When to use a spinnerbait trailer

[Bankbeater]

I never use a trailer on a spinnerbait. 

[Sam]

It boils down to confidence. What do you have confidence in?

Personally, I use a trailer and a trailer hook on all spinnerbaits. But that's me.

Experiment next year and find out what works for you, when and where.

Have fun and let us know what your preference will  be.

[Mr Swim Jig]

I don't use a trailer or a trailer hook, if I am getting hits but not catching any fish then I will change up the spinner bait.  Size, blades, color etc...

[Mike L]

On 11/20/2016 at 1:09 AM, William Rossi said:

Anyone run the skirt like I do to extend the bait and get better flare?

Stike King has a line of those. When I want to run a trailer I'll tie one of these on first.

 

Mike 

[iceintheveins]

The only time I don't use them is in heavy grass. I only occasionally have bass short strike spinnerbaits, but in most situations it's worth using a trailer for the other 20% of strikes  because one of them could be a toad.

[tcbass]

On 11/16/2016 at 9:31 PM, BASS302 said:

I do something different.  Back when I was in college, one of the "Big Three" outdoor magazines had an article about spinnerbaits.  The article suggested using, as a trailer, a willow-leaf spinner blade attached to a ball-bearing swivel attached to the hook with a piece of tubing to keep the swivel attached.  I've been using a size 3 willow-leaf (sometimes a 3.5).  I do this to 90% of my spinnerbaits.  

 

Do you have a pic of this?

I'm trying to imagine where the tubing goes. 

[bchase44]

1 hour ago, tcbass said:

 

Do you have a pic of this?

I'm trying to imagine where the tubing goes. 

I imagine the tube keeps the swivel from going up the business end of the main hook, similar to below but with a swivel/blade rather than the trailer hook.

[scaleface]

I add blades to jig heads the same way . Instead of a piece of tube i  use a   disc made out of a plastic lid and a hole punch .

 

[heavyduty]

Mods, if this is against any forum rule please delete but I'm simply sharing since it's applicable to this thread. Friend of mine developed and sells a tool that installs disc's like Scaleface posted above. It's called The Hook Pal. You can look it up online and see all of the uses for it. Secures trailer hooks, soft plastics, etc.

[BASS302]

tcbass,

Sorry, I've been offline for a while.  Anyway, the tubing is just to keep the swivel & blade from flying off.  So you can do it either way that bchase44 or scaleface showed.  I started using a piece cut from those rubber tube-like things that are used to attach screen to screen doors (someone's suggestion).  The attached picture is of a spinnerbait that was in my nearest tacklebox.  I was experimenting using a snap swivel to allow changing the blade, but the hook sometimes snags the snap.  It's probably better to use a swivel with split rings.