Spinnerbait And Jig Trailers, Sizes?????

[bigbill]

Ok with my spinnerbaits right now I'm using a mister twister 4" split double tail grub as a trailer. I wonder if it has enough bulk to it for fall fishing when the bass are looking for more of a meal. What's the longest trailer you have used on a spinner bait?

How about the longest trailer on a jig you have used too?

Do you use longer trailers in the fall than in the springtime?

Or do you use the same length trailers all year long.

[Bass Junkie]

I keep it simple. I want enough of the trailer sticking out from the back of the skirt to provide a realistic profile, so the claws on a jig trailer or just the tail of the grub on a spinnerbait. If the grub has an exceptionally long tail when extended I trim the head so that the tip of the trailer when in the water does not extend past the end of the blade, simply to reduce the number of short strikes. After a while it becomes a habit, with experience playing a good part.

[Bankbeater]

I have used everything from a brush hog to a plastic worm for a trailer.  If I am getting short strikes with a big trailer I put on the same type and color, but in a smaller size. 

[BadBassWV]

I've been using These  http://www.netbait.com/home/index.php/products?page=shop.product_details&product_id=902&flypage=vmj_genx.tpl&pop=0  On a spinner Bait, in White.

[bassin is addicting]

the only trailer i use on a spinner bait...is a hook.

[Frenchman83]

Have never used a trailer on a spinnerbait. For jigs I always use a Paca Chunck or a Yamamoto DT Hula.

[rockchalk06]

If I run a trailer of a spinnerbait, its a tube. I rarely fish them, but when I do I don't use trailers.

[fishguy613]

i use mister twister sassy shads

[tallen316]

Myself, I keep it simple I go with just a trailer hook.

[michang5]

I just started using a spinnerbait. I've been using a trailer hook instead of a plastic trailer. All of the fish I've landed have been hooked on the trailer.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

I've tried trailer but I never had much luck with then I just throw trailer hook on.. that's it .. but my uncle swears by uncle josh pork trailers... gave a shot a few times and not a nibble!

[Lip 'em!]

I rarely use a trailer on my spinnerbaits because they change the way the blades rotate when the spinnerbait falls and will cause the bait to run on its side if not rigged perfectly straight. I will occasionally throw on a trailer hook if I miss several fish and I am not throwing it around cover...which isn't very often. So most of the time I run my spinnerbaits naked.

[Bass Junkie]

I rarely use a trailer on my spinnerbaits because they change the way the blades rotate when the spinnerbait falls and will cause the bait to run on its side if not rigged perfectly straight. I will occasionally throw on a trailer hook if I miss several fish and I am not throwing it around cover...which isn't very often. So most of the time I run my spinnerbaits naked.

You throw Terminators?

[einscodek]

My 1/4oz spinnerbait with a new bream trailer is gettin' bites more than most of my other lures this Fall.

Color is white/chartreuse, 2-tone blade willow + colorado.. clear greenish striped bream trailer w/ tail protruding 1" out of skirt

[Lip 'em!]

You throw Terminators?

Negative. Slongs most of the time with an occasional strike king.

[Bass Junkie]

Negative. Slongs most of the time with an occasional strike king.

Alrighty, just wondering as I tend to encounter that A LOT with the titanium arms. 

[jiggz125]

What is the correct size trailer for a 1/4oz swim jig? I see trailers/grubs ranging from 3"-5" as trailers. What works best for everyone?

[Hattrick7]

I've been using a single tail grub i think it's 4" in white. Kinami is the brand. It was the only one they had at the local Big 5. Been using it ever since. Caught a nice 3.5 lber last week on it. Bass just crushed it. 

 

I've tried other trailers from Yum but no luck. I like to rig mine with the tail pointing down. I think it has the best action. 

 

I think a trailer does make a difference but, at least for me, I've noticed that the bait is more successful when I'm just slow rolling it.