Finesse Jig Trailer

[bowhunter63]

2 hours ago, WI_Angler1989 said:

The only thing I don't like about the Rage Craws is that they don't float. Floating claws are great around here for river smallies. It mimics a defensive crawfish perfectly. I had an outing last year where I was fishing one craw that didn't have floating g claws and had 2 fish after 40 min, put on on with floating claws and started catching smallie after smallie, 2 perch and a walleye. It's just a Confidence booster for me now.

Down get me wrong, Rage has awesome action and when fish are hitting on the fall they've worked wonders, but I rarely have smallies hit on the fall for me. 

I have never used a floating Craw,Something i gonna try.Most of my strikes come when the craw is still.I shake it a little and keep close contact to the bottom.It takes very little movement to make the craw come to life.But the floater looks good for sure.

[WI_Angler1989]

15 minutes ago, bowhunter63 said:

I have never used a floating Craw,Something i gonna try.Most of my strikes come when the craw is still.I shake it a little and keep close contact to the bottom.It takes very little movement to make the craw come to life.But the floater looks good for sure.

I do the exact same thing. I always work it slow on the bottom, just dragging or hopping depending on water temp. Letting it sit is the key here too. I llay around with how lkng and all. Sometines i let it sit for a longggg time if its cold. 

When those claws float up it looks just like it's trying to protect itself and they wave and move from the smallest current or rod shake.

Try some out and you won't be disappointed. I believe the paca craws and chunk craws float as well too but don't quite me on it.

[WI_Angler1989]

I was bored, so check it out! 

[WI_Angler1989]

26 minutes ago, WI_Angler1989 said:

I believe the paca craws and chunk craws float as well too but don't quite me on it.

The Paca chunks officially do not float. I have some and tried. Yum craw daddys do float very well however. Cabin Creek Express Craws float a little but not as well. 

[Steveo-1969]

17 hours ago, WI_Angler1989 said:

Confidence baits battle stance craw. It isn't the same profile, but it is 3" roughly. The body is durable and ridged so you can pack scent into it well, the claws float and hold up really well. The thicker profile makes it cast a mile too.

I don't use it as a trailer though. Just on the same company's weedless jig.

Thank you young man.  You are using their "Draggin' Head" for this?

[WI_Angler1989]

44 minutes ago, Steveo-1969 said:

Thank you young man.  You are using their "Draggin' Head" for this?

You're very welcome. Yes, I am a big fan of their Draggin' Heads. They are very weedless and don't get snagged often at all, even when I fish rocky, fast moving rivers with lots of cover. 

[bkohlman]

3 inch Chigger Craws are my go to trailer for finesse jigs.

[Steveo-1969]

1 hour ago, WI_Angler1989 said:

You're very welcome. Yes, I am a big fan of their Draggin' Heads. They are very weedless and don't get snagged often at all, even when I fish rocky, fast moving rivers with lots of cover. 

Thanks.  "Rocky, fast moving rivers with lots of cover" (read ROCKS) is exactly what I fish.  I'll be ordering some of these!

[WI_Angler1989]

35 minutes ago, Steveo-1969 said:

Thanks.  "Rocky, fast moving rivers with lots of cover" (read ROCKS) is exactly what I fish.  I'll be ordering some of these!

Awesome, I know you'll love them too! Really the only time I ever get hung up is when the line wedges in between 2 rocks, which is impossible to avoid, and when I keep fishing a tube or something even after its torn up and the point does that stay buried. 

[bowhunter63]

I have been wanting to try those Draggin heads,Looks like they would work great were i fish.

[dwtaylor]

Baby rage craws work pretty well, as do Zoom Super Chunk Jrs.  

I caught a pig of a smallie on a 5/16 oz eakins jig and a 3" green pumpkin senko on Big Green Lake near Princeton, WI this last fall.  So don't just limit trailers to just craws or chunks either.

[Bass Rutten]

@Siebert Outdoors The sniper jig looks like it has a pretty beefy hook, is it heavy gauge? I'm looking for a finesse jig with more of a medium wire hook, is the mini jig medium wire??

[ChrisD46]

Seiebert Mini - Swim Jigs : 3" to 3.5" swim baits , SK Baby Rage Craw , SK Baby Rage Menus .

[T-Billy]

3" Double tail grub. 

3" Double tail grub. 

[Siebert Outdoors]

On 11/21/2021 at 9:42 PM, Bassjam2000 said:

@Siebert Outdoors The sniper jig looks like it has a pretty beefy hook, is it heavy gauge? I'm looking for a finesse jig with more of a medium wire hook, is the mini jig medium wire??

Hello Bassjam.  You are correct. The Mini is a standard wire while the Sniper is heavier than the Mini. 

[WVU-SCPA]

I was given a pack of zman crusteaz and pounding on them with a finesse jig when I truly had no idea what I was doing.

 

Not sure why I haven't given them another go. 

[Boomstick]

The Tiny NetBait Paca Chunk, SK Baby Rage Craws and SK Baby Rage bugs are all pretty good.

[Siebert Outdoors]

My main go to is the Rage Baby craw.  I have been using the Baby D Bomb some too. 

[PressuredFishing]

On 2/5/2016 at 3:05 PM, WI_Angler1989 said:

I recently got some Siebert Sniper Jigs and am in need of trailers for them for the spring. They are smaller, 1/4oz finesse jigs.

What do you guys use for smaller jigs? 

 

I'll use a beaver Jr or cut down a standard beaver

[Bassbum1016]

Zoom Super Chunk Jr or a Zoom Swimming Chunk 

[Kenny Yi]

Zoom Z-Craw and Z-Craw Jr.

[PotatoLake]

The smallest Keitech Crazy Flapper.

 

 

 

[detroit1]

The only way i use a standard spinnerbait trailer, cut to fit...

[scaleface]

The first jig trailers I ever used were black twin tail grubs by Mister Twister back in the late 70's . I still use twin tails more than any other trailer .

[Catt]

On 11/23/2021 at 4:13 PM, Bassbum1016 said:

Zoom Swimming Chunk

 

In the dead of winter in creek channels, black-n-blue jig with sapphire blue swimming chunk or a 4" Gene Larew Salty Craw black with blue claw.