Pork Vs Plastic

[Todd2]

I've always read that the "rule" is cold water - pork, warm water - plastic for jig trailers. I usually switch to pork from now till spawn, but am thinking about going to pork year round. Any full time pig folks out there?

[Sam]

Pork cold water.

 

Plastic warmer water.

 

Brand of plastic depends on how fast you want the pinches to move.

[kickerfish1]

^^ What he said!

[Siebert Outdoors]

I fish plastics year round anymore.  I have not fished any pork in probably 5-10 yrs.   For me I do not see any benefit too it. My catch ratio does not change nor do I have to worry about spilling the jar.  I do fish hand poured really soft trailers.

[smalljaw67]

I fish plastics year round anymore.  I have not fished any pork in probably 5-10 yrs.   For me I do not see any benefit too it. My catch ratio does not change nor do I have to worry about spilling the jar.  I do fish hand poured really soft trailers.

 

I stopped using pork about 10 years ago myself, the new plastics don't get super stiff in cold water like the old plastics. The only thing I change is the type of trailer, in the warm water I use a trail that has moving appendages like flapping claws or twisting tails, in the cold was I use a chunk trailer that creates a profile and has a very subtle movement and adds a little extra bulk but no pork and I don't miss trying to put it back in the jar when my hands were freezing.

[Catt]

It's been 12-15 yrs since I've even owned pork chunks, there no one who sells them within a 200 mile radius of here.

[roadwarrior]

Pork cold water.

 

Plastic warmer water.

 

Brand of plastic depends on how fast you want the pinches to move.

 

You need to try the new Rage Tail DB Craw for a slimmer, more suble presentation:

 

http://www.siebertoutdoors.com/index.php/rage-tail-chunk

[WRB]

Today's plastics are soft enough in cold water to maintain some movement when moving through the water column, plus hundreds of color combination make pork ring trailers obsolete for the general bass fishing anglers.

Pork rind trailers are messy, can be difficult to get off a hook and will dry out if not kept wet. Colors are limited.

For all the above reasons, why use a pork rind trailer? The number of bass you catch will be fewer, the average size larger. Fishing for numbers, the variety of soft platsics in shape and colors, appeal to juvenile to young adult size bass; 1 1/2 to 3 lbs on average. Skilled jig anglers knowing where larger size bass tend to locate can and do catch big bass on soft plastic jig trailers. The reason I fish pork rind trailers year around is it works for me in catching big bass far better.

I fish jigs year around and have both soft plastic trailers on living rubber or silicone skirted jigs and pork trailers on hair jigs. I catch about 3 to 1 bass on soft plastics, the 1 pork trailer bass is almost always a bigger bass and rarely under 4 lbs. the fact that I have never caught a bass over 15 lbs on soft plastic and dozens over 15 lbs on hair jigs with pork trailers is the reason I use pork year around....it's about confidence.

Tom

PS, good pork trailers are hard to find, unless you make your own.

[Sam]

You need to try the new Rage Tail DB Craw for a slimmer, more suble presentation:

 

http://www.siebertoutdoors.com/index.php/rage-tail-chunk

 

That looks beautiful. Will take your suggestion. Thanks for posting.

[Siebert Outdoors]

I fished the DB Craw Saturday on a Black and blue tungsten jig.  They were eating it pretty good.  I really like the action.  It is a lot more subtle then the Rage Craw.

[Bankbeater]

I have some old pork chunks that I use, but when they are gone I am not going to buy new.  Plastics are a lot easier to handle.

[Raul]

Pork, man it´s been at least a decade since the last time I fished with a pork trailer, modern day plastics are so much better than pork will ever be, I don´t have to worry about carrying the darn jars which take space, I don´t have to worry about spilling the brine ( which in case of certain color baits was colored and if for whatever reason it spilled on something it wasn´t going to leave a stain that was going to stay like ----> forever ! ), also I don´t have to worry about those jar lids which tend to rust and by the next time you wanted to pull out your pretty trailers, oh uh !, the rust had sealed the lid like ----> forever ! now, taking in consideration where I´m at and that it can get really HOT ! I don´t have to babysit the darn thing, don´t have to dip it everynow and then and don´t have to worry for not doing it ( you have no idea how difficult it can be trying to unhook a dried out pork trailer ), also I don´t have to worry about having to "doctor" the bait out of the jar.

 

God bless soft plastic baits !

[Todd2]

I used the Uncle Josh Meat series last winter/early spring. It solves most of the problems of the old pork. I did ok with it, but when the water warmed I went back to plastics. I think ill fish both for a while and let the fish weigh in on the issue, lol. Thanks for the responses.