How many of you will use a soft plastic trailer on a spinnerbait and if so which ones? I almost never use a trailer or a trailer hook and have a lot of success. Just want to know if im missing anything? My favorite way to fish a spinnerbait, is to burn them. I feel a soft plastic trailer isn't conducive to that.

As a noob I am interested in the answer to this from more experienced anglers.

No plastic trailer or trailer hook for me.

 

Very rarely. If the water is super stained I will throw a chartreuse grub on the back. But we are talking less than 6 inches of visibility. 

Almost never on a spinner bait, almost always on a jig.

37 minutes ago, BASSnRacks said:

How many of you will use a soft plastic trailer on a spinnerbait and if so which ones? I almost never use a trailer or a trailer hook and have a lot of success. Just want to know if im missing anything? My favorite way to fish a spinnerbait, is to burn them. I feel a soft plastic trailer isn't conducive to that.

I always use a soft plastic paddle tail swimbait. I use 3.8-4.8 Keitechs. They add bulk to the bait and attract larger fish and it adds a little

mkre thump. Bass also tend to lock onto the hook better. They see he skirt and a nice looking swimbait and it gives them something to home in on and bite.  I usually match the skirt. If I use chart/white I go with white swimbait etc

Sometimes yes, no rhyme or reason, I just do when I feel like it.

 

I've seen times when it made a difference ?

I nearly always have, either a curly or paddle tail. But, they run the risk of destabilizing the bait, esp if you want to burn it. 

Always

 

oe

Depends on the spinnerbait. 

 

If it is a white or chartreuse spinner, no because I get less strikes with a paddle tail added as a trailer.

 

With bluegill colored spinners, yes. The bigger profile gets more strikes and more hook ups, rather than a blade getting grabbed. I was putting a Keitech FAT Swing Impact on, but I've found the Gambler EZ Swimmers and Big EZ work just as well. 

No for me. But my fav spinnerbait is the War Eagle Gold Shiner. It has some longer strands in the skirt that kinda resemble a trailer. I always use a trailer hook. I wouldn't want a trailer to get in the way of the trailer hook. 

I throw a spinner-bait with a paddle tail trailer or craw trailer 110% of the time. It just gives the bait that much more action in my opinion. 

The only trailer on my spinnerbaits is a trailer hook.

Plastic Trailers are a great way to add loft without having to change blades; when you are trying to tune everything in. But I would say I typically catch more pike when using plastic trailers than bass; probably because it gives the spinnerbait a larger profile (unless it's a thin split tail). Sometimes I will grab a grub and clip the whole tail off and just thread the body of the grub up the shank; again for a slower fall and more resistance along with giving the fish something to bite into which has a more natural feel and added scent. Can't remember where I picked this advice up, but I'm pretty sure it was an old school angler back in the 90s 

I will add a grub to my spinnerbaits if I want more casting weight for distance or dealing with wind.  

Plastic never trailer hook always for me.

SK Blade Minnow is a staple trailer for me on spinnerbaits.

A-Jay

Never use a trailer or trailer hook on my spinner baits...

I never use a trailer or trailer hook. I have my best luck slow rolling a spinner bait.

When I want to add bulk to the bait but that is maybe 10% of the time.

 Generally I am fishing them fast in the upper water column .

 

Allen

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

SK Blade Minnow is a staple trailer for me on spinnerbaits.

A-Jay

A spinnerbait that I do not recognize, what is it?

 

Allen

Nearly always a twin tail. Don't know why but I have always done it.

Here is how I do it:

 

Spinnerbait's....I use War Eagle's, they have longer strands that act as a trailer, so I almost never use one OR a trailer hook. If they are short striking I either down size, change color, retrieve speed, or presentations all together.

 

Buzzbaits...I use Cavitrons. No trailer, or trailer hooks. But often I remove the skirt and super glue a Keitech Noisy Flapper frog to them.

 

Swim jigs... home assembled with Boss swim jig heads and Boss skirts, I all ways use a trailer. I currently like Keitech Fat Impacts, and Keitech Crazy flapper craws. Never a trailer hook.

 

Chatterbaits.....all ways a trailer. My current favorite is the Z-man project Z chatterbait, and a Z-man Razor Shad.

 

Next year when I am bored with these baits, my answers will change LOL.

I don't usually add a trailer. 

It just gives the drum something to bite off.

1 hour ago, Munkin said:

When I want to add bulk to the bait but that is maybe 10% of the time.

 Generally I am fishing them fast in the upper water column .

 

Allen

A spinnerbait that I do not recognize, what is it?

 

Allen

This Most excellent spinnerbait happens to be a 3/4 oz Biovex Stangun spinnerbait.   Although they are sometimes a little hard to acquire this particular bait is responsible for my current Personal Best Smallmouth bass. 

So clearly Allen, I am seriously bias.

http://biovexusa.com/product-category/freshwater-lures/spinner-baits/

A-Jay

 

No trailer or trailer hook.