Big O , do you get quite a few tail strikes. Ive been on a good bite burning a custom shad color i made with a white rage grub. I can generate 15-20 hits but seems like 5-10 of em just knock the fire out of that tail. Im tryin to resolve this issue lol

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Rage tail grubs work well also.

Whoops looked over this post. You tend to get any short strikes?

Big O , do you get quite a few tail strikes. Ive been on a good bite burning a custom shad color i made with a white rage grub. I can generate 15-20 hits but seems like 5-10 of em just knock the fire out of that tail. Im tryin to resolve this issue lol

Do you have the tail of the grub turned upward the hook? 

Big O , do you get quite a few tail strikes. Ive been on a good bite burning a custom shad color i made with a white rage grub. I can generate 15-20 hits but seems like 5-10 of em just knock the fire out of that tail. Im tryin to resolve this issue lol

I believe Mr. Tom Monsoor himself wrote an article about swim jigs and addressed this specific issue. Generally speaking, without getting in to semantics, you're trailer selection isn't quite right. It can be boiled down into paddle vs swim but, as I'm sure you're aware, it goes much deeper than this. Getting the bite, or swipe in this instance, is the easy part. It's the commitment that can get dicey. When (and I do a lot) throw a swim jig, I'm looking for where and how the fish is hooked and I always tweak the trailer style, length, and profile until the fish are choking it. Easy answer to your specific situation would be if they are nipping at a grub, put a white swimming caffiene shad/skinny dipper on instead. 

Do you have the tail of the grub turned upward the hook?

good ?. Im one of them guys that experiments, tail up is the way it fishes best. When burned on a chatterbait that tail gives it a good side to side erratic action. theyll either crush it or push it 1-2ft. A trailer hook gets in the way of the tail. Only thing ive come up with is a treble hook, one hook hooked into the grub which exposed the remaining hook upwards.

I believe Mr. Tom Monsoor himself wrote an article about swim jigs and addressed this specific issue. Generally speaking, without getting in to semantics, you're trailer selection isn't quite right. It can be boiled down into paddle vs swim but, as I'm sure you're aware, it goes much deeper than this. Getting the bite, or swipe in this instance, is the easy part. It's the commitment that can get dicey. When (and I do a lot) throw a swim jig, I'm looking for where and how the fish is hooked and I always tweak the trailer style, length, and profile until the fish are choking it. Easy answer to your specific situation would be if they are nipping at a grub, put a white swimming caffiene shad/skinny dipper on instead.

will definatly keep this in mind, thank you

good ?. Im one of them guys that experiments, tail up is the way it fishes best. When burned on a chatterbait that tail gives it a good side to side erratic action. theyll either crush it or push it 1-2ft. A trailer hook gets in the way of the tail. Only thing ive come up with is a treble hook, one hook hooked into the grub which exposed the remaining hook upwards.

Might want to turn the tail downward opposite the hook direction especially on quicker retrieves. On the retrieve when the tail is turned downward, the tail will ride up directly behind the hook point which makes it harder for the fish to nip the grub tail without getting the hook too. Hope that helps!   

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Might want to turn the tail downward opposite the hook direction especially on quicker retrieves. On the retrieve when the tail is turned downward, the tail will ride up directly behind the hook point which makes it harder for the fish to nip the grub tail without getting the hook too. Hope that helps!

Thanks, i tried each direction. Ill be out this week to test it out. I didnt happen to notice if the tail rode up like you said, it just didnt look as good comin threw the water tail down vs. Tail up.