Swimjig

[Ghostshad]

Swimjig trailor ,What works best for you ,trailor or no trailor ? Also same question on chatterbait, trailor or no trailor ? i just don't have no luck on swimjigs ,anyone got any advice on what to throw,i catch one here & there but thats it.Went Monday & not a bite on a swimjig but did good on a squarebill,& i know their days they don't want a swimjig but for me its every time.Any advice on color of swimjig & type of trailor & color . GodBless & Thanks 

[IndianaFinesse]

I use both swim jigs and chatterbaits with a trailer, if only to slow the retrieve and fall rate down and to give them something to suck in.  Match the color of swim jig to the water clarity and forage, and match the trailer color to the jig color.  I usually use a three or four inch curly tail grub as trailer.

[Ohio Yakker]

I always use a trailer. Mostly Paddle tail swimbaits, but sometimes I'll use a creature/craw type bait as a trailer and that works too. You can always modify the size of the trailer by cutting off the end to make it smaller. That could make a difference. Or by using larger/fatter trailers which will change the profile of the bait. Sometimes small adjustments can make a huge difference.

[trupp30]

I had good luck last year using a Rage Tail Menace grub, on both a swim jig and a chatterbait. I matched the trailer and bait. Bluegill for the swim jig and GP for the chatterbait. Good luck

[eyedabassman]

Any paddle tail swimbait.

[WIGuide]

I only use about 2 trailers on a swim jig. I'll either throw a Big Bite Bait's Cane Thumper or a big Kalens grub.

[bigbassin']

Take your favorite "baby" sized paddle tail, favorite regular sized paddle tail, and your favorite craw and you've basically got swimjig trailers covered.  You can also rig the craw both horizontal and vertical to get different profiles.

[Airman4754]

Kalin Mogambo Grub. I used to use a paddle tail trailer and my production more than doubled going to that huge grub. 

I tried a Kalin Seizmic Grub at night once this year as a trailer and did well also. 

[Brayberry]

Here's what I throw as a "swimjig" though technically not a swim jig, though it's fished like one.  I like a 1/4 or 3/8 oz Jig, I personally use the 1/4 oz Brush Head most, I prefer Bluegill colors (Greens, Purples, and some Browns), as a trailer I use either a Zoom Creepy Crawler Twin Tail grub or a Baby Rage Craw.  I like to throw it out, let it hit bottom on a slack line, then slowly wind it back, in a steady retrieve.  

[Mobydick]

I have found myself using the Bass Pro Shops Paddle Tail Shad a lot for swim-jig trailers lately and have been doing quite well. I usually pair it up with a Dirty Jigs swim-jig. The only time I do not use a trailer is if they are short striking it, even then I will sometimes add a trailer hook just like you would on a spinnerbait. 

[primetime]

sometimes you don't need a trailer and I have just recently learned this...I start out with a trailer and on good days I end up not using one since they crush the jig just fine as it is. I have really gotten into swim jigs this year and I find the key is ripping them out of grass like many other baits. I always start with a trailer and I mainly use Single Tail Grubs, Spider Grubs for bulk and slowing the fall,and paddle tails for buzzing the surface or for active fish...The Rage Menace and Devil spear are 2 grubs that work great, but a crawfish or creature works great some days..

I use mostly chartruese and white trailers and I tend to use GYB single tail grubs but a Swim Senko or Rage Cut'R worm, even a fluke can work some days...I find the key is deflection, and fish still hit a jig if weeds are stuck on them. If you run it into a clump of weeds and rip, usually they choke it, bladed jigs and trailers matter more for me...I notice much more pronounced action changes on a chatterbait than I do on a jig based on trailers..Some trailers make a bladed jig much more aggressive etc...Have fun and experiment...Flukes sometimes work great as trailers,you never know.

[catch anything]

if you really want a big profile get the Berkeley 6in slim shads cut off the first half inch works really good 

[dinks4life]

I have used Gander Mountains Paddle Tail swimbaits paried up with a 2K Jigs Deposit Swim Jig. Flat out catches fish and it is mainly what I have used this spring so far.

[Mr Swim Jig]

I have great luck with swim jigs and chatterbaits and I always use a trailer on both.  For swim jigs I use 5/16oz North Star Baits Original Swim Jig and for Chatterbaits I use Bluebasser86...for trailers i use either Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper or Big Bite Baits Cane Thumper...

[bowhunter63]

Rage tail menace and SK caffeine swimming shad

[Catt]