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What is your favorite pattle tail trailer for a swim jig ? God Bless & Thanks

keitech swing impact fat seems to be the favourite around here. i like the strike king swimming caffeine shad as well as the bass pro version of the keitech since i can't find them locally

edit: i also forgot the rage tail menace rigged sideways 

A Rage Tail Craw or Chunk threaded sideways works well too.

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Keitech Fat Impact 3.8

PLine Kick-R Minnow

 

Allen

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another for the keitech fat impact

MissleBaits Shockwave

I have tried the Keitech Swing Impacts but they didn't have as much action as I expected. I should have gone for the Swing Impact Fats instead. 

That said I use a Zoom Fat Albert Grub on all my swim jigs now since they're much cheaper and more readily available.

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Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper

Yamamoto Swim Senko

42 minutes ago, alzun664 said:

I have tried the Keitech Swim Impacts but they didn't have as much action as I expected. I should have gone for the Swing Impact Fats instead. 

That said I use a Zoom Fat Albert Grub on all my swim jigs now since they're much cheaper and more readily available.

I love the Zoom Fat albert grub.. and at around $2 a pack at wallmart, they are hard to beat.

Depends.  

Sometimes it's a kalins grub if I want to fish the lower 3rd of the water column.

Or a strike king menace (most used) if I want to fish the middle of the water column.

Or a skinny dipper if I want to fish the upper portion of the water column.

In my opinion, the swimbait trailer is the least versatile on a swim jig because of the lift.  The menace fishes well deeper like the kalins, but has a little more lift so in order to fish it faster and deeper, you have to upsize on head size.

I use 1/4 oz Brovarney or Lethal Weapon Lures' swim jigs 90% of the time.

 

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I'm partial to the Rage Menace Grub as well as the Rage Craw. 

Reaction Innovations Little Dipper, Strike King Menace, and any 5" grub 

Kietech or gambler

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So far the only one I have had success with is a Northland mimic minnow. But like others a grub is my go to, Kalins is my brand. 

I did pick up some smash tech baits smash tail paddle tail baits that I am excited to give a toss this year, but May is a long way away 

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For paddletail I like:

Keitech 3.8 fat impact on a Cali swim jig

Keitech 4 inch swing impact on a bullet or northern swim jig

RI big dipper and little dipper depending upon jig size

Missle baits shock wave

Yamamoto swim senko cut down some

Have a few others I am testing but the above are my staple

 

 

Robo EZ Shad

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For my 3/4 I use Roboworm EZ-Shads, Big Hammers, and 6" Kalin grubs. 

For 1/2 it's 4" GYCB swimbait or Kalin 4" grubs. 

Anything smaller are Havoc Grass Pigs or Havoc double tail grubs. 

 

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Swimmin fluke jr pairs up nicely with a strike king swim jig

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It all depends on what the bass want.  I play around with different trailers until I find one that works.

I have been using the Rage Menace grub, and have had very good results. I plan on trying the 3.8" Kietech fat impact this year.

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10 hours ago, kickerfish1 said:

For paddletail I like:

Keitech 3.8 fat impact on a Cali swim jig

Keitech 4 inch swing impact on a bullet or northern swim jig

RI big dipper and little dipper depending upon jig size

Missle baits shock wave

Yamamoto swim senko cut down some

Have a few others I am testing but the above are my staple

 

 

I did a tub test a while back and was stunned how much action that the swim senko has. I had always thought of that thing as a finesse bait, but man that thing has some violent action. Almost had forgotten about that one, but will be a must try in dirty water to call in the fish or clear water when they want a bait that pushes a lot of water.

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The following videos may be of interest to you

 

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately my budget did not allow me to test more than I did, but some more common minus the Keitech are in there.

Swimmin fluke jr or 5" swimmin fluke

Reaction innovations little dipper

Zoom speed craws

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