Is This The Most Underused Technique In Bass Fishing?

Very few anglers us this technique, but yet it’s one of the best bass fishing lures we have. Have you tried a swing head jig, wobble head jig or biffle bug? Make sure you support todays presenting sponsor by downloading the Deep Dive app! onelink.deepdi...
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I was born and raised in Chicago, but after working 12 years in the financial Industry regulating the futures and options markets at the CME/CBOT I decided to pursue my passion fishing professional tournaments and left my full time corporate job. At that point, I moved to Junction City, WI with my wife Sara and two boys Hank and Duke. I've been fishing professionally since 2011 and full-time since 2015. I've qualified for seven MLF Championships and won over a half million in tournament winnings at the professional level.

[@pampa003]

Bank fisherman here. I rediscovered the wobble head two summers ago. Fishing these again has been such fun. I’m normally throwing a 1/2 oz and most any plastic will do but I’ve settled on the Xzone 4.25” Adrenaline craw. I may try a speed worm although I really like those with a pegged 3/16 oz bullet weight. I think of the wobble head as my all terrain crankbait - wood, rock, grass, whatever. Great video. Thanks.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing

[@jefflemaster2850]

I like to bounce them down steep ledges. Usually using a tube body with craw arms. I put a small piece of foam on the hook inside the body to get it to stand up and swing around with little twitches of the rod.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing

[@PigSticker151]

i keep a swing head tied on all 12 months. I have won a lot of money on those. My favorite bait is a Big Bite Baits Fighting Frog.

[@MattStefanFishing]

It’s a great bait

[@mikegardiner3934]

love the wobblehead in prespawn using 3.5 adrenaline craw over points. In the summer, love it at night fishing!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good stuff!

[@heinrichkellogg7563]

🍺Thanks Matt. I have been fishing the Picasso Tungsten wobble heads even before you were sponsored by them👍. They work very well and are very versatile as you mention. I personally go to them during the summer when I’m fishing with large worms deep. They certainly cast a mile and you can cover lots of deep water fast🤠.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Right on!

[@bassngal3314]

Shhh Matt! Haha, now that the secrets out, in the prespawn it can’t be beat, especially with a Yamamoto flapping hog!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@crowe1974]

I started watching you when u where around 5K. You are one of my favorite channels to watch and even if it has nothing to do with how i fish i watch. Well deserved on almost 60K. Awesome to see your channel grow!!!

[@MattStefanFishing]

I appreciate that

[@imjustsomeone7692]

great video...I have a bunch of these...different sizes and weights. bought them on sale because they looked "fishy" and didn't know what to do with them. I do now....thanks

[@MattStefanFishing]

Right on

[@FishingOklahoma73160]

I love this for bank fishing, with different retrieves I can just take a few heads and not worry about carrying other rods

[@jonathanstewart9838]

100%. And they catch pretty much any gamefish

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing!

[@caseysaunders2137]

VMC has a swing head with a 1/0 hook and light weight. Ordered some to try with a BFS bait cast combo. Pefect size for a zoom fluke jr or ned bait. Reins released a baby craw that's good with a 1/0 hook as well. Bite size presentation.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks

[@johnrayner5599]

I have not had much success with these but after hearing some of your retrieves i am going tio give them a whirl again!!!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Go for it

[@seanodell5133]

Great video Matt... Give a finesse version a try. Replaced my shaky heads with lighter versions of a swing head years ago, way more options in hooks/ baits and can retrieve it in all sorts of ways, not just a a bottom hugging bait.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Great suggestion!

[@thekidfishing5745]

Hey just wanted say thanks. Went to my first tournament (local) last night and caught my 2 fish on the Ozark rig.

[@MattStefanFishing]

That is awesome!

[@robertpatterson3406]

I love a wobble head , I use a Eco Pro tungsten head , I use biffle bugs and Keitech easy shiners on them and the do work really well , I use a 1/4 oz with the 4'' keitech and swim it through the water column . It works great for smallmouth .

[@MattStefanFishing]

Right on

[@cerebraltackle]

There's another Eco Pro bait that I modify. We need to talk. 😁

[@335elkhunter]

@@cerebraltacklehook a brother up.

[@ADKyakman]

You’ll never fit a 2.8 or even a 3.3 keitech on that swing head without switching to a 1/0-maybe 2/0 wide gap hook. What I have really good luck with on swing heads which I throw a lot for both river smallmouth and small lake-big lake largemouth is a googan bandito bug, a coffee tube -there’s nothing like a coffee tube slithering around the bottom and up and over rocks - the DOLIVE beaver , and a big worm that’s bouyant..I like the 6th sense dive worm in 7” on this jig it’s pretty much my go to worm for this style bait.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

I can't for the life of me think what brand they are but if you're into changing your hooks anyway you can buy just the wobble head. As you probably know I haven't seen just ahead in tungsten though

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing!

[@itllkeal]

Thanks again. I caught a largemouth today on one of my walleye and smallmouth lures. My girl said you left some lures out when I closed my box and I said I have a feeling that those may work but I was shocked pulling in a largemouth on those orange back minnows

[@MattStefanFishing]

That is awesome!

[@edwardwicht5271]

Great video. Excellent tactic for pressured lakes. The Gamakatsu ringed superline hook you’ve recommended works very well for me (2/0 and 4/0 sizes).

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@jthej2811]

I make my own with a bullet sinker. Works great thru the veggie in these inland Michigan lakes

[@MattStefanFishing]

Nice

[@willperryman4559]

I’ve used Picasso for many years and love the Tungsten swing heads, and also Beast Coast and Gamakatsu ringed hooks👍 I love your tips and techniques and I caught a nice 4.77 largemouth in my tournament yesterday on the Keitech Casting jig 2.0 with the rubber/ silicone skirt. I bought a ton of them a few years back when they were $2.50😃 I now need to restock 😮

[@MattStefanFishing]

Right on!

[@fishingwithhouse]

Looks like I need to try the ones I picked up over the winter. Great info !

[@MattStefanFishing]

You should!

[@twiggsherman3641]

During the summer last year I put a keitech on a 1/2 oz one and used that a lot. Just a slow trodge back to the bank. Worked really well. In the fall I switched up to a 1/4 oz and put a fluke on it and hopped it back to shore fairly quickly and that worked well too. Definitely an underrated setup.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Yep

[@shadygraves]

I've been 'stroking' a hard head jig for years. I use a (Perfection or Big Texan) Pit Boss, almost exclusively, on the 11/16oz size and work it in high, fast hops, lifting it 3 or 4 feet off the bottom at a time. It elicits some vicious strikes in the early spring.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing

[@rodneychandler82]

Caught plenty good sized Bass on a Wobblehead coupled with a Xzone Adrenalin Craw . Black blue , Green pumkin / blue being my favourits . Generally buy the heads and add my own hooks

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome!

[@Nate_Higgins]

I like the wobble head, i neverthought of the split ring before, but I'm really excited about my newly acquired red Ozark Rigs. It was cool seeing you, and the rest of the Core crew, in person yesterday. I love what you guys are doing.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Right on!

[@501Bassin_SWarb]

I use this presentation a lot actually. Very versatile and effective!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing

[@robpatterson2441]

I'm an old-timer and was introduced to these several years ago. I have one tied on almost all the time.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Nice!

[@scottspradau3067]

Hey Matt, great video! I’m a long time believer in the swing head jigs. I remember when this was DL jig for Tommy Biffle. I’m sure you remember when he won at LaCrosse with it and the biffle bug. I’ve been “hooked” on the swing head for years now. I have a few custom variations that I think you might appreciate - skirted, spy, chatter and football etc. on a 3/0-5/0 swim hook. Since you mentioned changing hooks, I think you would really appreciate the convenience my jigs offer. They aren’t tungsten, but most are designed to be swim jigs. If it sounds like something you might be interested in, I’d be glad to send you a few to try. On your suggestion, I recently bought some hover jigs. Looking forward to trying them out this spring. I appreciate your channel and it’s become favorite. Keep up the good work. Oh, and I love your tackle wall too!!!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks!

[@cowboyjack328]

Works great with a craw or lizard to pull walleyes out of log jams/ wood in river system. Don’t snag as many jigs.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@snookcatcher1]

Would pinching a large split shot on your leader near the hook do the same (or at least very similar)? ...Or pegging a tungsten bullet weight (between the hook and weight) 1/4 inch away from your hook?

[@MattStefanFishing]

It could give maybe some similarity

[@borreholic]

I'm surprised the "cheburashka" heads or simply "link heads" seemingly haven't caught on more in the US -- we've had them in Europe for ages. It's a pretty cheap clip-on wobble head that comes in all sizes (3-5packs usually) and you can combine any weight with any hook style/brand/size.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Interesting

[@DanielBoone337]

I feel like I'm fishing for the same fish that I would throw a Carolina rig and football jig for with a swing head but I have seen it on Toledo and Rayburn where they will eat this so much better at times. I've also played around with a heavy Tokyo rig fishing it just like a swing head and had a little bit better luck with the fish actually getting the bait better. I can only assume it's because the bait and hook is higher off the bottom but I really don't know. Great video as always keepem coming brother!!!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks!

[@jasonrutherfordbassfishing]

Killer technique! Great vid, thanks Matt!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks

[@rick4649]

Great content. I’m going to give this method a hard look. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thebear74]

I used this techinique during prespawn like you said, esepcially with a senko and treating it like a football jig

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@thefixer2954]

I have one of these in the box from one of those monthly sub things, I'm gonna dig it out and see how she goes

[@MattStefanFishing]

Give it a try

[@garymueller6488]

Thanks for reminding me of this rig. Gotta pick it up again.

[@MattStefanFishing]

You should!

[@ReactionGiants]

I started with the strike king structure bug, black and blue worked best here in okc merky or muddy waters

[@MattStefanFishing]

Sounds good

[@jrsfishingchannel8082]

Smashed smallmouth on this setup with a Christi craw on the back of it last year… have it already tied on for this year 🎣

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing

[@Glock-1]

I use a tungsten weight bobber stop and a ringed EWG hook and it seems to work like a wobble head

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing!

[@bigrywhat]

One of my favorite techniques, Matt. Tricked some big ones.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Great to hear!

[@ranger5697]

Always the most consistent and best educational videos on the net Matt. Thank You I was in the process of changing out some of my swing head EWG hooks for offset worm hooks and realized after cutting them off and adding a split ring that the worm hooks lay sideways because the hook eye's are 90 off. I didn't see your recommendation for the offset worm hooks using split rings in your video description and haven't found any I like. Do you have a recommendation for the worm hook to use with the swap? Thanks again for the great daily content.

[@MattStefanFishing]

I use two split rings to add more length, motion and work to offset direction differences

[@mikeeller557]

Thanks Matt

[@MattStefanFishing]

You bet

[@kbone87]

I did well on a wobble head with a keitech easy shiner up in the northwoods last fall

[@MattStefanFishing]

Doesn’t surprise me!

[@chuckhennessey9335]

Mustad Fastach. Available in both lead and tungsten. Put any hook you like on it.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for watching!

[@davidsedlacek3855]

Oh Matt...you really gave up some juice. I thought we where friends. Hopefully most weren't paying attention.. 😂 Keep it rolling!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Hahaha

[@jamesrose7657]

Good stuff as always Matt, thanks for sharing.

[@MattStefanFishing]

You bet!

[@richshackelford5793]

Thanks for sharing Matt

[@MattStefanFishing]

You bet!

[@bweaver5768]

Do love the lipless, although your point of moving out of the strike zone makes really good sense. Wondering, what would be your go to blank for ripping a trap through hydrilla? And thanks for another great vid!

[@MattStefanFishing]

My all time favorite is XRK50

[@bweaver5768]

Thanks!

[@brianprice7645]

Used to throw them a lot but seemed to get away from it I've been thinking about going back to it hopefully this video convinced me to wish me luck with it

[@MattStefanFishing]

You bet

[@JP-dj1ow]

I like the 4" Z-Man DieZel Minnow or the Z-Man Boar Hogz.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing

[@haroldrogers6566]

In the words of Elmer Fudd “be quiet, be very quiet we’re hunting wabbits (bass)”. The best gun in the spring on the end of a rod in the back of the boat, and Matt just gave it to ya!! I’m sure glad most people’s memory is just about a week in America today, otherwise I’d see more of this bait tied on. Matt give good info guys, but he does keep some things quiet. Cause some things you just gotta figure out, like how to fish the lures on a wobble head that he just told you about!! 😁👍💯

[@MattStefanFishing]

Hahaha

[@astrophysicistguy]

It's an absolute killer here on shellbeds ... the trick of course is knowing where the shell beds are ... lol

[@MattStefanFishing]

Fact!

[@rodlinvon-hugenstine5142]

Zmann stopped making em’ But they made a bladed swing called the CFL…. I destroy with em running it like a crank, and rip’n/ yo-yo’n it like a lipless Sucks because I’m super carful with the remaining ones I have hahah They work best blurp’n across rock bottom/ hence… easy to loss

[@MattStefanFishing]

Interesting

[@hughroberts1002]

Hay hope you had a good showing at bassmaster classic expo . Did Johnny behave not get Randy upset talking up live scope? Hope to see you at table rock or lake of Ozarks next fall .😮

[@MattStefanFishing]

Jonny was in heaven

[@MrMadhouse70]

That is the Cheburashka rig. Origin Russia long back ago.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Interesting

[@robertspeakman8107]

I love to use a 6 in Gene LaRue who Daddy on a swivel head always work for me

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@phillamoore157]

Interesting. The thought of using various soft plastics on a swing head isn't foreign to me. But, it's interesting to hear you compare it to a crankbait. I retrieve a crankbait somewhat quickly, and steadily. Are you referring to the speed of the retrieve, or that you're just reeling it back steadily (no variation), and slow enough to maintain bottom contact? Btw...what split rings do you use? I have yet to try that. I was on TW the other day when I went to pick those up and there were ton of sizes/options.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Smallest possible

[@secretbassrigs]

Wow. Your tackle room now... you lure junky... NICE!

[@MattStefanFishing]

You got that right!

[@stevesmith7164]

Good tips Matt 👍

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks 👍

[@mikehutchings7604]

Maybe I’m not seeing it correctly , but wouldn’t adding a spit ring want to make the hook ride at the wrong angle (90* off)?

[@MattStefanFishing]

Depends on the hooks you use and to correct it i use two split rings

[@mikehutchings7604]

@@MattStefanFishing thanks for your reply.

[@shanel6261]

Matt, was you on Toledo this weekend? Saw a Bridford boat while I was kayak fishing

[@MattStefanFishing]

Jim Moynagh is there

[@nsac3450]

Definitely works in the Ozark’s. So does DeepDive.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@mdbassin6267]

Just got my do it swing head mold the other day

[@MattStefanFishing]

Nice

[@peteremerson4777]

Have you compared same dragging approach (and similar baits) but with a Tokyo rig?

[@MattStefanFishing]

Yep little nuances make a difference

[@kevindunn3883]

You mentioned the bait in the video but didn't say how you rigged that small plastic minnow on one of these. Checked TW and can't afford to hang too many of these!

[@MattStefanFishing]

I’ll swap out the hook

[@BlueRidgeReeling]

Good info 🙌

[@MattStefanFishing]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheREELBass_Dad]

Love these!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Me too

[@joshbirtchetfishing5196]

I truly believe it gets over looked about 90% of the time. But I have one tied on all the time.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Agreed

[@willie714]

jeeze man , did you leave any lures for the rest of us?

[@MattStefanFishing]

Nope

[@FrankKumro]

What weight would you suggest to start with for the picasso swing head?

[@MattStefanFishing]

3/4 is my go to

[@FrankKumro]

@@MattStefanFishing thanks Matt!

[@Radican1]

Anyone try it with a Z-man Diesel minnow? Seems like it would look pretty cool with such a bouyant swimbait.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Give it a try

[@jimdudgeon1360]

I have this on my deck always with a structure bug, just drag it 6:20

[@MattStefanFishing]

Nice

[@seizedcarcass8440]

Even on grass it crushes them for me. It’s like a squarebill or Texas rig hybrid

[@MattStefanFishing]

Yep

[@ryanstokes7748]

Biffle bug crushes on rock bottoms

[@MattStefanFishing]

Yep

[@johnnyweaver1300]

That would be a great technique for Dale hollow, it's going to be great there, all 3 species of bass there & a lot of rock! 🎣👍

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good call!

[@chadbowman2058]

Shhhhhh!!! Somethings need to be forgotten about 😊

[@MattStefanFishing]

Haha

[@johnm2617]

😮How about a spark shad with it?

[@MattStefanFishing]

Give it a try

[@melissamessmer6544]

Caught 50 or more 1 day last April in Missouri using a lizard brush hog and a menace bounce off a rock catch a fish

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@annabelleoutlaw6199]

Are you using 2 split rings?

[@MattStefanFishing]

I do

[@The_Mortgage_Angler]

What line size you guys throwing this on?

[@MattStefanFishing]

15 lb fluoro

[@williamknight5142]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thabks

[@johndaniel7284]

i like zoom magnum lizzard

[@MattStefanFishing]

Sounds good

[@BigAlFishingAddiction]

shaky head

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks

[@IAmTheOriginalDan]

👀🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for watching!

[@ronganow2869]

Works awesome rage bug diesel minnow

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Oldbasshole]

Not a technique I’ve ever tried but definitely will pick some heads up to try .

[@MattStefanFishing]

Please do!

[@Buy_YouTube_Views_Gain_Fame180]

Choose happiness every day. 😃

[@MattStefanFishing]

Yep!

[@greggreehill4789]

I slept on swing heads for a couple of years. I didn’t understand it. I didn’t like the big wide gap heavy hooks that came on them. I really didn’t see how it could be better or much different than dragging a football head around with something like a hula grub on it. Then I tried it 😂😂😂 Now I build my own with hooks I do like. I don’t appreciate you giving away that boot tail on one around spots and smallmouth though 🫣😡😩😏😂

[@MattStefanFishing]

Don’t sleep on them

[@greggreehill4789]

@@MattStefanFishing Big mistake. It won’t happen again. 😁