New member and jig trailer questions

[mheichelbech]

Hello all, new member from around Louisville, KY.  Great forums!

 

Was curious how much difference does a jig trailer make (other than matching your jig), especially in he early season.  Plastic vs pork in cold water?  It's been a while since I've been into bassing seriously and just curious about changes in trailers.

 

any recommendations for lake patoka early season one early season in general appreciated!

[Darren.]

Welcome aboard!

 

This is the place to find answers to your question!

Jig fishing specialists abound  

[Philo Beddoe]

Can't offer a lot of input about trailers, but there will surely be some knowledgable folks chime in. Also, welcome from another Loiusvillian.

[flyingmonkie]

Yeah, you should get some good input on this.  Some of us tend to get quite passionate about jig trailers.

 

I think of trailers as adding to three components of a jigs appeal: action, bulk, and color.

 

A simple and generally effective rule of thumb is to use increase the size and action of your trailer with the water temperature.  There are always exceptions to this rule, but it's good as a starting point.

 

Color is generally dictated by water color/visibility.  Don't feel like your jig and trailer have to match though!  Unlike home decorators, bass don't mind mismatched color palettes.

[A-Jay]

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~

Jig colors & trailers can usually be broken down into four simple colors.

Black, Blue, Green Pumpkin (or Brown) and some kind of green.

Regardless of where you're fishing or what the conditions are, if the bait is presented correctly / effectively, and if they're going to eat a jig & trailer, one of or some combination of these will usually work.

Unfortunately, I do not follow my own advice nor does this seem to apply with crankbaits, spinnerbaits, swim jigs, chatter baits, swim baits, topwater baits, jerkbaits . . . .on & on & on . . . . .

I think you get the picture.

The bait Monkey really drives all on this . . . . . .

YMMV.

A-Jay

 

[Angry John]

If your looking for specifics i use lower action trailers during the cold period.  My favorite is a paca craw during the winter.  I use a lot of beaver baits like the reaction inovations sweet beaver during the summer and rage craws.  Spring i mostly down size to double tail grubs or the paca's,  Fall i dont fish a jig often as i like other baits during the fall feast!!!  I try to keep it very simple with color.  Green pumpkin, black blue and brown is all i normally have.  My favorite angler Gman said black or brown but who knows.

[Bluebasser86]

I use plastic and pork year round. The unfortunate answer in this situation, you have to let the fish tell you. I've caught fish on jigs with Rage craws in December, and fish on jigs with pork frogs in July. Matching color is sometimes a mistake too. One of my favorite jig lakes, they actually prefer a mismatched jig and trailer most days. It's just a real game of trial and error. Best thing to do is keep your jig and trailer colors simple, so you limit the variables, to help speed up the process of elimination. 

[RichF]

Welcome!  

 

I don't do the pork thing but I fish jigs A LOT.  I try to keep it super simple.  I have 3 basic trailers I use.  When it's cold, I like to use a zoom big salty chunk.  It has a more subtle action and makes your jig fall a bit slower, while maintaining a larger profile (which I like).  When it's warm, I use a 4 inch chigger craw or a rage craw.  I keep color to the bare minimum: green pumpkin and black/blue (or junebug).  Basically a dark and a light.  Most of the time I just use green pumpkin and I don't worry about matching jig color to jig trailer color.

[WRB]

I fish pork rind trailers year around, unfortunately they are a thing of the past.

A good trailer should catch bass without the jig, the combination helps both.

I prefer to match 1 color of the jig skirt but that isn't always needed and sometimes a contrasting jig skirt to trailer color works good. Trail and error.

Tom

[Alpster]

If I'm swimming a jig across the bottom, I like a ribbon tail worm trailer. If I'm pitching to cover and want a slow fall, I like a Rage lobster or craw. Colors are hit and miss for me. I seem to have the best action with earthy colors.

[eyedabassman]

For me when the water is cold (winter) and water under 45 degrees I fish pork.Above 45 plastic.The ones I  like are Paca,Baby Pacas,Tiny Paca's, But I like to fish a trailer in the summer with more action like a  Ribbon tail worm,twin tail grubs,half of a lizard,brush hogs,But the one I like alot in summer is the back half of a Netbait C-Mac worm!!  Don't always think you have to fish a craw trailer on a jig.Show them something different,think out side of the box.CATCH MORE FISH!