Just wondering when you guys use a bait such as a Zoom Super Chunk as a jig trailer or a craw type such as a Rage craw or chigger craw as a jig trailer? I almost always use a craw type soft plastic such as the rage craw for a jig trailer and never a chunk. I do have some Zoom Super Chunks that I keep in the boat but I just want to know the time that you guys think its best to use a chunk over a craw plastic. Thanks!

Generally speaking, I'll use the chunk when the fishing is tough and I want a more subtle action. It's essentially my winter/cold water trailer.

All other times I will be using the Rage Craw.

 

I usually dont put a lot of thought into a plastic jig trailer often just using a tore up lizard , craw , worm...When I first started using jigs   I mostly used   pork or a  Mister Twister Double tail  . Pork was usually a muddy or cold water choice or if I was targeting   bigger fish  .  The Mister Twister was for  clear or warm water .  

In warmer weather I start off with a craw, and in colder weather I start off with a chunk. 

Love the super chunk. .

I use a Rage Lobster or Gene Larew 6" Hawg Craw except during extreme cold water then I'll its a Zoom Swimming Chunk.

Dont chunks work really well on jigs with rattles? Seems like I can never get a full size up the hook shank. 

Z-Hog, or a Rage Craw with the head (front segment) bit off. Occasionally, just to be different, I'll thread on a Horny Toad.

I like the net bait paca chunk it's basically a paca craw just more fitting for a jig I'm a huge netbait fan so I'm slightly biased =X

So basically flapping vs non-flapping, for me:

 

Flapping - Active fish, heavily stained or muddy water, low fishing pressure, when I'm hopping/swimming it often its a great addition then too.

Non-flapping - When I want a more realistic presentation, less active fish, high pressured fish, when I am mainly dragging.

 

I generally stick with that approach, and sometimes the opposite! depending on what the fish want. The flapping craw has become such a staple in the modern day fisherman's arsenal and it does work, but is the exact reason I throw a non-flapper behind most people.

Rage craw and DB craw when its cold.

Rage Craw 90% of the time, and about 10% I'm going to a grub or deadsticking trailer when it's really cold. 

I like using the chunk in extremes but I use it in different ways at each extreme. In cold water, less than 60 degrees, I'm using a chunk, and I'll thread the chunk on my jig to give it a more compact profile along with the more subtle action. When the water gets really warm, over 80 degrees, I'll go to a chunk again due to the more subtle action but instead of threading it on like I do in cold water, I'll instead just hand it on the hook which will give it a larger profile. The reason for that is in the warm water the fish may be lethargic due to reduced oxygen content but the metabolism is still high so the larger profile will appeal to the fish more, at least it makes sense like that to me and gives me confidence. Any other times I'm using a craw with flapping claws or some other action type trailer.

Anymore its a Rage craw or Rage baby craw.   Swim jig is a Rage Menace. 

Chunk is a plastic version of a pork rind frog, most anglers nose hook a chunk for better action and use them in colder water similar to a pork frog.

A dead crawdad doesn't catch bass, so the claws become moving appendages to give the jig a life like action.

I use real pork, nose hooked for life like action year around. If the bass want something with more movement, then a GYCB Hula grub or Berkley Chigger craw is used threaded onto the jig hook.

Tom

mainly use a rage craw and chigger craw not a huge fan of chunks but i don't think i've given them enough time either.