Mark Davis shares how he rigs a wobble head, and the techniques he uses when fishing one.
I like to fish with the Strike King Tungsten Swing Head. The good thing about it is you can put any hook on it that you desire, since it comes without a hook. It’s very easy to put a hook on there. I put a 3/0 offset EWG-style hook on it, and I rig it with a Rage Menace. I tie a Palomar knot with 20lb test fluorocarbon line.
I also use a Rage Bug or small swimbaits, like the Rage Swimmer, on this setup. Don’t be afraid to fish different lures on the swing head. I usually gravitate towards the Menace, but the Rage Bug would be my second choice.
Depending on how deep you’re fishing, you would choose a different size wobble head. If you’re fishing shallower water, say 5 to 10 feet, you could go 3/8 or a ½ ounce.
I like to throw a swing head on a Lew’s Custom Lite Magnum Grass rod, the 7’2” heavy action. It has some tip to it and it’s powerful. You can get a good hook set and cast it long ways. This rod does a good job fishing with a swing head.
There are two different ways I fish a wobble head. I cast it to get it on the bottom. I wind it slowly so I can feel every rock along the bottom. If you hit a big obstruction, you just come up over it. You can cover a lot of water doing that.
The other way I fish it is, once I locate some fish, I slow it down and fish it like I would a worm or a jig.
