So for a lot of us, when we think pork trailers, we might picture a traditional frog "chunk" on the back of a jig.

There are other shapes and that is what I have a question about. I've got some older jars I picked up at a yard sale.

One jar has some meaty blue 5 inch strips with a flat curl tail at the end

Another jar has a black 5 inch meaty strip that goes to a taper which resembles a straight tail worm,I'm guessing these ate supposed to be leeches?

Another jar has some flat, non meaty circular shaped pieces known as a "Ripple Rind" when pulled straight, they twist like a ribbon.

I've always though pork trailers were for jigs...are these trailers I describe above also for standard jigs or do they have a specific application other than jigs?

I'm thinking the black straight tapered ones might be good on a dropshot

The blue worm shaped ones could be used as a C rig bait...

Typically is pork like this buoyant?

Any seasoned Bass angler care to chimevin with tips about fishing with pork ?

You could search utube for Bill Dance fishing a Pork O. The Pork O was a eel or leach shaped pork fished on a weedless hook, no weight, like a soft jerk bait. You can T-rig any pork trailer the same way you would a soft plastic worm. However pork works very good as a jig trailer or weighted hook.

Good pork rind should float. Old pork rind can become stiff or take a set in the jar. To soften pork you can tenderize it by using a meat tenderizing hammer nd pound it on a wooden board, little messy. This brings out the oils nd softens the rind.

I use a lot pork trailers andnwouldmuse the 6" eel as a jig trailer.

To make the old pork stay soft and float well you should rinse it in worm water. Replace the jar solution with heavy salt water; boil 2 cups of water and add 1 cup of sea salt, not table salt, until there is about 1 cup of solution. Put the rinsed pork trailers in the jar with heavy salt water.

I put 1 or 2 drops of pure anise oil in each jar. Do not use attractants on pork, it can stiffen them.

Good luck!

Tom