey Head in green pumpkin color 3/16 oz.

This is my black 1/4 oz Spot Remover brand shakey head hook. As you can see, all you have to do to rig this is press the head of the worm into the screw and then insert the hook to make the worm straight. Just as below with my Hologram Morning Dawn Roboworm.

Here is my Zoom Trick Worm in Green Pumpkin rigged up on a War Eagle 3/16 oz shakey head rig. This particular shakey head rig stands straight up so the tail sways in the current right in the bass' face.

This is my Hologram Morning Dawn Roboworm rigged on my 1/4 oz Spot Remover. I wouldn't use a 3/16 oz on this worm because the weight would not create a good presentation and it would just lie on the bottom instead of standing straight up.

Shakey bass

This bass I caught this morning was a fighter!

I believe what happened was I hooked a bedding bass with my shakey head worm.

I have had great experience with shakey head rigs in the past so i couldn't say if that was the case or not.

My set up was a white Zoom trick worm on a black 1/4 oz Spot Remover shakey head. I used a Berkley Lightning Rod IM6 graphite with a fast action tip. Shimano Sienna 2500 FD reel with 100% Berkley Vanish flourocarbon line.

Conditions were: rising water levels from incoming rains, green to yellow tint water, clarity was about 2 feet at most, rocky and sandy flats, wind was about 9 mph from the East where it was open but about 4-5 where I was, cloudy skies with slight drizzle, forecast called for severe storms later in the day.

Check out the pics and sorry about it taking me a while to get back on here. Hopefully I'll get to post more soon and do some reviews and tips. Thanks again!

Last bass of 2012

Ok, so I made up my mind to catch a bass on New Year's Eve. I wanted to catch the last bass of 2012 and I did it. Went over to Holly Park and noticed tons of seagulls flying around one part of the water. As I got closer to my fishing destination I also noticed gar feeding on baitfish at the surface. Even though the water temps were well below 60, I tied on my white zoom trick worm Texas rigged on a 3/0 size bass hook.

I casted the worm out and fished it like any other worm but slower than usual. That's when he bit my line and I lowered my rod, reeled in the slack, and set the hook for a pretty decent fight. He was still kicking when he came out of the water.

I know everyone says the bass metabolism is slower this time of year but this fish was hungry! He even tried eating my fingers while holding him and removing the hook.

Well, here are the pictures of him and I hope everyone has a happy new year and cheers to catching even bigger bass next year!!