I picked up a couple of bags to use as trailers, as well as on their own.

On its own, I'm going to try it tentacles forward, like the Fat Ika.  It will definitely produce a wider spread on the other  appendages.  Hanging that way out of the water, it resembles a frog.

Has anyone fished it "backwards", or is that the way it's intended to be fished?

I'll give it a try today.  They were biting jigs yesterday.

i was just staring at my pack of kreatures last night wondering the exact same thing. i think rigging them backwards might not move the appendages very much. please post your results with us.

I'm going to try them today.  Yesterday was my first outing of the year, and they were hitting the Booyah 1/2 ounce, pigskin, river craw jig with a flappin hog trailer pretty well.

I'll concentrate on the jig, but will throw the kreature "backwards" as well.  I'll post back on this thread and let you know what happens.

Keep in mind, if it doesn't get bit, it might be the season as much as the bait.  If it does get bit, we'll know for sure it works.

I used the Kreature very heavily two season ago. I used both rigging methods mentioned. Rigging it the "normal" way produced way more fish. I would estimate 5:1. Weightless also produced the best results. Good luck. Let us know how you do...

Rig the Kreature skirt forward.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1180909581

Note: The Rage Tail Space Monkey and Smokin'

Rooster are alternatives you should add to the

mix. Similar action, different profiles.

8-)

Caught five today.  Four on a jig, and one on the Kreature.  Rigged it on a 3/32 oz Jackall wacky jig head with the skirt forward.

It will catch fish. 

I've caught a lot of nice fish on that little hook.  I've rigged fat Ikas on it.  Doesn't have much gap between the point and the Ika.  Interesting, it's the smaller fish that tend to get away.  Don't have a problem with the larger fish.

IMHO the Kreature is awfully expensive to use as a jig trailer. I have good success with the old standby, Zoom Super Chunk or Twin Tail Grub. You could get a similar profile with another Creature bait.

I use the GYBC Kreature, but as a flippin bait by itself.

IMHO the Kreature is awfully expensive to use as a jig trailer. I have good success with the old standby, Zoom Super Chunk or Twin Tail Grub. You could get a similar profile with another Creature bait.

I use the GYBC Kreature, but as a flippin bait by itself.

I did use it by itself. All of the eleven bass I caught on a jig Sunday and Monday were caught on a jig with the same Flappin Hog trailer.

Eleven and counting bass on the same "hog" is less than eight cents per fish. It has lost no appendages, and is still in place on the jig.

If it were lost now, that's less than 8 cents per bass. If it lasts for another eleven, which is possible, judging by its present condition, it's down to about 4 cents per bass.

When I use it on a drop shot, I can catch anywhere from one to five fish. That's a cost of between 17 to 85 cents per fish.

Would I catch as many with another trailer? Perhaps, maybe even more, but at 8 cents per fish, it's definitely not a cost factor.

While Yamamoto plastics are quite fragile, they seem to hold up well as jig trailers.