When you put a soft plastic bait on a buzz or spinnerbait, do you have to remove the skirt? Just wonderng if it's strictly a personal preference thing or does it actually affect performance? It seems like the skirt and the soft plastic is just too bulky. Thanks for any insight yall! 

Kind a depends on what your going for. A bigger bulkier bait or a more slim profile. 

I fish for LMB so I will use a small impact bait 3.8 I think along with the skirt when no trailer doesn't seem to be working. 

It's like all fishing sort of a mix of what you know, what you think you know, and what the fish are willing to give ya. No one knows the perfect answer. 

Nothing works every where or for everyone and there are plenty of situations where no trailer is the deal but a trailer on a spinnerbait / buzzbait routinely catches bass for me ~ (Day & Night).

A-Jay

Awesome, definitely understand that! I'll go skirt on for now, and if I don't like the retrieve or the profile I'll try it skirtless.. thanks yall! 

I said this in another thread but keep the skirt. It will catch you more and bigger fish, but it's too long stock. 

Shove it down from the head and cut it even a half inch past the bottom of the hook bend. Put whatever trailer you think will work on it that is at least 4". I always run a 1/0 trailer hook but that's personal preference.