In your opinion is a shaky head for large mouth better on a baitcaster or a spinning rod what’s your reason I have a lot of people tell me they prefer a big caster because I help get them out of cover

Spinning rod deal for me. I don’t fish a shaky head in real thick cover because I find it gets hung too easy. My standard setup is a 6’6 medium spinning 15lb braid to 10-12lb fluoro leader. I like a finesse worm. I would prefer even lighter line, but I find I get more line abrasion fishing a shaky head than most other baits. 

Spinning rod for a 1/16 - 1/4oz Shakey  head with a 4 - 6" worm.

Casting for anything heavier/longer.

I use bait casting setups for shaky head.  The rods are custom made just for that purpose.  I use 12# fluorocarbon line and fish from 1/16 to 1/4 oz heads.  I use VMC 1/0 and 2/0 hooks.

@Jig Man I have a bait caster setup built for it but am worried about the light weight being able to cast as effectively do you have any issues?

I actually really got into shaky head fishing at the end of last year. I was sorta forced to as my only access for fishing was a handful of boat docks along the bank. I started with casting gear and 1/4 shaky head. It worked, but never great. I swapped over to a spin rig and went to a 1/8 shaky head and it changed everything. I got hung up less from the lighter weight and I was able to get the bait into the spots i wanted easier.

 

So I will say it depends on how deep you will be fishing and what kind of structure or whatever you will be fishing around and in. Like I said, if its more open and you dont need to really throw the bait far or you want to fish deeper, then you can get away with casting gear and a little bit heavier shaky head. Otherwise I would go spin and light as you can get away with. A lighter spin rig will also be much more sensitive. I had to really watch the rod tip with the casting gear as it just wasnt as sensitive for the light bites you get on a shaky head. Its always a very slight tick tick and then usually the line will start moving.

I use a spinning rod for a shaky head. Medium 7'1 Abu pro series Justin Lucas Shaky head rod. 

4 hours ago, GoneFishingLTN said:

@Jig Man I have a bait caster setup built for it but am worried about the light weight being able to cast as effectively do you have any issues?

No I don’t.  I use heavily salted worms.

Spinning rod for sure.

My personal preference is casting gear, all things being equal casting gear will be more sensitive, powerful, accurate with better line management. That's a win all the way around if you ask me. A daiwa sv or any lighter spool reel will help with casting.

The position of the wrist with a spinning rod lends itself to better precision control and sensitivity when compared when compared with casting gear.  I prefer to fish casting gear when I can, although I think spinning gear is more efficient in this case.