Shank-weighted heads · Canada · all prices

No maker publishes sales figures. These lists are built from best-seller and most-reviewed proxies (retailer rankings, review volume, awards) over the last five years — the source is shown under each entry.

1. Gamakatsu Horizon Head LG — C$9.99
   fishingworld.ca 'bass-jigs' collection, best-selling sort #16; kept only jighead-strolling heads from that list; Japanese mid-strolling head: weight sits high on the shank so the minnow holds a horizontal posture under forward-facing sonar; LG = larger hook Mechanism: weight moved onto the shank (owner).
2. VMC Minnow Shaker Jig — C$9.99
   fishingworld.ca 'bass-jigs' collection, best-selling sort #45; kept only jighead-strolling heads from that list; high-centre-of-gravity minnow head with a 45-degree line tie that rocks and shakes the bait on a slow strolling retrieve Mechanism: weight moved onto the shank (owner).
3. Gamakatsu Horizon Head — C$9.99
   anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #77; kept only jighead-strolling heads from that list; the original mid-strolling head developed in Japan for forward-facing sonar; keeps the minnow horizontal (fishingworld.ca stocks it too) Mechanism: weight moved onto the shank (owner).
4. Beast Coast Scoper's Delight Jig Head — C$10.99
   fishingworld.ca search "scope head", best-selling sort #1; kept only jighead-strolling heads from that list; live-sonar minnow head with most of the weight positioned above the hook shank (high centre of gravity); not in the bass-jigs collection Mechanism: weight moved onto the shank (owner).
5. Buckeye Lures Scope Head — C$8.99
   anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #89; kept only jighead-strolling heads from that list; Jacob Powroznik forward-facing-sonar minnow head with a keeled, high-riding weight for horizontal strolling