Spinnerbait trailer keepers?

[MassYak85]

Can we talk about how few spinnerbaits on the market have decent trailer keepers? For years I fished a spinnerbait with no trailer at all, but now I find myself using them more and more. But when I do the keeper on most of mine, if there is even one at all, might hold the trailer for one fish before the bait starts slipping back. Is there a reason for this? Are trailers just not all that popular or is it just more difficult to mold a head around the keepers and companies don't feel it's worth the effort? 

 

To me the ideal keeper would be something like the Jackhammer chatterbait has with two opposite facing wires. I've come across a few spinnerbaits with a single wire and I've only heard of one (Jackal MegaloDoooN) with a double wire keeper. 

 

And if you use a spinnerbait you feel does have a decent keeper I'd love to hear about it lol.

[Bluebasser86]

The Booyah Covert series has a good trailer keeper. It's the single wire keeper but that style holds the trailer up really well for me.

[JediAmoeba]

It seems like unless I go up to 3/4 ounces every trailer on a spinnerbait causes them to roll - even just a bit.  I like to be able to vary retrieves and burn it some but if it keeps rolling, you cant really do that. 

[papajoe222]

2 hours ago, JediAmoeba said:

It seems like unless I go up to 3/4 ounces every trailer on a spinnerbait causes them to roll - even just a bit.  

Trailers add two things to spinnerbaits. They put the focus of the bait away from the blades and more to the body, and the action tail type also add bulk and drag, allowing for a slower presentation. 
Try using a split tail trailer. It adds attraction without adding drag.

[OnthePotomac]

I have a small roll of clear tiny plastic tubing from something long ago and I just off a piece about 3/16" long and pull it over the hook side ways. It keeps the trailer on and lasts quite awhile.

[JediAmoeba]

5 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

Trailers add two things to spinnerbaits. They put the focus of the bait away from the blades and more to the body, and the action tail type also add bulk and drag, allowing for a slower presentation. 
Try using a split tail trailer. It adds attraction without adding drag.

I have quite a stash of those, always liked them.  But in recent years I see so many people suggesting keitech and similar paddletails and, to me, they do not work very well.

They work fine on a slow roll but I am rarely slow rolling a spinnerbait. 

[MGF]

29 minutes ago, OnthePotomac said:

I have a small roll of clear tiny plastic tubing from something long ago and I just off a piece about 3/16" long and pull it over the hook side ways. It keeps the trailer on and lasts quite awhile.

You can also just use some fairly heavy mono or flouro and tie a uni-knot around the hook shank and slide it up tight under the trailer.

 

I'm a skipping fanatic and I have a bunch of jigs that don't have any keeper at all. The uni-knot trick keeps the trailer on while I skip and bounce that jig all over the place.

 

I almost like it better than the wire keepers because it doesn't tear the plastic up.

[scaleface]

I take a 1/4 inch hole punch and poke holes in a bicycle inner tube . I use those little disc to  hold plastics in place on a hook . Works great to keep a toad hook in the slot, better than skin hooking. I havent used it to hold a trailer in place but it would work .

[A-Jay]

9 hours ago, JediAmoeba said:

It seems like unless I go up to 3/4 ounces every trailer on a spinnerbait causes them to roll - even just a bit.  I like to be able to vary retrieves and burn it some but if it keeps rolling, you cant really do that. 

I like to burn them too ~

Here's some more info on that.

 

To the OP - the solder on the hook shank makes a very decent trailer keeper

 

A-Jay

 

[DitchPanda]

Only things I personally like as a spinner bait trailer are the split tail ones and a 4inch fluke. Neither one adds a ton of action.

[WRB]

Make a ReBrab using 1/8 shrink tubing. Cut the tube 3/4" , then cut it in 1/2 at a 45 degree angle. Slide the the cut tubing 45 degree angle end up over the hook to the hook shank and shrink it on. The angle end becomes a barb that holds soft plastics.

Tom

[MassYak85]

Thanks for the responses guys. Usually I am using 4 or 5 inch grubs, smaller keitechs, or flukes on my spinnerbaits. 

 

13 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

The Booyah Covert series has a good trailer keeper. It's the single wire keeper but that style holds the trailer up really well for me.

Those look pretty decent, too bad the color selection is so limited. 

[Columbia Craw]

Dobyns Beast.  Best Iv'e found.

[marmooskapaul]

Super glue