This past weekend I started pitching some docks with a 1/2 ounce jig,didn't catch a single spot or largemouth on about fifty docks.So I decided to skip a shaky head under the docks like I saw Boyd Duckett do on classic patterns.I got my shaky head out and started skipping this dock that went out to 22 ft of water I started wearing them out.I was using a watermelon red zoom finese worms with a picasso shaky head.I caught 6 spots and about 5 largemouth on all those docks.
I'd try skipping some wacky rigged senkos up under those docks. Isn't it kind of tough to skip a weighted jig under a dock at times? Cotton Candy, Mardi Gras, Watermelon Fleck... fish on buddy.
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best worm for dropshotting and shakeyhead. i have loads of these worms
Are you using a weighted jighead for shakey head though (assuming you are).
In my experience it is just difficult to literally skip a weighted jig (something that would want to sink immediatly after hitting water) under a dock (3'-4')?
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With the heavier mass of jigs (approximately 3/8), the momentum carried by the jig, and being presented at a relatively shallow/accute angle, is enough to offset the frictional forces of the waters surface with the jig, allowing it to skip decently. The real kicker is head design, that's where a lot of the skipping ability is derived. Football heads don't skip near as good as wedge heads or grass jigs in my experience. Round jigs skip ok, wedge head and grass head jigs skip better, but many of the shakey heads dont skip well consistantly because of the the sharp contrasting angle at the edge of the head. Most flat bottom (shakey head) jigs will skip real well if it hits the flat bottom, but will skip real bad if the edge of the head hits the water's surface. The realtively sharp angle where the flat bottom meets the actual side of the jig digs into the water's surface, causing the jig to not skip very well at all. With true shakey heads, one skip can be great, and the next will be awful, and there is really no way to get good consistancy out of skipping them in my experience. However, that is simply my experience and my opinion, somebody else may be experiencing something completely different. For me, a good skipping jig has either:
a) flat sides with multiple obtuse angles on the head.
b) a wedge head with a smoothly curve lines.
c) a head design that creates lift like the hull of a boat.
Skipping shaky heads under docks
