What's The Difference Between A Jig And A Trailer And A Texas Rigged Beaver Style Bait

[aceman387]

I ran into a fellow fisherman who was using a reaction innovation sweet beaver texas rigged with a worm weight while i was using a jig and trailer set up and it got me wondering is their a situation where one would work better than the other? they seem like similar style baits besides the skirt.I have never bought or used beaver style baits am i missing anything?

[rockchalk06]

For me, a beaver style bait that is texas rigged is where I am going to throw something that I know I have a 99.999% chance of getting it hung up. I throw Texas rigged anything into the brush, sticks or grass. A jig will come through most of it ok, but its not 100% weedless. A jig is more expensive too. A flipping hook, plastic and weight don't cost half as much as the North Star Jigs I use.

[WRB]

If you rig a Texas rig with the weight sliding freely on the line as a T-rig is designed to do, then there is a big difference. When you cast a t-rig the weight separates from the soft plastic during the fall down through the water column, allowing the soft plastic to be weightless or very little weight other than hook weight and line drag. The weight gets pulled against the hook when you retrieve the t-rig, however a bass can still strike the soft plastic without engulfing the weight, this gives the bass time to eat the soft plastic weightless,

The weight separating from the hook can be a disadvantage in heavy cover and this is where pegging the weight comes into play. A pegged weight becomes a Florida rig.

The advantage of a jig is standing up the soft plastic trailer and better feel of what the soft plastic doing, however the bass feels the weight as it goes into it's mouth during the strike, so you must hook set faster.

Tom

[K_Mac]

Yes, there are situations where one will work better. Like most things bass fishing, you have to let the fish decide. I have thrown a beaver much more the last couple of years with great success. In heavy cover a beaver is almost always my first choice lately. I always have a jig ready...good luck.