Spinnerbait with soft plastic trailer, Yes or No? 2024
BASSnRacks reply :
How many of you will use a soft plastic trailer on a spinnerbait and if so which ones? I almost never use a trailer or a trailer hook and have a lot of success. Just want to know if im missing anything? My favorite way to fish a spinnerbait, is to burn them. I feel a soft plastic trailer isn't conducive to that.
thedilettantedad reply :
As a noob I am interested in the answer to this from more experienced anglers.
roadwarrior reply :
No plastic trailer or trailer hook for me.
GReb reply :
Very rarely. If the water is super stained I will throw a chartreuse grub on the back. But we are talking less than 6 inches of visibility.
Troy85 reply :
Almost never on a spinner bait, almost always on a jig.
Ksam1234 reply :
On 10/10/2018 at 11:21 PM, BASSnRacks said:How many of you will use a soft plastic trailer on a spinnerbait and if so which ones? I almost never use a trailer or a trailer hook and have a lot of success. Just want to know if im missing anything? My favorite way to fish a spinnerbait, is to burn them. I feel a soft plastic trailer isn't conducive to that.
I always use a soft plastic paddle tail swimbait. I use 3.8-4.8 Keitechs. They add bulk to the bait and attract larger fish and it adds a little
mkre thump. Bass also tend to lock onto the hook better. They see he skirt and a nice looking swimbait and it gives them something to home in on and bite. I usually match the skirt. If I use chart/white I go with white swimbait etc
Catt reply :
Sometimes yes, no rhyme or reason, I just do when I feel like it.
I've seen times when it made a difference ????
Paul Roberts reply :
I nearly always have, either a curly or paddle tail. But, they run the risk of destabilizing the bait, esp if you want to burn it.
OkobojiEagle reply :
Always
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Fishing_FF reply :
Depends on the spinnerbait.
If it is a white or chartreuse spinner, no because I get less strikes with a paddle tail added as a trailer.
With bluegill colored spinners, yes. The bigger profile gets more strikes and more hook ups, rather than a blade getting grabbed. I was putting a Keitech FAT Swing Impact on, but I've found the Gambler EZ Swimmers and Big EZ work just as well.
the reel ess reply :
No for me. But my fav spinnerbait is the War Eagle Gold Shiner. It has some longer strands in the skirt that kinda resemble a trailer. I always use a trailer hook. I wouldn't want a trailer to get in the way of the trailer hook.
RHuff reply :
I throw a spinner-bait with a paddle tail trailer or craw trailer 110% of the time. It just gives the bait that much more action in my opinion.
J Francho reply :
The only trailer on my spinnerbaits is a trailer hook.
J.Vincent reply :
Plastic Trailers are a great way to add loft without having to change blades; when you are trying to tune everything in. But I would say I typically catch more pike when using plastic trailers than bass; probably because it gives the spinnerbait a larger profile (unless it's a thin split tail). Sometimes I will grab a grub and clip the whole tail off and just thread the body of the grub up the shank; again for a slower fall and more resistance along with giving the fish something to bite into which has a more natural feel and added scent. Can't remember where I picked this advice up, but I'm pretty sure it was an old school angler back in the 90s
fishwizzard reply :
I will add a grub to my spinnerbaits if I want more casting weight for distance or dealing with wind.
keagbassr reply :
Plastic never trailer hook always for me.
A-Jay reply :
SK Blade Minnow is a staple trailer for me on spinnerbaits.
A-Jay
Mr Swim Jig reply :
Never use a trailer or trailer hook on my spinner baits...
Log Catcher reply :
I never use a trailer or trailer hook. I have my best luck slow rolling a spinner bait.
Munkin reply :
When I want to add bulk to the bait but that is maybe 10% of the time.
Generally I am fishing them fast in the upper water column .
Allen
On 10/11/2018 at 4:48 AM, A-Jay said:SK Blade Minnow is a staple trailer for me on spinnerbaits.
A-Jay
A spinnerbait that I do not recognize, what is it?
Allen
tander reply :
Nearly always a twin tail. Don't know why but I have always done it.
ww2farmer reply :
Here is how I do it:
Spinnerbait's....I use War Eagle's, they have longer strands that act as a trailer, so I almost never use one OR a trailer hook. If they are short striking I either down size, change color, retrieve speed, or presentations all together.
Buzzbaits...I use Cavitrons. No trailer, or trailer hooks. But often I remove the skirt and super glue a Keitech Noisy Flapper frog to them.
Swim jigs... home assembled with Boss swim jig heads and Boss skirts, I all ways use a trailer. I currently like Keitech Fat Impacts, and Keitech Crazy flapper craws. Never a trailer hook.
Chatterbaits.....all ways a trailer. My current favorite is the Z-man project Z chatterbait, and a Z-man Razor Shad.
Next year when I am bored with these baits, my answers will change LOL.
Russ E reply :
I don't usually add a trailer.
It just gives the drum something to bite off.
A-Jay reply :
On 10/11/2018 at 8:16 AM, Munkin said:When I want to add bulk to the bait but that is maybe 10% of the time.
Generally I am fishing them fast in the upper water column .
Allen
A spinnerbait that I do not recognize, what is it?
Allen
This Most excellent spinnerbait happens to be a 3/4 oz Biovex Stangun spinnerbait. Although they are sometimes a little hard to acquire this particular bait is responsible for my current Personal Best Smallmouth bass.
So clearly Allen, I am seriously bias.
http://biovexusa.com/product-category/freshwater-lures/spinner-baits/
A-Jay
bowhunter63 reply :
No trailer or trailer hook.
SeeNoSun reply :
I use a Keitech 3.8 Paddle tail and no trailer hook on a 3/8 single willow blade spinnerbait. There is a big forage base of shad where I fish and this seems to attract some huge bass.
papajoe222 reply :
I'll do it in a couple of different situations. The first is when I want to bulk up my presentation. That's normally in the early spring and late fall and a Kalin's Lunker Grub is my trailer of choice. It slows the retrieve down similar to using one with a Colorado blade, but you still have the flash that the willow blade offers. Yes, I only use single blade, short arm baits for this.
The other is when I feel the fish are hitting the blades and in that case, I'll throw a spinnerbait with the skirt removed and add a paddle tail swim bait. That big piece of plastic, I feel, will draw their attention away from the flash of the blades.
scaleface reply :
I've been experimenting with a paddle-tail and no skirt . It hasnt produced but it looks good .
Bluebasser86 reply :
If I want added bulk for a bigger profile or to allow for a slower retrieve I will add a trailer. I'll also add one for contrast at times. In the fall when the gizzard shad are big, I use a 4.8" Fat Impact for a trailer a lot. I like to use a white spinnerbait with a solid chartreuse trailer in really dirty and really clear water also, especially for smallmouth. Generally use a YUM Boogie split tail trailer for that. Trailer hook is always added when I'm using a trailer and anytime I'm around spots or smallmouth.
Dirty water+smallmouth=white spinnerbait with a chartreuse trailer (for contrast) and trailer hook.
the reel ess reply :
On 10/11/2018 at 7:41 AM, Log Catcher said:I never use a trailer or trailer hook. I have my best luck slow rolling a spinner bait.
I have my best luck that way too. Even though I've always heard you should burn it (KVD) and keep it in your sight (Jimmy Houston), my best results have been slowly bumping it into stumps, limbs, dock pilings, etc. Houston also said that if the water is too cold for turtles to swim, it's too cold for bass to react to a spinnerbait. Not exactly true. I like the big single Colorado blade "night time" spinnerbait in the cold months. You just gotta reel it very slow and tap the bass on the nose with it.
J Francho reply :
Food for thought....all on the trailer hook only. I did change colors that day, but the blue/white produced around 25 fish from shore. A very memorable pre-spawn day.
the reel ess reply :
On 10/11/2018 at 9:11 PM, J Francho said:Food for thought....all on the trailer hook only. I did change colors that day, but the blue/white produced around 25 fish from shore. A very memorable pre-spawn day.
I think that most people who don't use a trailer hook just haven't tried a trailer hook. A certain percentage of the bass I've caught on a spinnerbait were on the trailer. One of those could be your PB. People say they do this and that when they're short striking, but there are many times you'd never know they're short striking.
J Francho reply :
These fish were crashing the blades. If that is what is triggering the bite, then it's hit or miss without a trailer hook.
Gundog reply :
I always use a trailer on my spinner baits and never a trailer hook mostly because where I fish is choked with weeds and a trailer hook would just get constantly fouled. As for what I use, that is a long list. A 3 inch Zoom Fat Albert Grub, a 4 inch Kalin's Lunker Grub, a 3.8 Keitech Swing Impact Fat boot tail swimbait, 4 inch Yamamoto Zako swimbait, Strike King Rage Tail Craw and Rage Tail Menace and Big Bite Baits 4 inch Finesse Grub. Also I have a couple of boxes of discontinued grubs that I use at random.
BASSnRacks reply :
On 10/11/2018 at 9:11 PM, J Francho said:Food for thought....all on the trailer hook only. I did change colors that day, but the blue/white produced around 25 fish from shore. A very memorable pre-spawn day.
i have tried a trailer hook on and off several times. I always seem to get that trailer hook stuck in the tongue or way in the back which makes the hook removal a pain for me, especially on pike. I guess i will give it another try. i think its KVD's burner or scorcher that i use that comes with one and always seems like trouble. Thanks for all the replies guys!
J Francho reply :
On 10/11/2018 at 11:14 PM, Gundog said:never a trailer hook mostly because where I fish is choked with weeds and a trailer hook would just get constantly fouled
I generally fish in weeds or wood. Fouling and hang ups are rare, if you leave the hook free swinging.
the reel ess reply :
On 10/12/2018 at 2:49 AM, J Francho said:I generally fish in weeds or wood. Fouling and hang ups are rare, if you leave the hook free swinging.
Same here. I fish a place that's about 1/3 cypress stumps and I use the trailer hook all the time. The weeds are more likely to foul the blades. If you're in a boat or kayak, you can usually go get the bait if it gets hung up. If you put the hook on with the point up and you pull the bait over a limb, that's the straight side of the hooks.
Ratherbfishing reply :
If I want a little more bulk, action, or decrease the rate of fall, I will add an appropriate trailer to my spinnerbait. I usually avoid trailers that extend too far behind the spinnerbait-unless I also add a trailer hook.
Rarely do I add a trailer/trailer hook if I'm trying to work a spinnerbait through a lot of vegetation if I think the trailer or trailer hook will foul things up.
Gundog reply :
On 10/12/2018 at 2:49 AM, J Francho said:I generally fish in weeds or wood. Fouling and hang ups are rare, if you leave the hook free swinging.
I'd like to know how you do that. My friend has tried with a trailer hook and the hook always comes back dragging 5 pounds of weeds. Does your trailer hook have a shorter shank or weed guard?
J Francho reply :
It's just a 1/0 Owner trailer hook. If he's getting 5 lbs. of weeds with it, chances are he'd get 5 lbs. of weeds without it. You can't just burn it through slop.
Munkin reply :
On 10/12/2018 at 3:53 AM, Gundog said:I'd like to know how you do that. My friend has tried with a trailer hook and the hook always comes back dragging 5 pounds of weeds. Does your trailer hook have a shorter shank or weed guard?
The trailer hooks I use are 2/0 short shank.
Allen
bassin is addicting reply :
The only trailer on my spinnerbaits is a trailer hook.
Raul reply :
Almost never.
WRB reply :
Rarely use a trailer hook and usually add a split tail spinnerbait trailer.
Tom
Koz reply :
White spinnerbait with a white Keitech Swing Impact was a killer bait all spring and produced through the summer. I caught more and bigger fish with that trailer than without on the same spinnerbait.
Bankbeater reply :
No trailer on spinnerbaits, but I almost always use one with a bladed jig.
Boomstick reply :
If I am getting short strikes, I will generally add a trailer. In perfectly open water, I may use a trailer hook but I find that the spinnerbait becomes less weedless with a trailer hook and hooks more weeds, so I adjust per situation. More often than not, once I get a bite on a spinnerbait I also get a fish, so I fish them without a trailer or trailer hook.
I honestly focus more on matching the right blades and colors for the situation, usually a double willow or willow/colorado which seems to be the most effective in the clear water we have up here in the northeast (but I always carry some colorado blades for the cloudy days too!)
riverat reply :
I've used a 4" curl tail grub or a Zoom Split Tail trailer for years on spinnerbaits. I use the following colors exclusively white/pearl, silk chartreuse, Yellow (in muddy water) or Glimmer Blue almost 100% of the time.
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