Had a great year with the swimjig. Lots of nice bass, pike, and a couple nice musky, along with a few biteoffs. Used several trailers including the baby and regular rage craw, the menace both vertical and horizontal, the small EZ swimmer and the big bite double tail grub. Was wondering what everybody else prefers. Always looking for new options.

To mimic shad I will use a pearl colored 3 inch paddle tail.

Something a little different than what you listed is a Kalins 5" single tail grub. Caught a very solid musky and pike with that yesterday.

Other than that similar to you, paca craws and a yum beaver styled bait rigged sideways did well too.

To mimic shad I will use a pearl colored 3 inch paddle tail.

Where the heck you been old friend? Hows the foot?

Reactions Innovations Skinny Dipper & Lake Fork Boot Tail Live Magic Shad.

 

A-Jay

Foots good Ken, barely slowed me down, at least no where near getting older,LOL. Did have to reduce standing at the trolling motor to 8 hours versus 12 hours.

Been having the greatest amount of success with a Skinny Dipper or Rage Craw.

Gonna try a Rage Menace this weekend.

Mike

Roboworm EZ shad

4" Easy Shiner. Nice wiggle, moves the whole jig. They're about as durable as Kleenex though so I'm looking for an alternative.

4" ZMan Diezel Minnowz in Pearl , Blue Glimmer or Bad Shad ...Use a dab of super glue to secure on the swim jig - they have a nice action and longevity is not a problem .

4" Easy Shiner. Nice wiggle, moves the whole jig. They're about as durable as Kleenex though so I'm looking for an alternative.

Try the Gabler EZ Swimmer or Little EZ Swimmer. Good value, best selection of colors, they last, and they catch fish.

There were days when my son would outfish me using the doubletail and days when I would outfish him. Experiment and see what is working. I'm no dummy. When he lands 4 on the doubletail to my one on the swimbait, I'm switching to something with 2 legs. If he's still outfishing me I go copycat. Vica Versa too. Nice to have 2 people in the boat for that reason.

Rage Menace and Rage craws and really like Power team lures swing hammer.

Keitech FAT/ Tail Slappers: 3.8" & 4.8"

5" Grubs

Cut R' Worm

Fat Max worm

Kalins Mogambo

Menace Grub

 

More or less

I am a K.I.S.S. man when it comes to swim jig and chatterbait trailers. 99% of the time I am using a single tail 4" curly tail grub, the other 1% of the time a boot tailed swimming stick bait . For the grub, I use the 4" Berkley power grub..............cheap enough, durable enough, power stank, swims at slow speeds, and, best of all, the Walmart 5 mins. from my house stocks them for $3.49/bag, so when the swim jig bite is on, and I am in need of more, it's an easy re-stock mission. The swimming stick bait I use is the Yum swimming dinger, 

I don't get too crazy either. I use a Zoom Fat Albert grub most of the time. If I want a little more action, I go to a twin tail grub. If I want some thump, it's a swimming/boot tail minnow.

Sub woofers and zoom swimmin flukes

Menace

keitech

baby rage craw

Another vote for the Havoc Subwoofer. That thing thumps!

I'm really liking the way a Rage Craw or Chunk rigged sideways moves.

Another vote for the Havoc Subwoofer. That thing thumps!

Well arnt you clever.

I use a ton of different trailers.

 

Swing Impact

Swing Impact Fat

Easy Shiner

Fat Albert

Double Fat Albert

Split Tail Trailer

Pit Boss

Menace Grub

Deizel Minnow

Beat Shad

Grass Pig

Skinny Dipper

Evil Twin Tail

I don't read of too many people using the yum money craw. The action on the fall and when swam is nice. Pretty good durability.

 

 

-Joshua

Almost anything Rage tail, and I stick lots of custom swimbaits on the back as well.

Caffeine shad up north, any color as long as it's white.