Bass jigs and the trailers

I have been doing some comparing with different jigs for the last month or so. I have come to the conclusion that the trailer makes a world of difference. This is providing you’re using a good quality jig ofcourse.
A few weeks back when the bite was real hot alot of times i would just let the fish have the jig. Never setting the hook just to see how long they would hold on. What i found was with certain trailers they would hold longer. I could change trailers and the outcome would change. With a few of them i would get just as many hits but the fish would drop it faster. At that time i was using nothing but blue and black jigs with same colored trailers.
The Zoom super chunks or what ever they call the big ones are the trailers i had the best luck with. Some fish i had to shake off before they would let go. Then as the water cooled alittle the color changed and for the last couple of weeks a white jig seemed to produce best. The bite seemed to have slowed down till i put on a fluke for the trailer.
I would have never thought that the trailer would made such a big difference. If nothing else i think my experiment made a better jig fisherman out of me.

hey thanks dan…
appreciate the info!
Man im not much of a jig fisherman..unless its finesse!

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put on a fluke for the trailer

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Never would’ve thought to try it. I know I use Creature baits often as jig trailers, but not a fluke….Maybe i’ll have to give it a try

You should see the setup MossBoss uses w/a Jig-Trailer Combo…He calls it : BIG UGLY

DanWi,
Thanks also for info, I would have never thought of using a fluke as a trailer on jig/pig!
What size fluke did you use and did size matter?
Eric

Eric
I use the 4 inch Albino fluke. As far as the size of the fluke making a difference i cant answer that.The 4in is the only size i have. Give it a try sometime. They make a awsome trailer.

DanWi,

Thanks for the info. I have also had good luck using the 4″ flukes on jigs. I hook them so the flat sides are up and down on a plain jighead and I have great luck pitching them to riprap and sandbars for walleye, sauger and smallies. They really smack em! I think the key is in the way that the fluke spirals on the fall when rigged this way. Must look like an injured/dying baitfish.

gass
Thats an interesting way to hook a fluke.
So you are pitching it out and letting it set
sorta dead stickin, or do you lift and drop on the way back to the boat.I can see where the spiral drop would look like an injured baitfish. I have a smallie spot i would like to try that on.

MossBoss….

It’s nice to see I’m not the only one that names baits after themselves…….

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i put on a fluke for the trailer.

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Thanks for letting the cat out of the bag….

Brov:

I would have named it after myself, but Average Sized Studly just wasn’t as easy to say!

Flukes also work extremely well as spinnerbait trailers.

Hey your talking to the guy that came up with the Little Thumper

Thanks for the heads-up, Dan! SOMEONE has to do all this research for us!

zomby
Not a problem.Tomorrow i’ll tell the boss in cant work for awhile i have research i need to do

DanWi,
Lift, hover, drop for the most part. Pretty much the same way that I work ringworms, k-grubs, sassy shads, etc in current.