HawgHunter13 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 I’m sure this was answered but jigs can be fished all season, I’ve hooked on bass in early spring ,summer and fall with no problems. the trailer I usually use a matching 3” craw my favorite and only color is green pumpkin simply because they work best for me but I’ve caught great fish on black and blue and white also how to fish is easy. I typically fish them 3 ways 1. drag slowly on bottom 2. swim it 3. jerk it around cover I’ve caught fish using all these methods and there all pretty consistent(try all methods and is the one that the fish bite on) one last thing is a lot of times the fish act right away once jig hit the water so watch that line apon lire hitting water. last thing is the type of jig. For swimming a jig I like the strike king blue Gill color with green pumpkin strike king 3” swim bait trailer and for slow tempo I like the green pumpkin bico original jig with green pumpkin battle craw from bico (I will be trying the zman 3” green pumpkin craw soon because of durability reason of the zman products) hope this helps and good luck 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User the reel ess Posted November 19, 2021 Super User Share Posted November 19, 2021 Back in spring I posted in this thread. I had a day when bass were taking the claws off my jig trailer. I managed to catch a nice one but went through a bunch of plastic. I had the same experience yesterday. I missed at least 4 bites before I stuck one. They were swimming off toward deeper water with the jig and I'd set the hook and get my jig back minus the tails. The one I finally caught I let swim around for about 5 seconds. And I still barely hooked that one at the edge of the lip. I could have had a pretty good day for cold water fishing if I'd caught all that bit. Instead it was the usual cold water day. 1 bass. Maybe next time I'll rig up just a craw on a T rig to see if they take it better. On a positive note, the bass did seem to want the craw on the retrieve, not the initial fall. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trox Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 11/19/2021 at 9:55 AM, the reel ess said: I had a day when bass were taking the claws off my jig trailer. you ever just take the claws off for them? I know it sounds funny, but there was a good bassmaster article written a while back that states the following around some research done: "For 60 days, 450 largemouth bass, plucked from the same environment, were tested using a robotic arm and a strike counter. Each group of bass was presented a crawfish bait at the same speed and angle of attack. The bass tested had never seen the bait that was presented (it was a prototype). The test then continued, with one pincer removed, then a second pincer removed, and finally, the legs. The soft bait that had no appendages (no legs or pincers, just a body and tail) had the greatest number of strikes." https://www.bassmaster.com/understanding-bass-forage-crawfish I've tested this theory a few times when the bite was tough as you mentioned and it did lead to a few extra bites (and better hookups)... A senko trailer can be a good immitator of this if you don't want to just go ripping up your craw trailers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclops2 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 That is how I like my crayfish & lobsters. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User the reel ess Posted January 2, 2022 Super User Share Posted January 2, 2022 32 minutes ago, TroxBox said: you ever just take the claws off for them? I know it sounds funny, but there was a good bassmaster article written a while back that states the following around some research done: "For 60 days, 450 largemouth bass, plucked from the same environment, were tested using a robotic arm and a strike counter. Each group of bass was presented a crawfish bait at the same speed and angle of attack. The bass tested had never seen the bait that was presented (it was a prototype). The test then continued, with one pincer removed, then a second pincer removed, and finally, the legs. The soft bait that had no appendages (no legs or pincers, just a body and tail) had the greatest number of strikes." https://www.bassmaster.com/understanding-bass-forage-crawfish I've tested this theory a few times when the bite was tough as you mentioned and it did lead to a few extra bites (and better hookups)... A senko trailer can be a good immitator of this if you don't want to just go ripping up your craw trailers. I have proceeded with one claw or no claws with no success. But that sample size is small. I'm sure bass would bite a crawfish whose claws were gone. I'll bet I could catch a bass on a shrimp imitation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajschn06 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 My winter cabin fever time has been spent with a bucket of water and numerous jigs/trailers testing how they sit on the bottom. I was surprised to find out that most of them are pretty blah when they hit the bottom- rolling over or just settling down, but I found one combo that stood above the rest. A 3/8 oz @Siebert Outdoors brush jig paired with an Xzone Muscleback craw sits up off the bottom beautifully in a perfect attacking position. I think the somewhat lighter hook compared to a thick flipping hook makes a difference here and obviously the "floating claw" that xzone touts. I tried the smaller model MB Craw and adrenaline craw on a few other jigs and did not get the same effect. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avid Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Anyone using mission jigs for their soft plastics? I find that they hold the bait off the bottom real well Anyone else use them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd2 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 1/5/2022 at 1:33 PM, ajschn06 said: My winter cabin fever time has been spent with a bucket of water and numerous jigs/trailers testing how they sit on the bottom. I was surprised to find out that most of them are pretty blah when they hit the bottom- rolling over or just settling down but I found one combo that stood above the rest. A 3/8 oz @Siebert Outdoors brush jig paired with an Xzone Muscleback craw sits up off the bottom beautifully It's a good point but I've noticed that some of my best jig trailers seem to be pretty blah. I've used a stickbait or half of a stickbait for many years after reading about it in an article long before hearing about the ned rig. Sometimes it outproduces everything. The Zoom speed craw is not overly active at slow speeds but Bass around here love them. But I'm always game to try new trailers when things are slow, I might have to look for some these Musclebacks. Any other trailers out there with active claws at rest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajschn06 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Todd2 said: It's a good point but I've noticed that some of my best jig trailers seem to be pretty blah. I've used a stickbait or half of a stickbait for many years after reading about it in an article long before hearing about the ned rig. Sometimes it outproduces everything. The Zoom speed craw is not overly active at slow speeds but Bass around here love them. But I'm always game to try new trailers when things are slow, I might have to look for some these Musclebacks. Any other trailers out there with active claws at rest? I think anything xzone in their standard size does. I picked up some standard adrenaline craws and they do the same. I don’t know if it will produce more fish, but it makes me more confident. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawdown Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 7:51 AM, Todd2 said: Any other trailers out there with active claws at rest? I recently bought some Z-man BatwingZ in both 2.75” and 3.5” in the hopes they’ll do precisely this and also be durable. Haven’t tried them yet or done the “bucket test.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User WRB Posted April 11, 2022 Super User Share Posted April 11, 2022 The flotation characteristics of ZMan ElasZtech soft plastics and durability are both good. The down side has been the plastic may not be compatible to silicone and living rubber skirts materials. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawdown Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 1 hour ago, WRB said: The flotation characteristics of ZMan ElasZtech soft plastics and durability are both good. The down side has been the plastic may not be compatible to silicone and living rubber skirts materials. Tom Can you elaborate? I’ve never heard of trailer material “compatibility.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoShoes Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 8 hours ago, Drawdown said: Can you elaborate? I’ve never heard of trailer material “compatibility.” elaztech has a tendency to eat other plastics and render them to a glob of goo. If you look it up, they’ll actually advertise not to store with other soft plastics. it may very well eat your jig skirts too. Never heard of it happening but it’s possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator J Francho Posted April 11, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted April 11, 2022 12 hours ago, WRB said: The down side has been the plastic may not be compatible to silicone and living rubber skirts materials. I haven't had any issues with either. So far, I've only seen it react with plastisol baits. Long term, I've seen it discolor a Plano utility box. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemsondds Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 29 minutes ago, J Francho said: I haven't had any issues with either. So far, I've only seen it react with plastisol baits. Long term, I've seen it discolor a Plano utility box. Yeh I have several (6-7) plano edge boxes. The only one that I have had issues with is the one with my ned baits (zman plastics). The rubber gasket broke completely and it discolored the box. The baits are amazing but they don't play well with anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator J Francho Posted April 11, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted April 11, 2022 1 hour ago, clemsondds said: The baits are amazing but they don't play well with anything! Leave them in the original package and you'll be fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemsondds Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 13 minutes ago, J Francho said: Leave them in the original package and you'll be fine. this! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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