I have no experience with this bait but have a couple questions. 

1. Can I fish this on a med-heavy baitcaster with 10lb mono

2. Can I fish it in muddy dirty water

3. Can I fish it on a soft bottom

4. What weight is the most versatile 

 

Yup to all of that 1, 2, and 3. Question 4 is the right weight for the depth you're fishing.

I would say 1/8 and  3/16oz are good starting points. If you want to fish 8-15' deep a 1/4oz is cool.

Questions 1-3, all yes, however, heavy tackle is not how the technique was designed to be fished, so you're not optimizing it fully going this way.  Of course, it that's all you have, you do the best with what you have.  I personally fish a shaky head on a 6'10" med pwr / x fast rod with 10 lb braid with a 6-8 lb leader.  I use the lightest weight that will still allow me to keep contact with what the bait is doing.  I start at 1/16 and go heavier when necessary.   It will work on heavier tackle, but I find I outfish people using heavier tackle alot with this technique.  

The soft bottom one depends a little bit. If it's just a mud bottom and nothing else, you'll be okay, but that's rarely the case when you have soft, muck bottoms. More typically you'll have dying plant matter, algae, vegetation, or enough silt that the shakyhead will almost disappear in it. It can certainly be fished on soft bottoms, but hard bottoms are where it shines imo.

 

I like 1/8-1/4 ounce with 1/8oz being my favorite size by a wide margin. 

I would agree with Bluebasser re: bottom conditions. Otherwise yes..

Y'all can go "Finesse"... I'll go "Bubba"! 

 

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On 8/16/2019 at 9:14 AM, Jonny15678 said:

I have no experience with this bait but have a couple questions. 

1. Can I fish this on a med-heavy baitcaster with 10lb mono

2. Can I fish it in muddy dirty water

3. Can I fish it on a soft bottom

4. What weight is the most versatile 

 

1- yes 

2- I wouldn't, many better choices out there

3- depends on how soft and what it is

4- 3/16-1/4oz for me

   

 These heads have great standup and with a Zoom Trick worm have caught me many fish

 

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