What is your favorite Swimjig/trailer

[Tackmanpro]

Hi all, I have never fished with a swimjig before and i've heard about a lot of the pros using them recently in my area during the bass master opens on the Arkansas River. What brands do you all prefer and when do you think is the best time to fish them? 

[Dens228]

I use Keitech Swing Impact Fat, 3.8 and 4.3's.  Anytime is a good time to throw a swim jig. And I'm being serious. 

[Tackmanpro]

1 minute ago, Dens228 said:

I use Keitech Swing Impact Fat, 3.8 and 4.3's.  Anytime is a good time to throw a swim jig. And I'm being serious. 

Awesome. I've heard Keirech makes really good baits. What brand of Swimjig do you perfer?

[Dens228]

1 minute ago, Tackmanpro said:

Awesome. I've heard Keirech makes really good baits. What brand of Swimjig do you perfer?

Dirty Jigs.  I only use three colors, Bluegill, Crappie, Tactical Shad.  It seems to cover all my needs.  

[A-Jay]

There's a ton of info on this site on how & where to fish a swimjig.

In my world, (northern MI) swimjigs are routinely most effective close to cover.

Over it, beside it, around it, or in some way as close to it as I can get; just not In It.

The waters here are mostly clear and natural colors & patterns have proven themselves as the best producers for me. 

I am usually presenting these baits in the upper portion of the water column or in shallow(er) water, so 1/4 oz, 5/16 oz and 3/8 oz are the head weights I use most often. 

Trailer options are virtually endless and almost anything you want to hang on the back will get bites; as long as the bait runs straight & true. (especially on the fall).

Trailer choice, however can & often does determine how fast or slow the bait needs to be retrieved in order to track at a certain depth.  This can be a big deal some days. 

Here's a few that I routinely remove from bass faces.

They are a mixture of 6th Sense, Bass Dozer and I think there's one Strike King mixed in there.

I do up most of my own skirts and my preferred color pallet is usually perchy & bluegill/pumpkinseed-ish.

A-Jay

[Glaucus]

Dirty Jigs for swimjigs and RI Dippers and SK Menaces for trailers.

[BoatSquirrel]

The Swimjig Master...

 

[Heartland]

I just keep it simple with a Kalin's single tail grub

[FishinBuck07]

Strike King baby menace, zoom uv speed craw

[BoatSquirrel]

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

Trailer options are virtually endless and almost anything you want to hang on the back will get bites; as long as the bait runs straight & true. (especially on the fall).

AJ, do you always run your menace on its side?

[A-Jay]

33 minutes ago, BoatSquirrel said:

AJ, do you always run your menace on its side?

No, I do not. 

 And I definitely didn't start out rigging it that way.

 Now it's perhaps a 50/50 type deal for me as to whether I rig horizontal or vertical.

All said & done, IMO, if a bass is going to eat a properly presented swim jig with a Rage Menace trailer

I don't think which way it's rigged will be the determining factor.

But how I feel confidence wise, might make me fish it with a little more conviction,

which almost always results in a more positive result. 

 Either way, I got the idea here from another BR member.

Sadly I don't remember who to give the credit too (CRS).

But I certainly appreciate it. 

A-Jay

[galyonj]

2 hours ago, A-Jay said:

They are a mixture of 6th Sense, Bass Dozer and I think there's one Strike King mixed in there.

I just love the screwlock on those Divine Swim Jigs. Huge timesaver in not having to situate the trailer (or find another one in my bag) every time I get it back to me after pulling it through the garbage I fish in.

[nascar2428]

Dirty Jigs and Siebert swim jigs. RI Skinny dippers for the majority of my trailers.

[DitchPanda]

BOSS swim jig head...handmade bluegill skirt trimmed northern style and tied with braid..summer craw rage menace rigged on its side

[Cgrinder]

Big fan of the Northstar Original. I like the light hook and thin weedguard. I also throw the Flip n Swim, Siebert Swim Jig, and Dirty Jigs Swim Jig. I like a bullet head but any pointed head is usually fine. Always 1/4 oz, unless the pike have eaten all your 1/4's, then 3/8 oz. Bluegill pattern strongly preferred. Trailer is a Rage Craw or any paddletail that will rock the jig on a straight retrieve. Little Dipper, Little EZ, Easy Shiner, anything in the 3.5 - 4" range.

 

I trim the skirts just a bit longer than the bend of the hook, shorten the weedguard to just about cover the barb, and snip some strands out of the back of it to maintain flexibility.

[Black Hawk Basser]

I've used the Berkley Havoc Grass Pig Jr, but I'm running out of those.  I've also done well with a Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Chunk, NetBait Kickin B Chunk and Berkley Chigger Craw.

[MN Fisher]

Strike King Tour Grade in 1/4 and 3/8 in three colors depending on light, water clarity, etc

Black/Blue, Natural (Bluegill, Green Pumpkin, etc) and Shad

 

Berkley: Chigger Craw and Pit Boss

RI: Skinny Dipper and Little Dipper

Zoom: Ultra Vibe Speed Chunk

 

Alongside cover, over cover and rarely into the cover. Season open to end of year. There really is no bad time to fish a swim jig.

[OnthePotomac]

I use two on a swim jig, the Z man turbo craw and the Walker.  There are countless others that work.

[RoLo]

 

Nearly every lake we fish has vegetation from top to bottom (not a bad thing).

The weedlessness of a swim jig is unrivaled, so I use swim jigs for

soft swimbaits, punching and jigs-&-craws, so the trailers run the gamut.

 

Roger

 

[Mr Swim Jig]

Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper  and Big Bite Baits Cane Thumper are my 2 favorite swim jig trailers...but I have a lot of other styles I can use as well...

[SC53]

I use Bitters little naked swimmer and SK Rage claws and Menace. 

[DougHall_NY]

Siebert swim jigs with a Rage Tail Menace or Keitech Swing Impact the majority of the time.

[Chris at Tech]

Anyone use and of the Z-man swimbaits?  If so, how's the action?  

 

I like how the Keitechs and Rage Swimmers look, but for me the durability of those baits as swimbait trailers is REALLY lacking.

[Manifestgtr]

Im pretty specific about my swim jig trailers. I throw 1/4 oz swim jigs exclusively because they’re the easiest to get a nice wobble out of on the straight retrieve.

 

I use a rage tail if I’m going to be letting it fall or if I want more of a “back, forth, back, forth” kick. 

 

Otherwise, it’s a sawed off swimmin caffeine shad. 4” for a tighter, more “manually controlled” action. 5” for autopilot mode. I stumbled upon that by accident one day when I was out of rage swimmers and immediately loved them. I think they’re a bit softer or something? Whatever it is, they have a great kick to them. 

[Luke Barnes]

My favorite swim jig I dont actually know the brand. I got it in a subscription lure box and cant remember, but it has a very nice pointed head. I use Berkley Power Swimmer paddletails and really like it and have caught alot of bass on it.