Posts Tagged Roadbeds
Shaky Head Worm
Posted by Jon Parker in Tip of the Week on December 7, 2009
Since the 2009 fishing season has come to end I thought I start writing about some of the things that I used in 2009. Let’s start with the shaky head rig. The shaky rig is not a new rig but with the success that pros like Kevin VanDam, Skeet Reese, and Michael Iaconelli have had with this rig, it’s hard not to give it a try.
For those of you that don’t already know what a shaky head rig is I will briefly describe it. The shaky head is a very basic worm and jig head combination. With this rigs growing publicity came a large selection of jig heads made specifically for this technical. My personal favorite is a 1/8 oz football head with the pigtail wire holder that the worm screws on to. There has also been a ton of different styles of worms made for this technical, my favorite would be the 5” Berkley Powerbait Shaky Worm in green pumpkin. I fished this rig on a 7’ medium action spinning rod with 8lb Triple Fish fluorocarbon.
I wouldn’t say this is favorite way to fish but the shaky head gained my respect as a great way to catch fish. I used this technique as more of a fallback rig when the fishing got tough. I will tell you that it works very well when the fishing got slow. My favorite areas to fish the shaky head was a hard bottoms such as, roadbeds, creek channels, rocky bottom, or rip rap. A majority of the fish I caught on this rig were in the 12-14” range but I was able to get a few nice ones as well.
I found this video which does a great job of showing the action of the 5” Berkley Powerbait Shaky Worm.
Please feel free to leave a comment with any experiences you had using a shaky head.
Post Spawn Blues
Posted by Leo Cancilla in Cancilla's Fishing Blog on June 16, 2009
To me the toughest time of year to fish is the post spawn. It doesn’t mean that you can’t get fish to eat, but they may be difficult to hook or get hooked up well, land, and find. Sometimes as anglers we are doing nothing wrong and we can’t seem to have any success. This was how my entire weekend went.
I believe that the fish in Western Pennsylvania have moved into the post spawn time of year. That is not to say that you can’t find a few bass still on beds. You can and will still find some bedding bass. However, the majority of the females have left the beds for the males to guard.
Saturday, I headed up to Wilhelm with my dad trying to find some of the true giant largemouth bass that swim those waters. Unfortunately, the fish were in post spawn meaning that they were going to be very inactive. We landed about 8 bass, but nothing was over 3lbs. I was able to hook up with 2 good fish that came off. Both fish ate the jig to the point where they were swimming with it. I nailed them with a good hook set and both fish (one around 4lbs and the other pushing 6lbs) managed to shake the hook on the way in.
Sunday my wife and myself met my parents at Shenago Lake for a picnic and some fishing. The day went very much like Wilhelm the day before. I managed to catch 9 bass, but only one smallmouth would keep and it was the first fish I caught. I hooked up with 9 more bass that came off, and missed about 5 fish to short strikes.
Fishing the post spawn can be very frustrating, but once you get on the fish you can catch alot of them in one area.
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