trailer hooks

[eaglesfn68]

i have read that alot of people use trailer hooks on their spinner baits. What is the advantage to them, can i use them on buzzbaits or anything else, and will all trailer hooks fit onto all spinnerbaits.

this is what i found. are they any good, what do you recommend.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&partNumber=1777&hvarTarget=search&cmCat=SearchResults

[shortbasser]

I always use a trailer hook on my buzzbaits and most of the time on spinnerbaits. This will give you a better shot at hooking up with "short" striking fish especially if your "burning" a buzzbait or a fairly fast retrieve on a spinnerbait.

My hooks of choice have always been Gamakatsu. I probably have some BPS trailers in my tackle some place but now I use the Gammy's. The eye on a trailer hook is big enough to accomodate any spinner/buzz bait.

I rig mine to swing free but have rigged it with the tubing over the eye in the past. To each his own I reckon. 2/0 or 3/0 is a good size.

Add them to your "list" and hope they show up on 25 Dec.

Shortbasser

[Marty]

I don't see any reason why those Bass Pro hooks wouldn't be OK. I use trailer hooks on buzzbaits and spinnerbaits. The advantage is that they will help catch a few more fish and the obvious disadvantage is that they might snag some vegetation or other cover.

As far as I know, all hooks that actually have the words "trailer hooks" in the product name will have an eye big enough to fit over the main hook of the bait. Like shortbasser, I also rig mine so they are free swinging.

[BassFishingMachine]

How do you rig it wheres its free swinging? Don't you need the rubber tubing over the eye to keep it on the hook?

[bugman]

I have been using the Gamakatsu G-Stinger this past year. The G-Stinger is not a traditional trailer hook, but a round bend hook that attaches to the lure by a looped cord. I have used them on any bait that traditional trailers are used on plus soft plastic jerk baits. Sorry I don't have a picture but you can do a search to see it.

[Tokyo Tony]

To rig it so it swings freely, put the trailer hook on, then the tubing.

Bugman, I just bought some of those Gammy stinger hooks, and they look awesome.  I rigged one up on a spinnerbait (even though I won't be using it til next summer), looks great, looks like it will track straight, but one question.  Do you find it works as well (or better) than a standard trailer hook?

[Supermat]

I use trailers as well but I've found that I prefer to keep mine rigid instead of free swinging. I think there are plus' and minus' to both but the reason I keep mine as rigid as I can is that I've seen fish come slap the bait when the hook is free swinging and it simply slaps to the side, out of the way. That said, a downside to how I do it is that if a fish slaps it and misses your hook is now permanently tweaked to the side for the rest of the cast and you probably aren't going to get a follow-up bite.

[MALTESE FALCON]

I use trailer hooks about 50% of the time on buzzbaits and spinnerbaits. I also like to let the trailer swing freely. This past season about 75% of the fish I caught on a spinnerbait were on the trailer hook.

Falcon

[basser89]

99% of the time I have a trailer hook on both my spinnerbaits and my buzzbaits. I always rig my trailer hooks to swing free. Gamakatsu trailer hooks are all I use.