 We've talked about the Texas rig, we've talked about the drop shot, now in today's episode we're going to be talking about the shaky head and how you can actually catch bigger fish using this finesse bait. Make sure you guys leave some comments below on what bait or what technique you guys want me to talk about next, drop the comments down below and I'll get at it for you guys. If you guys are new to the channel be sure to smash that subscribe button, hit the notification bell and also hit the like button if you've been enjoying the content. If you guys are like, drop some video suggestions, let me know what type of tip videos you guys want to see. We're going to have some killer fishing videos coming out soon, so just stay tuned for that, be patient with me, you guys are going to love it. Using a shaky head can be a great way to catch a lot of fish, especially when it's tough outside. It's been a while since I've really talked about the shaky head, it's been a while since I've really started throwing it, but there are certain things that you can do to a shaky head to get those bigger bites and I'll also catch some more fish. The next time you guys go out on the water, I really suggest you guys take some of these tips and go apply them and I hope you guys catch some more fish. So let's talk about the rod and reel that we're using today. You guys know I really like a versatile combo, so I would say seven foot to seven foot three medium heavy. You can go with a heavy on a shaky head, but I probably wouldn't suggest it. If you guys were throwing like a big jig, I would suggest a heavy rod. I like like a seven three medium heavy, it's got a little bit of backbone. If it's a little softer, like it doesn't have as much backbone, probably wouldn't suggest it because most of the time you're not going to get that hook popped into that fish. But this is actually the rig that I got today. This is a half ounce shaky head. I'll suggest three 16 sounds all the way up to half ounce. If you guys are going to be using that, I'm using a half ounce because I'm going to be trying to sling this thing out there during this winter time season, trying to get in those drop offs and where this fish are tucked away in those cubby holes. If you guys are wondering about the pound line that I'm throwing, I would highly suggest 15. Most people are going to throw it on a spinning rod. You can use a lot lighter tackle like 10 pound to 12 pound floor carbon. But for me right now, I'm using 15 pound Seaguar fluorocarbon on this reel. So this is a lot bigger than your average shaky head. You know, when you're shaky efficient, you're thinking, oh, let's go super finesse and let's get those bites. Well, sometimes you don't have to do that. There's some little modifications that you can do to it so you can actually increase your bigger bites. And these are some of the things I learned over the past years and I'm going to be showing you guys today. The way you rig up your shaky head is all going to depend on how the fishing is that day. So you're always going to have to experiment. Today, I'm using more of a bigger worm. You know, another day you might want to use a smaller one if they're a little bit more finicky. And if you're wanting to go for those big bites, I highly suggest using a bigger worm. But let me explain that. I'm not exactly talking about the length of it. I'm talking about just the bigger profile worm. So the fatter worm that you're going to put on a shaky head. One bait that you can put on a shaky head that will usually only catch big fish. I haven't ever talked about this on my channel. If you guys want a solid video on it, I'll have to do it. But if you guys put a stick bait, like a Sanko or a Clout by 6 cents on a shaky head, it's a huge profile. Now let me tell you, you will get a lot bigger bites on it. You guys are probably asking why. Guys, it's more dense. It's just a bigger profile. It's not that it's longer and just overall a giant worm, but it's fatter and it just looks a lot bigger to that fish. Today, the worm that I'm using is a divine shaky head worm by 6 cents. I'm going to be completely honest with you guys and I have not experimented with this thing enough, but the fish that I have caught on it have been big, but I think I know why. Usually when you buy a finesse worm, it's a lot smaller. As you guys can tell by this one, just the profile of it, it's a lot heftier. It's a lot bigger. As you guys can tell, it's just a big worm in general. The width of it is a lot thicker than your standard average trick worm or finesse worm. And that's really why I think has the big bite. So as you guys can tell, at the front of the worm right here is pretty wide and it tapers down to this point on the end. This is actually a six inch shaky head worm right here. If you guys are wondering about the colors and what colors I would pick depending on what place that you're going to go, this is actually green pumpkin blue. If you guys are fishing somewhat clear water, I suggest any green pumpkin colors that are like whether it's green pumpkin blue, green pumpkin green, watermelon candy, watermelon seed, those are gonna be all great colors for the water that's not super stained. But if you guys are fishing water that's pretty dirty, the visibility's very low, muddy water, it might look like straight chocolate milk, just nasty dirty stuff. I would suggest using a black and blue, a June bug, some of the darker colors like that and that would be your best bet for dirty water. So now that we talked about the colors of the baits that we're gonna be using depending on the water clarity, we talked about the combo that I suggest putting in on whether it's a spinning rod or if it's a bait caster. For me, I'm very picky, I just like throwing a bait caster and this is a heavier shaky head so I can get it out there. And also we talked about what types of worms to put on there, whether they're big or small, you're gonna have to adjust that throughout the day depending on how the fish are acting. So now let's go ahead and talk about how do we work the shaky head and what are a couple ways to work it depending on the conditions to get more bites and more importantly, catch those bigger fish. All right, so if you guys are wondering, you're probably asking, Noah, what type of shaky head is this and why did you pick that one? This one is actually called a screw lock. There's a little tiny screw right on here and you're gonna screw your finesse bait, your worm, your trick worm, whatever it is, your divine shaky head worm on to the shaky head. You're just gonna screw it on and then that's what you're gonna do. So once you screw this bait on, you're gonna have it like this and you're gonna want to bury that hook in the bait and you're gonna wanna kind of bury the end point of that so you can get through all that cover or whatever you're fishing and then it's gonna look beautifully just like that. And when this thing is on the ground, what it's gonna exactly do, this head is gonna be on the bottom and this tail with the soft plastic that this is made out of is gonna need to allow this bait to shift up. So in the water, this is exactly what it's gonna look like and then you're gonna be hopping around the bottom and this tail is gonna be kicking just like that. So you're hopping it around and that's gonna entice the fish, the bite. Even this little movement right here is going to add a little bit of vibration especially when you're fishing some of that dirty water and you're using those dark colors. So if you guys have not seen the Dropshot video or the Bass Per Shops fishing kit video, I highly suggest you go watch them. I'll link them down below. I actually came out to the same area. I kind of broke down what we were fishing and I'm gonna briefly talk about it today in a different manner so it can help you guys catch some more fish on a shaky head. So this time of year, you guys are gonna wanna find those drop-offs and those little holes that those fish are gonna get down in. Today we're at this beautiful pond. It's actually a fairly large area. It's kind of hard to fish from the bank because sometimes some of the deeper spots, majority of the time, are out there. A lot of people have been asking me, how do I find the deep holes? Start counting down my baits. So right here, you got this huge flat, okay? It goes out about 100 foot and then right when you get out to 100 foot off the bank, it's gonna slightly drop off and it's gonna be, so it's about five foot up here on this flat. This is gonna drop off to about eight to 12 foot. That five foot to eight to 12 foot is a big difference, guys. This time of year, there's gonna be a lot of fish stacked down there. That's something you're gonna wanna pay attention to. But something I've found over the last couple of times I've been here is up on this flat, there's some hard bottom, whether it's rock or whatever it is, but there's a lot of hard bottom on this flat and it is great for a shaky head and finesse bait to really trigger in on that and work it very slow in those spots because those fish can stack on it very well. So let's go ahead and make a cast out here and I'll start talking about how we're working it and hopefully we'll catch a fish while we're at it. Because we're wondering right where I just casted, there is actually a hard bottom and it's about five by five. It's a very small area, but I like those isolated areas like that. The reason I do is because the bigger fish seem to pull up on those. That's just from my experience. I think the bigger fish pull up on more of the isolated areas, you can fish this whole drop off and there can be a ton of fish stacked up, but if you find those small isolated areas like the little hard bottoms, the little boulders that are on the bottom, the little rocks, sometimes you can find the big fish stacked on them. So let's go ahead and fish for a minute and then we'll start talking about the different ways to work the shaky head depending on how the fish are acting that time of the day. Yo, that's a decent one. Oh my gosh, this is giant. That's what I was saying, it took me a minute to get a bite, but it's a giant because of that huge worm. Oh my gosh. Is this like a four pounder? Oh yeah, that bag is a three pounder though. Oh my gosh. This time of year guys, right there, big winter bass. Look at that freaking football. On the divine shaky head worm by six cents, I didn't say, but if you guys would like to go check it out and get 10% off, I can pop that up on the screen. I highly suggest you go try on this and if you guys want to catch bigger ones, I suggest trying this worm. And what I was going to say is like, I haven't caught many fish on this, but the ones I have, I haven't caught a fish smaller than this on this worm, which is just honestly crazy. That's almost a three and a half pound bass right there. Super dense, super fat on the big shaky head worm. I'm telling you guys, just adjusting what you're putting on these shaky heads can trigger those bigger ones to bite. And with this bait being a bigger profile, it'll catch bigger bass. And that is a solid three pounder first fish to start off today. Haven't been out here in well over a week. And that is just, oh my gosh, such a beautiful fish. Healthy, fat as ever during this winter time. And that's exactly what you're wanting to catch, especially if you're wanting to get just a little bit more bites and catch those bigger ones. Guys, pay attention to how fat this fish is. That is a very great, healthy fish. Golly, that is over three pounds all day and he's just a football. You're good, buddy. And like I say in a lot of the videos, pay attention to how this fish are swimming off on a day where they're a little more active. You'll see that they'll dart off really quick. And usually when the pressure's high or if the fish are a little bit slower, you can almost tell by the movement of their body. And this is something that no one talks about, but just really pay attention to that because it can really make you judge on what you need to be throwing and how you need to be fishing, just off of how you're watching the fish swim away after you catch it. That is just an extremely important tip that you guys need to put in your arsenal. So we just talked about the sixth sense divine shaky head worm on how it's a bigger profile in that you can throw those shaky head worms that are a little more dense, a little more fatter, doesn't have to be longer, but just a bigger bait and it will help catch this fish. It did take me a little bit longer to get a bite, but when I did, it was not a one pounder. It was a three pounder. And that's the importance of switching up to a bait like this because it will help you catch those bigger fish even in the tough times because this is a bait that you can work very slow. And usually most of the time, a big fish doesn't just want a snack, bro. He wants a meal. You know, big boy wants a meal. You know, he don't want no fun size KitKat bar. He wants king size boys. And that's why you need to pick out stuff like that. And if you fish them, you know, fish them around there's some of those big fish areas this time of year and you're going to catch them. Well guys, that is awesome right there. That is exactly what I wanted to show you guys this. I cannot believe it. I've only caught five or six fish on this. And I think that is probably one of my smallest ones. It is just amazing how, you know, a bait that people say catches small fish like a drop shot, a shaky head. People are like, oh, they only catch small fish. Guys, if you change up the presentation and you put the right bait on there for some reason, this worm in particular, like I used to only use like regular zoom finesse worms. But when I started switching over to this one and just like the fatter profile of it, and I just swear it produces bigger bites. It's so crazy, man. I thought it was crazy at first because I was like, man, I caught one big fish on it. I was like, oh, you know what? I just probably stumbled across them. Caught two big fish on it. I was like, okay, you know, I probably just stumbled across them. Caught three big fish on it. Then it started to have me thinking I was like, you know what, like, is it this worm? Is it just the profile? Like it's just kind of bigger. Maybe it's the grooves in it. Maybe it's the way the body shaped and it has this fluttering. I do not know. And I'm not saying that you're not gonna catch small fish on it, but that is actually one of the smallest. I think I've caught one two pounder on it, but that is probably the second smallest out of like six, seven fish that I've caught on this worm. That's just weird to think about. I'm sure we'll get a smaller one today, but that, I don't know. I thought it was just a fluke at first. I was like, I'm just must be getting lucky and I'm in front of the bigger ones, but I'm just a firm believer in like those dense worms like that and that the bigger ones just want that. Like putting this on there or putting like a clout or like a stick bait on there. It's just that massive profile that those big fish like. Oh my God, I got another one next cast. Are you kidding me? Oh my gosh, that was another big one. He came off. Holy freaking smokes. Guys, that was next cast. Literally next cast. I didn't even move it for a couple of minutes. That was another good one. I leaned into him. I felt him for a second and he came off. He must have not had the worm. I should have let him eat it a little bit longer. You know, with me predicting or me watching that fish swim off a little slower, I should have let that fish eat it a little bit longer, knowing that they may be a little more lethargic today. Gosh, dang it. But that's okay. You know, there's more stacked up out on this flat on this hard bottom. We should catch another one, especially with the clouds up today. That's one thing I didn't talk about. You know, it's cloudy and when the fish is cloudy outside, usually they start roaming a little bit more. So they're gonna be pushing up on this flat, not even on this hard bottoms. I got another one. Are you kidding me? Oh my God, it's another big one. This worm, I'm a firm believer. I'm a firm believer. Three casts in a row, three big bites. Unfreaking believable. I can't tell how big he is. Oh, he's not even big. Oh, he felt so large. He felt so large. He ain't a bad one though. That's a two pounder. Holy cow. Look at him eat that thing. That's a football. This is crazy. I'm a firm believer in this worm. What, why in the heck? It has to be the big profile. If you guys do decide to go try this out, if you go get one, I do want you guys to send me some pictures. If you guys are catching some just mat, like just larger fish than normal on a shaky head. That is a quality one. You know, he's not bad. He's not giant. You know what? It's a solid pound and a half fish. I thought he was two pounds, but he ain't, it's not that. That is just a healthy one right there. Three casts in a row. The bite before that one, that fish felt really big. I stuck him for a second, but let's get back out there. That was three casts in a row, three bites on the divine shaky head worm. All right guys, so now let's talk about a few different ways that you can work this shaky head. So let's go ahead and beam a long cast out there all the way out on the drop off. Okay, we're gonna let our bait hit the bottom. That's very important. These are baits that you're gonna wanna keep bottom contact the whole time. You're not wanting to swim in this bait. You know, you're not wanting to hop in midwater column. You're not wanting to reel it at the top like a top water. You gotta keep this on the bottom at all times. So, my bait just hit the bottom and there's gonna be the basic, you know, what I like to call just the shaky head. You know, just basic and you're just gonna reel up and you're just gonna kind of hop it. Just like this. Barely hop that thing along the bottom. Just imagine your bait sitting on the bottom is kind of hopping it. That's gonna be the basic way if the fish are a little bit more active, if they're wanting to eat it that way, if you're wanting to cover a lot more water, it's just kind of hopping this thing along the bottom. And you guys can notice I'm working it pretty fast but you guys gotta understand this bait has to be on the bottom at all times. So the second technique, let me get a long cast, beam it out there, let that sucker hit the bottom right on the drop off. And this is actually one I don't do much with the shaky head but this is just gonna be simply dragging it, okay? So we're gonna let it hit the bottom and then just kind of lift up on your rod. Hey, let me hold it in front so you guys can see it perfectly. Lift up on your rod and just slightly bring your tip from out here and then just slightly drag upwards. You're just dragging this thing along the bottom. I like to do this more with like a Texas rig or a Texas rig crawl, knowing that there's tails flutter but this can still be a great way to catch them depending on the day, depending on the conditions and depending more importantly on how the fish want it. And this is the last way and this is probably one of the most important ways especially for everybody watching that everybody needs to know is called dead sticking. So you're gonna throw your bait out there, you're gonna let it hit the bottom and you're just not gonna move it, okay? You're just gonna let that thing soak down there for however long it is, you may be 15, 20 seconds. Make sure you keep on reeling up your slack a little bit and kind of feeling to make sure you don't have a fish on because the last thing you wanna do is let a fish eat it all the way down in his gullet. So just keep kind of checking but keep that bait kind of in the same area and just let it sit there. Every once in a while give it a couple little hops but still keep the bait around in the same territory in the same spot and just keep that bait, bottom contact and just kind of letting it sit there. Every once in a while lift up, give it a couple pops, okay? Let it sit there. So those are three to four different tactics on how to work the shaky head right there. And so you guys are probably saying Noah, when do I know when to do which one? This is how I would do it. The first one I talked about, the shaky. All right, you're just shaking it, that's some more of an active day, okay? This fish are a little bit more active, you're wanting to cover some water and you're just going around trying to get this fish that are a little more aggressive to bite a slow moving bait. The drag, that can be when the fish are a little bit slower. You know, you're not getting the bite when you're hopping it like that. So you really want to start dragging that bait really slow. And then the last one, which is the dead stick, that one can be important. That is the most important one out of any of these. You know, a lot of people are saying they can't get bites and the weather's really cold, you need to try the dead stick. And you're just going to leave your bait out there and it's going to help you get so many more bites. Now I'm done with all you said, all you want to keep on savin' out of my pocket.