What Do You Do When This Happens To Your Jig?

[Matthew Veillion]

What do you do when one of your trailers claws gets bitten off? Do you fish it with the one claw left? I caught a few with only one claw

[Hi Salenity]

I send them back to Rage for a full refund!!!

I kid, I kid... I'll replace it if I have enough... its just the price we pay to do what we do.

[J Francho]

I fish it for a bit, but if I lose confidence in it, I'll replace it.

[deaknh03]

I replace it, I have no confidence in a trailer either clawless or ripped in some other way.

[Vinny Chase]

Keep fishing with one claw...Plastics are expensive nowadays and I have caught plenty of fish on one claw when I wasn't even aware one had ripped off.

[rockchalk06]

Keep fishing with one claw...Plastics are expensive nowadays and I have caught plenty of fish on one claw when I wasn't even aware one had ripped off.

Agreed. I do this for the same reasons I use crank baits that are 10 years old and beat to hell. Sometimes that one little thing thats different is what it takes for the bass to hit it.

[ww2farmer]

Keep fishing with one claw...Plastics are expensive nowadays and I have caught plenty of fish on one claw when I wasn't even aware one had ripped off.

Same here. The one thing I won't tolerate however, is a trailer that wont stay put anymore, even if its otherwise fine, into the trash it goes. I don't do the super glue thing. One less mess to have to worry about making on top of the ones I already do.

[Will Wetline]

My buddy was fishing a T- rigged Yamamoto Hula Grub last year, swung hard on a fish and missed it. The bass ripped off both tails - only the body and skirt were left.

While he was loudly expressing his unhappiness about this situation, I said, "Hey - get that bait back out there!" He did and and landed a 3 lb. smallie.

There's a lesson here.

[Arv]

If you catch crawdads in a river or a lake you'll actually find a good deal that have one or even no claws. I'm assuming its from predators or fighting with other crawdads. I like catching the ones with no claws because they can't pinch me. My guess is bass probably think the same thing. Keep fishing it with one arm unless you stop getting bit.

[WRB]

Myth'; bass like crayfish with big claws. The fact is bass prefer crayfish (Crawdads) without big claws or any claws for that matter. Experienced live bait bass anglers often remove the crawdad claws by pinching the arm joint at the claw until the crawdad drops the claw to escape. Crawdads can grow a claw to replace the lost claw.

For this reason I don't fish soft plastic draws with big real looking claws. Curl tails like GY twin or single tails grubs provide movement without a well defined claw.

To the bass the missing claw should be better than 2 claws.

Tom

[iceintheveins]

They still work with only one claw or one tail. Bass do like targeting injured crayfish more than healthy. I usually use mend it to repair my trailers and it works great.

[Siebert Outdoors]

I fish it for a bit, but if I lose confidence in it, I'll replace it.

Same here.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Same here.

Add another to that list.

Flappin Hogs are notorious for losing limbs.

[.Paxamus.]

I fish it with one for a while I read a while back that smaller fish will attack a craw and tear an arm off first then eat it. Not sure if it is true, but I still will fish an amputated craw for a while

[Crestliner2008]

Interesting. Years ago, there was a plastic bait manufacturer (don't remember who) that was promoting a single claw version of a lifelike looking crawdad. It had the tail under the body, just like a real crawdad. Their advertising suggested that smallies actually shy away from two claws pointing up at them and that a crawdad with only one claw or none would actually produce better. I bought some. I used them for awhile. Never had any significant increase or decrease in success rate.

[LgMouthGambler]

You think a bass will care if the crawfish has 1 or 2 claws? Fish it until its fubr'd

[K_Mac]

I am not sure bass give a rip about how many claws a meal has. I have fished craws with one claw and caught fish at times. I do think that how much or little vibration a bait makes, and the size of the profile can make a huge difference in getting bit or not. If a craw and jig is working well and I lose a claw I will replace it immediately. It may work fine and dandy without one or both, but if it ain't broke...as JFranco said, it is a confidence thing for me.

[Jake P]

I fish it for a bit, but if I lose confidence in it, I'll replace it.

x4

[cadman]

I keep all the craws that have one claw and repair them when I get home from other damaged craws. I only fish craws with two claws.

[Bluebasser86]

I have to have 2 claws on my baits, just a confidence thing. Plus the double claws/tails help to make the bait fall straight and come through the water without favoring one side or the other.

[KYntucky Warmouth]

My buddy was fishing a T- rigged Yamamoto Hula Grub last year, swung hard on a fish and missed it. The bass ripped off both tails - only the body and skirt were left.

While he was loudly expressing his unhappiness about this situation, I said, "Hey - get that bait back out there!" He did and and landed a 3 lb. smallie.

There's a lesson here.

yeah...it's called an ika...wonderful baits

I usually will keep it on until it won't stay in place

[ClackerBuzz]

They still work with only one claw or one tail. Bass do like targeting injured crayfish more than healthy. I usually use mend it to repair my trailers and it works great.

x2 on Mend It. as soon as a plastic is compromised i put it away. i sit down and fuse them all back together with mend it at the end of the week. it saves me a boat load of money just between crawls and worms