Spinnerbaits: Trailer Or Not? 2024
roadwarrior reply :
Just looking for everyone's thoughts. My observation has been that it doesn't
really make any difference. What say you?
jbsoonerfan reply :
I use a trailer hook, so no trailer for me.
Kevin22 reply :
Always!
If I need a trailer hook I cut the plastic real short and put it ON the trailer hook.
bassin is addicting reply :
the only trailer i use.....is a hook.
this past weekend, every fish i caught on a spinner bait was on the trailer hook. i could feel them bumping it and then finally get caught.... some might say i should have switched colors, speed, etc to get them to eat it better and that maybe true....but i was catching fish so i didn't change..
TrapperJ reply :
i was reading about this last year and from what i gathered from here
Trailer Hook is the best trailer you can put on a spinner bait.
Caught many a fish on just the trailer hook.
On my bigger spinnerbaits i havnt had any problems running a grub and a trailer hook if i am needing that bigger profile.
herruberraschen reply :
I'm actually getting in to spinnerbaits this year and probably 90/100 or higher will say a trailer hook is the key.
David D. reply :
Trailer: Hook, not plastic.
I have tried the plastic trailer, and I didn't notice a difference. I tried the trailer hook with plastic and the movement just felt a little too erratic. Just a trailer hook? Definitely have more hook-ups.
Grizzn N Bassin reply :
i only use a trailer hook ,that is masked by the skirt i don't like a long hook. I have tried ribbon tail worms, pork frogs with no success. this year im going to try a few grubs or twin tail grubs on the back on for boo yah pond magic spinners. the times i've gotten hit with a ribbon tail worm as a trailer they would hit the worm and not even get close to the hook , just bite the tail off. so i stopped doing that and continued to catch fish.
Kevin22 reply :
I am a big fan of split tail trailers on them. I should have said that in my other reply. I do not like grubs or anything that slows the bait down. I use the regular ol 4" split tails. White and chartreuse are all you need. The only time I use a grub is when fishing at night. Then its a 4" big Kalin style black grub on a black spinnerbait with a big black colorado blade.
Catt reply :
Like color, sometime it matter, sometimes it don't
I like a twin tail grub as a trailer, the bass like it, & I like it cause it doesn't interfere with my trailer hooks.
Raul reply :
On 4/16/2014 at 10:45 PM, roadwarrior said:Just looking for everyone's thoughts. My observation has been that it doesn't
really make any difference. What say you?
I´m with you and I also don´t use trailer hooks.
fishguy613 reply :
no trailer or trailer hook for me
A-Jay reply :
If I'm slow rolling the bait deep, (my favorite way to fish them during the day btw) then a slender action-less trailer is in play; no trailer hook.
If I'm target casting in & around cover (wood or weeds) then I usually do not use a trailer or trailer hook.
If I'm burning the bait at warp speed in fairly open water, then it's definitely a trailer hook but no trailer.
Now the night time bait has a swim bait trailer with no trailer hook needed there.
A-Jay
Lip 'em! reply :
When running the spinnerbait through wood cover, i rarely use a trailer and never a trailer hook. However when running weed lines i almost always use a twin tail grub trailer. I feel like the little bit of extra action it provides helps to call the fish out of the weeds.
Siebert Outdoors reply :
I very rarely use a trailer. If I do its usually a grub.
olegs reply :
I only use a trailer hook.
WIGuide reply :
Sometimes I'll use a trailer to change the profile of the bait to get them to commit better.
Darren. reply :
I can probably count the number of fish I've caught on a spinner bait on one hand. Sadly.
But I'm working them in to my repertoire this year, and I caught my first bass on one in a looooong time just this past weekend. No trailer.
This is a helpful thread as I was pondering this very topic this week.
Jay Ell Gee reply :
My biggest problem with trailer hooks is how I fish my spinnerbaits. I toss them into some NASTY stuff... Lay downs (my #1), sparse pads, and above/through fairly heavy grass, maybe even around stumps. The waters I fish are so grassy and snaggy (bayous and rivers) that I just can't afford to use a trailer hook. However, if I am in an open water / lake situation, it's definitely an option. As silly as it sounds, they almost completely replace squarebills for me.
If I'm using the trailer hook, I don't mind using the small split tail trailers that come with my z man chatter baits. However, my preference is to just use skirts that have the little "trailer" strands built into them.
If I am not using a trailer hook, I prefer a 3 inch mister twister "meeny" grub, either in chartreuse or blood red.
nascar2428 reply :
Quit using trailer hooks last year. Never caught a fish on the trailer hook(caught my thumbs plenty of times while removing fish). From watching Glenn's video I know he is a fan of trailers. I plan on experimenting with some this year when the going gets tough.
The Young Gun reply :
Trailer hooks are my biggest confidence booster. I burn them and jerk and pause them and by the number of fish that 1/0 strike king trailer hook catches I can't fish without one
ksboy reply :
I almost always use trailers and trlr hooks. I tend to go for a large profile so I use some kind of craw. Usually a Larew salt craw or a Wave crawdude.
I will sometimes use a swim type trlr: a zoom fluke or a Luck-E-Strike swim bait.
I don't know that the fish prefer them, but I do.
Being in Kansas where the wind blows ALL THE TIME, I like the extra weight of the trailer and the trlr hook can't hurt.
Just my 2c worth.
smalljaw67 reply :
My favorite bait and it is very rare that I use a trailer, from my experience a trailer has often been the cause of short strikes.
Mike L reply :
I tried plastic trailers for a season a few years back and honestly I don't remember them helping.
Now I'm sure others will swear by them.
I have since switched to SK spinners that have a long skirt section that ends just past the trailer hook.
(which I will always use)
Mike
frogflogger reply :
I use the Leverage spinnerbaits without trailer hooks and never have an issue - for deep slow rolling I do like a modified pork frog on a short arm with a colorado blade. All that aside - if you're burning them in clear water a different brand with a trailer hook is the way to go.
Felix77 reply :
Just a trailer hook and skirts trimmed just so. 
ChrisAW reply :
Usually just a trailer hook, but there was one instance smallmouth fishing that I had to have a grub on the bait to get them to bite.
I was feeling it getting bumped, and the trailer hook still wasn't getting them except a few outside of the mouth. Started changing colors and more natural colors weren't getting hit at all, chartruese was getting some followers but no slaps, white same thing. So I went back to the white/clear back and was getting the same thing again, slapping at it and one hooked in the tail. Added a grub to give it some solidity, and they started inhaling it.
Seems like they could sense that there wasn't really anything there.
Any other time, color is all that made the difference for me. That one time though, they wouldn't eat it without something to give it a little more body.
bigbill reply :
I always use a trailer because it bulks up the size of the bait. I prefer a mister twister 4" split double tail grub. The grubs tail is precut into sections that look lifelike and alive when it swims. It's my favorite trailer besides a chunk. Plus the mister twister grub is very productive.
Don't forget the trailer hook and a shot of YUM Shad scent too.
I'm fishing from shore and find the trick is to take a smaller 1/8oz to 1/4oz spinnerbaits and put the larger skirt on it. On the 1/8oz. Spinnerbaits I trim the mister twister 4" split double tail grubs body to fit the hook on the smaller spinnerbaits.
Raul reply :
On 4/17/2014 at 1:01 AM, DarrenM said:I can probably count the number of fish I've caught on a spinner bait on one hand. Sadly.
But I'm working them in to my repertoire this year, and I caught my first bass on one in a looooong time just this past weekend. No trailer.
This is a helpful thread as I was pondering this very topic this week.
I can count the fish I´ve caught with a buzzbait ( in 3 decades ) with a hand and still have a few fingers spare to continue counting but I´m stubborn ..... NOW IT´S PERSONAL !!!!
So, keep on trying my man.
96ecss reply :
I've tried many different trailers over the years but it never really seemed to make a difference. Everything from split tails to grubs, creatures to swimbaits.
Dave
iceintheveins reply :
I use a trailer hook only where there aren't many weeds or grass around.
Hattrick7 reply :
Always. The bait feels naked without one. Mainly use a single tail grub with the tail pointed down.
bigbill reply :
On 4/17/2014 at 1:01 AM, DarrenM said:I can probably count the number of fish I've caught on a spinner bait on one hand. Sadly.
But I'm working them in to my repertoire this year, and I caught my first bass on one in a looooong time just this past weekend. No trailer.
This is a helpful thread as I was pondering this very topic this week.
Try using a Mann's classic 1/4oz gold Colorado w/ blue glimmer skirt with a mister twister 4" split double tail grub as a trailer with a trailer hook and a shot of YUM shad scent. For clear to slightly stained water. I use the same thing in a chartreuse setup with the MT chartreuse trailer in stained to muddy water.
The MT grub trailer has to be installed perfectly on the centerline of the spinnerbaits so it runs exactly vertical. Any spinnerbaits has to run flawless in the water.
Jigfishn10 reply :
Generally no trailer or trailer hook because the bodies of water I fish are weedy. When I fish more open water or early spring/late fall water. Then a Power Minnow laced on a trailer hook is a nice addition for me.
Bruce424 reply :
never had any luck with trailers
5fishlimit reply :
No trailer, or trailer hook for me.
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