Odd trailer rigging

[Comfortably Numb]

Saw John Crews rig a trailer hook and trailer like this.

Anyone try this?

 

[Fishes in trees]

I've tried nose hooking trailers on spinnerbaits rather than threading them on the main hook.  Mixed results - I think it gives the trailer a little more action, which might or might not be good and it gives the bait a little longer profile, also which might or might not be good.

 

Once, I tried threading BPS Cajun trailer on a trailer hook, all the way past the eyelet, with the notion being that it would hold the trailer hook more or less in place AND serve as an attractor AND when the fish bit down on it it would be kinda soft and less likely to be instantly rejected.

 

Tried it twice - once was one of those perfect spinner bait days you encounter every few years.  40 or more slot fish (12" - 15") with a few over 15" for good measure.   Next time I tried it - they didn't want the spinnerbait that day and didn't get bit at all.  Then I ran out of the cajun trailers ( which has since been replaced ) and I lost the Terminator spinnerbait

( which hasn't ) and then I forgot about that experiment until I saw the picture in the previous post.

 

Looks like a different attempt at extending the profile of the bait, while adding a trailer hook.  A good idea and I wonder how it worked.   It crosses my mind that in my experiment, the trailer/ hook combo was held to the spinnerbait hook at one point.   In this experiment, the trailer hook is held to the spinnerbait hook in a much more flexible arrangement AND the boot tail trailer is nose hooked on the trailer hook.  This makes me think that it will flop about more.  Makes me wonder about pulling it through various forms of cover and if it will tend to get stuck more.   Still I think that it is something worth trying.

 

For me, the  areodynamics  inherent in a spinnerbait make precision casting difficult.   I have a good to great spinner bait rig and I don't think that the extra plastic flopping around off the trailer hook is going to improve casting accuracy.  

Not a big problem, but something to think about if you are trying to land 3 or 4 feet past a shallow stump or you think there is a big enough window to throw underneath some low hanging branches.

 

OK - that's what I think about that trailer hook/trailer combo.

[Beeno]

On 5/3/2020 at 10:39 PM, Comfortably Numb said:

Saw John Crews rig a trailer hook and trailer like this.

Anyone try this?

 

That’s cool man that’s awesome never seen that before. 

[primetime]

Never seen that but it kind of makes sense if using a trailer hook I guess. 

 

Alot of times I truly believe its simply giving fish a different look then they ever see. That is a subtle way of almost having it look like a school of baitfish...Kind of the baitball concept maybe.

 

Interesting picture.

[keagbassr]

You won't find me ever doing this. To me it seems to defeat the purpose of a trailer hook which is hooking short striking fish. I don't want to give them a reason to short strike my trailer hook.

[Hower08]

2 hours ago, keagbassr said:

You won't find me ever doing this. To me it seems to defeat the purpose of a trailer hook which is hooking short striking fish. I don't want to give them a reason to short strike my trailer hook.

I agree. Hard to beat a split tail or just a regular grub for a trailer. They sure don't get put on the trailer hook to entice a fish to hit just the trailer hook