Fall jig trailers

[TriStateBassin106]

With the fall approaching do you guys still throw summertime trailers that have a lot of action like rage craws etc or are you guys beginning to switch it up to more beaver style trailers? Does it even matter what style of trailer do you use in the fall? 

[Siebert Outdoors]

I still use Rage Craws.

[Munkin]

I will use action trailers until say November but a Zoom Super Chunk works year round. 

 

Allen 

[WRB]

Trailers come down to what the bass prefer at that moment.

Trying to second guess what is working it’s better to offer trailers of different sizes with more subtitle movements and more aggressive movements.

Bass being cold blooded animals are more active feeders in warmer water above 70 degrees then below 60 degrees. The colder the water gets the bass slows down it’s metabolism or need to eat but they don’t stop eating. Fall water temps are generally between 60 to 70 degrees and bass are active feeders.

It’s been my experience faster moving jig trailer appendages tend to appeal to smaller bass on average. Need to factor quality or quantity when selecting jig trailers.

Fall can be a time to use 1 ton (1oz) jigs with big trailers kicking up a lot of mud. 

Tom

[PressuredFishing]

3 hours ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

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3 hours ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

With the fall approaching do you guys still throw summertime trailers that have a lot of action like rage craws etc or are you guys beginning to switch it up to more beaver style trailers? Does it even matter what style of trailer do you use in the fall? 

so many different opinions on this subject, in the fall I feel like alot of options can work, which may not help you because that means you have to figure out exactly what they want but, Ive noticed the colder the water (cold jig fishing) I tend to do better with pork frogs or a zoom super chunk, something that doesnt have a ton of motion, and in the summer I tend to think the bass like more aggressive flappy trailers. Although spring and fall and those transition seasons so you will have to see what the bass want on your lake depending on the water temperature.  Although this is just what I know, and there are plenty better bass anglers than me that have a different theory for trailers, so really id listen to some of the more advanced jig anglers out there.

[Catt]

[bowhunter63]

Baby Z Craw or Pork when I can find it 

[Kdizzle]

Big Bite Baits Chunks in Green Pumpkin and AL Craw are usually what I'm using from late September through early spring., but I'll also use a Zman TRD Craw too.

[gim]

I like to beef up my presentation in the fall. Baitfish are bigger and winter is coming.

[Columbia Craw]

Rage Bug takes care of it all.  

[Big Swimbait]

3 hours ago, Catt said:

In the early 90's on Lake Fork, this was the go-to jig trailer. It accounted for a few DD's for me as well. Great cold water trailer!

 

[Bankbeater]

It depends on what the bass are biting.  Some seasons they want big bulky trailers, and sometimes they want a small trailer.  I usually start with a super chunk and go from there.

[Catt]

1 hour ago, Big Swimbait said:

In the early 90's on Lake Fork, this was the go-to jig trailer. It accounted for a few DD's for me as well. Great cold water trailer!

 

 

Still are for those guys who hoarded some!

 

Deadly on a Texas Rig as well ?

[padon]

in general ill use may same summertime trailers until the water gets below 65 then start to transition to more beaver style trailers with less action. but you still have to pay attention. if your noy getting bit and think you should switch to another style.

[Bluebasser86]

I don't have wintertime and summertime jig trailers, they're all the same thing. 

 

A jig trailer with a lot of action (Christie Craw or Rage Craw for example), also slows the fall of the jig more. A slower fall can be very important in cold water and I might not want to slow the fall by going to lighter jig if I need the weight in windy conditions or if I just want a bulkier jig. 

[Boomstick]

In later August and fall, the NetBait paca chunks or Rage Craws are my go to jig trailers. That doesn't mean a Rage Bug or a Sweet Beaver won't work on the right day though.