Uncle Josh Pork frogs?

[Pez]

Uncle Josh baits have been around for decades. A great bait, but it does have its cons! Does anybody still use the Pork frog as a jig trailer? When would you prefer it over a traditional plastic trailer (cold water)??

Thanks!

[Cody J]

I prefer the plastic trailers, just because I usually dip the trailers in some type of dye. ;D

[cart7t]

I've been using them for decades and still do.  I use them as jig trailers when surface temps are around 55 and below. 

[Paul Roberts]

Best jig trailer in my book. But it's an old book. Will be trying SuperPork this year to compare with UJ. I have to pre-soften the UJ, and it's a bit labor intensive. Lately I've also been using the Rage chunk some too. When I first started using skirted jigs I used no trailer at all, and they caught bass that way too.

[SWMIBASSER]

It's something I'm going to get back to using. Plastic is SO much more convenient it's not even funny.

But nobody uses the stuff it seems, the colors and feel are very natural, and it slows the fall a bunch....

With that said, for me, the designs available in plastics make them the better choice when the water warms up. A trailer with more action always produces better for me during the warmer months.

[Crestliner2008]

You know, I've heard for years that cold water requires you to use pork. And that plastic is best over 55 degrees. If's that's the case, then how is it I catch a lot of bass drop shotting plastics and casting Senkos, right after ice out?

I think that may have been true years ago, but the plastics they have for us these days are so much more superior to that which was available years ago. Maybe it really doesn't matter any more?

[SWMIBASSER]

You know, I've heard for years that cold water requires you to use pork. And that plastic is best over 55 degrees. If's that's the case, then how is it I catch a lot of bass drop shotting plastics and casting Senkos, right after ice out?

I think that may have been true years ago, but the plastics they have for us these days are so much more superior to that which was available years ago. Maybe it really doesn't matter any more?

I see your point....But the cold water pork advantage comes down to a couple things.

Pork will slow the fall more than plastic. Now I guess this is something that could be adjusted with jig weight adjustments.

The other is that the pork has a little more subtle action than some of the plastic...

[Raul]

Some of the reasons why I stopped using pork:

1.- Well in the hot dry climate I live in pork becomes a pork rind in an eyeblink, leave your jig dressed with a pork trailer unatended and the trailer rapidly becomes a mass that won 't come easy from the hook.

2.- Pork requires tunning cuz 90% of the time the legs of the pork frog are all kinked and twisted.

3.- Back in the old days pork trailers came in them little cute glass jars with a metal lid, the brine solution caused corrosion and corrosion cause the jar to get sealed kinda like ..... forever !

4.- The lid seal ends up getting worn up, the brine seeps through the lid and if the bait is colored the brine is colored too, if that solution happens to fall on your clothes or let 's say the carpet of your boat it gets stained like .... forever ! if the bait is not colored then the brine falls on everything you got in yor t-box and corrodes anything it touches, I want to see your face when you happen to open your terminal tackle box and you see all your precious hooks all rusty.

5.- The jars, man, they don 't fit anywhere !

The Allmighty be blessed for the invention of soft plastic.

[Paul Roberts]

You know, I've heard for years that cold water requires you to use pork. And that plastic is best over 55 degrees. If's that's the case, then how is it I catch a lot of bass drop shotting plastics and casting Senkos, right after ice out?

I think that may have been true years ago, but the plastics they have for us these days are so much more superior to that which was available years ago. Maybe it really doesn't matter any more?

I think you are right about that. But then again, I caught plenty of bass with skirted jigs w/o a trailer before I got sophisticated and learned that pork was needed ;D .

Raul, I agree that pork is a pain, but it's one I've gotten used to. If there is one rod ALWAYS rigged and ready to fly, it's a Jig-n-pig. It's the first rod I rig for every trip. The first thing I put in my tackle bag is those pork jars and every thing ELSE can just moooooove over lol.

I keep a plastic zip-lock sandwich baggie in my tackle bag, to close around a rigged JnP as it hangs on my rod keeper to keep it from drying out during the day. The first thing I do at the end of the day is put that precious little frog back into it's jar.

Did I say I love my pork frogs? :-*

[I Love BassResource]

I've been using them for decades and still do. I use them as jig trailers when surface temps are around 55 and below.

I'm a firm believer in the above.  When the water is cold, pork is my jig trailer of choice.

[fishfordollars]

I still use them in colder water.

I prefer the plastic trailers in warmer water because they give me options with color, length, and bulk.

[bassmaster28]

i use the uncle josh in the winter with a bear hair jig

[tbird]

I've used Uncle Josh for years and recently got some Super pork, their supposed to float better but I have noticed they don't have as much meat on them as Uncle Josh. BTW I have caught more fish on pork than plastic

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[Carrington]

i just stopped using the pork trailers due to the fact that they are so hard whenever i went to hook them up i would get the hook in my finger just about everytime.  maybe im doing something wrong but i dont reallly like the product so ill go back to plastic.

[flippin and pitchin]

Still do after 31 years.  Try the Jumbo frog in temps below 55 degrees.  At least give it a chance it spite of the negs.

[A-Rob]

I still prefer the zoom super chunk.

i like the wider arms on it. Slows the fall rate down a bunch.

I am not against pork tho, I may try them in the spring when temps are cold.

[Team9nine]

Pork will work well in any water temp, just like plastic will work well in any water temp. The determinant for me is how much jig fishing I'm going to be doing. On some trips I know I'm going to have a jig rod in hand, flipping and pitching nearly the entire trip. On those days I'll typically use pork trailers because they are much more efficient. Hook one on and I'm good for the entire trip. No ripped off appendages, no sliding down on short strikes, no tearing and superglueing.  8-)

-T9

[Teal101]

I hate the mess, cleanup, jars, everything about pork ;D

I used to use pork 100% as my trailers, but plastic just wins now.  Most of the waters I fish are 60*+ by the time I'm fishing them so pork has no use.