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*Hootie reply :
In cold water, what's your preference? Pork or plastic, and why?
Hootie
scaleface reply :
A long time ago I used pork because that is what you were suppose to use. Caught lots of fish on Uncle Josh number 11 pork frogs , eels , and waterdogs. Then I started using twin tail grubs and they worked too. Now I dont even have any pork , simply because plastic is handier.
KDW96 reply :
PORK for me !! In cold water i always throw pork. I think it remains softer,more fluid movement,naturally bouyant. It just seems like steak for bass versus a vienna sausage? Its just a bait i have a lot of confidence in with real cold water-heck i use it quite a bit all year with great sucess. My favorite is the small crawdad UncleJosh made on a 1/8oz jig. Very slow fall. Ive been tryin to find more,but no luck and my stash is runnin low.
Senko lover reply :
What is pork??
jk 
Sam reply :
Used to use pork but am getting lazy in my old age so I use Zoom Super Chunks.
Bankbeater reply :
Plastic. Much easier to manage than pork.
corn-on-the-rob reply :
I don't use pork ever (not discounting it, I just haven't gotten into it yet)but when its cold plastic, but no flapping claws unless it is both cold and muddy.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I interchange the two year round. It seems like the pork trailers are a better option when I'm after big fish, and when I'm after largemouth. Smallmouth seem to prefer the plastic trailers for some reason.
Catt reply :
Plastic!
There was a time when plastic became stiff in cold water but not so with todays plastics.
I still use pork as a trailer on a Johnson Spoon!
*Hootie reply :
The reason I posted this question is because I start fishing early Spring. soon as the ice is gone.
The water is still quite cold. Back in the day, and now, I always used pork. But it takes too much babysitting.
I would prefer to use plastic, but at the same time, I want the odds in my favor. So, if it means putting
up with the hassles of pork, so be it. When the water is this cold, the fish aren't exactly jumping in
the boat. I appreciate all the input from you guys. Maybe I'll give plastic a serious try this Spring.
Hootie
ww2farmer reply :
Plastic all the time, it works just fine in cold water for me.
Felix77 reply :
Never used pork ... plastic works for me.
Arv reply :
On 1/7/2015 at 10:57 PM, Felix77 said:Never used pork ... plastic works for me.
ditto
Mike L reply :
On 1/7/2015 at 10:57 PM, Felix77 said:Never used pork ... plastic works for me.
On 1/7/2015 at 11:16 PM, Arv said:ditto
Ditto x2
ChrisWi reply :
Lazy plastics.
gardnerjigman reply :
I never use pork. I've always had great luck with plastic. Sometimes I have to mix it up on types of plastic, but it always gets the job done.
Raul reply :
On 1/7/2015 at 7:21 AM, *Hootie said:In cold water, what's your preference? Pork or plastic, and why?
Hootie
Hootie, define "cold" please. 
I haven´t used pork trailers in ages, where I´m at they are a PITA, you have to babysit them danged things ! 
*Hootie reply :
On 1/8/2015 at 4:12 AM, Raul said:Hootie, define "cold" please.
I'm not even going to try Raul. You would never understand...lol.
Hootie
A-Jay reply :
For me when the water temps get down to where I think that a jig with plastic trailer (usually a Craw) may be too much, I switch out the whole deal.
Usually it's time for a hair jig or a blade bait.
A-Jay
TorqueConverter reply :
GYCB Flappin Hog II. Those jiggly paws on those things will sit there and quiver long after the bait has been moved. Terrible beaver bait but the best cold water jig trailer I've found.
Siebert Outdoors reply :
Only plastics here. No pork.
Alpster reply :
I used to use pork trailers exclusively and there was a time when they were far superior to any plastic. In the last several years makers of plastic baits have improved them to the point that pork isn't worth the hassle anymore. Got rid of all my Uncle Josh baits and haven't looked back.
Catt reply :
Alpster? Is that really you? 
Alpster reply :
On 1/9/2015 at 11:53 AM, Catt said:Alpster? Is that really you?
No Catt, just a clever look alike. I've been around, just been up to my neck in life. Things should settle down pretty soon. Going to fish more this year, no matter what. Hope you are doing well friend.
HookdUP reply :
Zoom trailers for me .. Or rage .. That's about it .. Sometimes I'll use a small skinny dipper
Fishes in trees reply :
Your post reminded me that I haven't fished pork baits in a long time. I have several plastic shoe boxes full of old pork baits and I don't think that they have dried out. I don't think fish in my neighborhood have seen much pork over the past decade or so, might be time to bust some out this spring.
As I recall, the downside of using pork baits was that you had to commit to them. When you junk fish a lot, trying one bait, then another, then maybe a third or fourth option, then the pork will dry out and is ruined AND it is a pain to remove from the hook at that point.
scaleface reply :
On 1/28/2015 at 4:30 AM, Fishes in trees said:Your post reminded me that I haven't fished pork baits in a long time. I have several plastic shoe boxes full of old pork baits and I don't think that they have dried out. I don't think fish in my neighborhood have seen much pork over the past decade or so, might be time to bust some out this spring.
As I recall, the downside of using pork baits was that you had to commit to them. When you junk fish a lot, trying one bait, then another, then maybe a third or fourth option, then the pork will dry out and is ruined AND it is a pain to remove from the hook at that point.
They dry out all right. Ive had to cut them off. Id leave them hanging over the boat in the water and forget about them. Then they would snag on something .
RoLo reply :
I used to throw the 'No.11 Pork Frog' for largemouth bass and the 'U2 Twin-Tail' (discontinued) for smallmouth bass.
The soft-plastics of yore tended to lose action in cold water, but today's soft-plastic trailers remain supple in cold water.
For fly-in trips and remote drive-to fish camps, pork rind is still used, especially for outback pike fishing
where a jig & rind may substitute for a jig & dead minnow.
Roger
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Elaztech baits work well in cold water.. They are naturally buoyant and they last forever!
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