Jig hooks and jig heads: Shaky heads

A head with a screw-lock or wire keeper that holds a worm straight, nose on the bottom and tail up. Four builds plus the stand-up head, each its own page.

BuildWhat it addsWhen
OriginalExposed hook, no guardRock, gravel
WeedlessFibre or wire guardRock with brush, docks
Texas-riggedHead on an offset / EWG hook, worm Texas-riggedGrass, wood
SwingHead hinged to the hookDrag over rock and shell
Stand-upFlat base so the head lies still and the tail stands up: a sub-typeHard bottom
ItemDetail
Weight1/8–3/8 oz (3.5–10.6 g)
Eye / hook90°; wire keeper or screw
Baits4–7" (10–18 cm) straight and finesse worms
TechniquesDrag, then shake in place so the tail quivers
WhereRock, gravel; pressured fish

Top 10 in four markets

United States

  1. Owner Magnum Shakey Football Head 3pk — n/a. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #1; 5.0/5 avg rating (1 reviews). Football-shaped shaky head with contoured bottom, 45-degree tie and Centering-Pin Spring; exposed hook, no guard; no eyes (re-checked) Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  2. Owner Shakey Ultrahead 4pk — $5.49 - $6.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #2; 5.0/5 avg rating (3 reviews). Contoured shaky head with TwistLOCK Centering-Pin Spring on an Owner jig hook, exposed, no guard; no eyes (re-checked) Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  3. Dirty Jigs Scott Canterbury Shakey Jig Head 3pk — $5.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #3; 4.7/5 avg rating (3 reviews). Hybrid Arkie-style head on a 4/0 Gamakatsu with 60-degree semi-recessed tie and screw-lock; exposed, no guard; no eyes (re-checked) Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  4. Buckeye Lures Spot Removers Pro Model 5pk — $6.79. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #4; 5.0/5 avg rating (1 reviews). Flat stand-up Spot Remover head with heavy-duty spring on a black-nickel hook, exposed, no guard; no eyes (re-checked) Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  5. Buckeye Lures Magnum Series Spot Removers — $8.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #5. Magnum Spot Remover with screw-lock keeper on a Gamakatsu long-shank hook, exposed, no guard; no eyes (re-checked) Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  6. Hog Farmer Baits Magnum Shakey Heads 2pk — $5.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #7. Football-shaped magnum shaky head with recessed tie and screw-lock keeper, exposed, no guard; no eyes (re-checked) Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  7. Missile Jigs Warlock Shakey Head — $6.19. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #9. Wide-bite 3/0 Gamakatsu shaky head with a short spring keeper, exposed, no guard; no eyes (re-checked) Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  8. Owner Stickbait Shakey Head — n/a. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #10; 4.5/5 avg rating (2 reviews). Contoured-bottom stickbait shaky head with Centering-Pin Spring, exposed, no guard; no eyes (re-checked) Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  9. Picasso Shakedown Shakey Heads 3pk — $6.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #11; 2.0/5 avg rating (1 reviews). Shaky head with a flexible nickel-titanium spring keeper on a cross-eye Gamakatsu, exposed, no guard; no eyes (re-checked) Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  10. 6th Sense Masterclass Shakey Head 3pk — $5.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #12. Finesse shaky head with screw-lock keeper on a 2/0 O'Shaughnessy hook, exposed, no guard; no eyes (re-checked) Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  11. Gamakatsu Stand Up Alien Heads 4pk — $10.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Non-Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (48 items) sorted by Popularity: #10; 5.0/5 avg rating (1 reviews). Stand-up alien head moulded on an offset (Texas-rig) hook with opposing wire barb keepers; no eyes Eyes: no; keeper: wire keeper.
  12. Bass Union Weedless Shakey Heads 3pk — $5.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Non-Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (48 items) sorted by Popularity: #17. Stand-up grooved head on a custom light-wire EWG hook with recessed tie, bait tex-posed with the point hidden; no eyes; no keeper Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
  13. Megastrike Shake2 EWG Pro Model Shakey Heads 4pk — $4.97 - $7.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #18. Shake2 stand-up head on an EWG hook with both a spring-lock (weedless rigging) and a ribbed collar; no eyes Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  14. 6th Sense Swing Shaker Shakey Head — n/a. Tackle Warehouse 'Swinging Jigheads' (63 items) sorted by Popularity: #22; 5.0/5 avg rating (1 reviews). Flattened stand-up shaky head with an internal shaft so the hook and its screw-lock keeper swing freely; no eyes Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  15. 6th Sense Tusk Swinging Jig Head — $6.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Swinging Jigheads' (63 items) sorted by Popularity: #48. Hexagon head with a screw-lock keeper hinged to the hook for craws, creatures and swimbaits; large 3D eyes Eyes: yes; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  16. Yum Pumpkin Head Standup Jig Head — $4.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #6; 5.0/5 avg rating. Stand-up head (flat bottom, hook rides up); from TW's screw-lock shaky list, keeping only stand-up models
  17. Dirty Jigs Magnum Stand Up Jig Head 2pk — $5.00 - $5.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #8. Stand-up head (flat bottom, hook rides up); from TW's screw-lock shaky list, keeping only stand-up models
  18. VMC Stand Up Shakey Heads 4pk — $7.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #16. Stand-up head (flat bottom, hook rides up); from TW's screw-lock shaky list, keeping only stand-up models
  19. Mustad TitanX A-Tak Stand Up Jigs — n/a. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #21; 2.0/5 avg rating. Stand-up head (flat bottom, hook rides up); from TW's screw-lock shaky list, keeping only stand-up models
  20. Big Bite Baits Stand Up Fin Twist Jig Head 4pk — $6.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (66 items) sorted by Popularity: #46. Stand-up head (flat bottom, hook rides up); from TW's screw-lock shaky list, keeping only stand-up models

Canada

  1. Berkley Fusion19 Shakey Head — C$6.75. anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #44 (re-checked 2026-09-27); plain build: round ball shaky head with recessed horizontal line tie on a plain round-bend hook, point exposed, no guard; no eyes, plastic talon keeper pointing down Eyes: no; keeper: barb down.
  2. X Zone Tungsten Shakey Jig Head — C$6.99. anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #83 (re-checked 2026-09-27) (also fishingworld.ca bass-jigs #49); plain build: 97% tungsten shaky head with a screw-lock spring keeper on a straight-shank wide-gap round-bend hook, point exposed (no offset bend), no guard; no eyes Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  3. Big Bite Baits Finesse Worm Jighead — C$9.99. anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #87 (re-checked 2026-09-27); plain build: half-ball finesse worm head with an oversized molded barb keeper on a plain Gamakatsu hook, point exposed, no guard; no eyes; newly added Eyes: no; keeper: barb down.
  4. Z-Man SMH Jighead — C$7.99. anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #93 (re-checked 2026-09-27); plain build: B.Lat's pointed-nose shaky head with angled eyelet for SMH WormZ, plain hook exposed, no guard; no eyes, small upward barb on the shank; newly added (store photo 345x365 px) Eyes: no; keeper: barb up.
  5. Freedom Tackle Magnum Shakey Head — C$7.99. anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #127 (re-checked 2026-09-27); EWG build: magnum shaky head with a screw-lock spring keeper on an offset-shank EWG hook, bait Texas-rigged; red 3D eyes Eyes: yes; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  6. Owner Ultra Shaky Head — C$11.99. anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #129 (re-checked 2026-09-27); EWG build: TwistLOCK centering-pin spring molded into the head on an offset-shank wide-gap hook, bait screwed on and Texas-rigged; no eyes Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.

Japan

  1. Keitech フットボールシェイキーヘッド#3/0 — ¥697 (naturum list price per pack). naturum hooks, keyword shaky, sorted by best-selling order: #1 (amazon.co.jp shaky head #1–#3). Tungsten-compound football/ball head with a screw-lock keeper and an exposed 3/0 hook — plain build; the スイング keyword hits on its page come from the Swing Impact worm, the head is not hinged. Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  2. Owner (Cultiva) インウィードヘッド — ¥462 (naturum list price per pack). naturum 'Worm hooks (jig head)' category, keyword bass, sorted by best-selling order (best-selling): #19. flat-cut head that stands the worm up on the bottom, Twistlock keeper.

China

  1. KEITECH Football Shaky Head 钨树脂橄榄头摇摆铅头钩 — ¥45 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'football jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 2 of 20; shop 一尾路亚. Tungsten-resin football shaky head on a straight-shank exposed hook, no guard; wire spring (screw) keeper stands the worm up; no eyes. Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  2. OWNER 欧纳 JH-31 Alien Head Shakyhead 摇摆头直立铅头钩 — ¥22 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'football jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 19 of 20; shop 天扬路亚. Owner Alien wedge head on a round-bend 90-degree jig hook, exposed, no guard; moulded collar keeper; no eyes. Photo from owner.co.jp. Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  3. 樟帮渔具城 (shop) 不倒翁直立跳底铅头钩 — ¥2.89 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'stand-up jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 1 of 20; shop 樟帮渔具城
  4. 渔你同行 (shop) 船形不倒翁铅头钩 加强 — ¥17.5 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'stand-up jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 2 of 20; shop 渔你同行渔具行
  5. ffhh 3X 血槽原色不倒翁铅头钩 — ¥10 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'stand-up jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 3 of 20; shop ffhh旗舰店
  6. 超凡户外 (shop) 不倒翁直立跳底铅头钩 — ¥2.89 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'stand-up jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 4 of 20; shop 超凡户外
  7. 缘也运动户外 (shop) 不倒翁铅头钩 5只装 — ¥2.8 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'stand-up jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 5 of 20; shop 缘也运动户外
  8. 渔你同行 (shop) 立式圆切铅头钩 — ¥11.5 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'stand-up jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 6 of 20; shop 渔你同行渔具行
  9. 速动 (梅河渔具) 不倒翁加强直立铅头钩 — ¥8 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'stand-up jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 7 of 20; shop 梅河渔具
  10. UMI 不倒翁血槽铅头钩 — ¥7 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'stand-up jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 12 of 20; shop umi旗舰; photo identical to the KAWA listing (same factory photo)
  11. KAWA 不倒翁血槽铅头钩 — ¥5 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'stand-up jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 13 of 20; shop kawa旗舰店; photo identical to the UMI listing (same factory photo)
  12. 溪溪户外精选 (shop) 不倒翁直立跳底铅头钩 — ¥15.8 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'stand-up jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 15 of 20; shop 溪溪户外精选

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Jig hooks and jig heads

Hooks whose shank bends at the eye so a head can be poured on: the bare jig hook, and weighted jig heads for soft plastics classified by head shape and build (ball in four builds, strolling jigs by mechanism, football, swing, stand-up, Ned in four builds, shaky, darter, swimbait, underspin, tube, weedless, grass), because each fishes differently; and the skirted jig itself, by head shape (casting, flipping, football, swim, finesse, punch).

  1. Bare jig hooks
  2. Skirted jigs
  3. Casting jigs
  4. Flipping jigs
  5. Football jigs
  6. Swim jigs
  7. Finesse jigs
  8. Punch and grass jigs
  9. Tuning a jig
  10. Weedguard length and trimming
  11. Modifying the weedguard
  12. Trimming the skirt
  13. Trailer and colour
  14. Fishing a jig
  15. Jig presentations
  16. Reading the bite
  17. Hook set and fish control in cover
  18. Swimbait heads
  19. Original swimbait heads
  20. Underspin heads
  21. Texas-rigged swimbait heads
  22. Weedless swimbait heads
  23. Swing swimbait heads
  24. Darter heads
  25. Damiki rig heads
  26. Ball jig heads
  27. Original ball heads
  28. Texas-rigged ball heads
  29. Weedless ball heads
  30. Swing ball heads
  31. Strolling jigs
  32. Shank-weighted heads
  33. Hover heads
  34. Raised-CoG heads
  35. Ned heads
  36. Original Ned heads
  37. Texas-rigged Ned heads
  38. Weedless Ned heads
  39. Swing Ned heads
  40. Football jig heads
  41. Original football heads
  42. Texas-rigged football heads
  43. Weedless football heads
  44. Swing football heads
  45. Shaky heads
  46. Original shaky heads
  47. Texas-rigged shaky heads
  48. Weedless shaky heads
  49. Swing shaky heads
  50. Stand-up jig heads
  51. Tube heads
  52. Swing heads

Jig hooks and jig heads