Jig trailers

[jlp]

My question is how do you properly rig a jig trailer? Do you run it up the hook OR do you simply punch the hook through the middle?? When I punch it through the middle it just doesnt look right....Does that matter if a BIG bulky trailer is just hanging from your jig moving freely around on your hook?

[roadwarrior]

If you are using a "chunk" you can rig it through the flat sides, the trailing appendages provide the action. With a creature or crawdad trailer, a traditional jig should be threaded through the bait at botton with the hook through the bait near or at the bend of the hook. With a stand up jig, hook the first 1/4" or so as you would with a worm, then punch through the bait so that it stands. You do not thread the bait.

This is a Shak-E2 that demonstrates what I am trying to describe:

http://www.deloscustomtackleshack.com/jigs/evolutionshakeyhead.htm

8-)

[BassFishingMachine]

I always thread the trailer onto the hook of the jig. This picture shows what I mean http://www.***/images/jig-trailer2.jpg.

Although on pork trailers you can't thread them up the hook, you have to hook them right through the tip/middle. You can also do this with the softplastic chunks, but you have a choice not to, the pork chunk you don't have a choice. I personally don't like the action of the jig/trailer when hooking it right through the tip/middle instead of threading it up the hook of the jig, but thats just me.

Oh and by the way, if your going to rig a trailer through the tip/middle instead of threading it, be sure to thread a peice of a rubber worm up the hook of the jig. This will keep the chunk from sliding up and down on the jig when hooked through middle/tip. Good luck.

[Upnorth]

I thread all my trailers on now.  It makes for a more compact bait and the trailer can't swing around and block the hook point.  I have been using Strike Kings 3x chunk almost exclusively for a few years now and love it.  Secure it to the hook with a drop of superglue and that trailer will last for the life of the jig!