Hey ya’ll, 

 

I’ve been looking to step up my swim jig game and I’ve arrived at the conclusion that the trailer matters infinitely more than the jig when it comes to swim jigs. After some research, I’ve concluded that while chatterbaits should control the action of the trailer, trailers should control the action of a swim jig. Would y’all agree with my research? An idea that I had was to put a speed worm or something else with a lot of thump to get the swim jig moving. What’s ya’lls favorite trailer? Hope everyone’s well.

 

On 8/9/2020 at 10:12 AM, LrgmouthShad said:

trailers should control the action of a swim jig

I recommend firm soft plastics with lots of “rocking” action. It’s also interesting how the trailer must fight against the actual weight of the jighead. So a trailer which “rocks” a 1/4 oz swim jig might not do the same for a 1/2 oz jig.
 

That being said, a speed worm wouldn’t be on my list of suitable trailers but you won’t know until you try. You won’t lose anything by testing it out and it would be interesting if you can report back to us! 
 

My personal favorite trailer for a swim jig is the XZone Swammer. Decent price, good action and good durability.

 

Thanks for the reply. I have not fished paddle tail swimbaits or speed worms a whole lot, but from what I remember, a speed worm thumped much much harder than a paddle tail Swimbait so that was my idea on using them for swim jigs. The speed worm I used was the zoom original speed worm. When I finally get out to fish again in the next couple of weeks I’ll give the speed worms a shot. Thanks for your recommendation of trailer as well. I’ll take a look

10 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

 

I like it. I have some rage menace’s but that shell cracker has nice bulk and profile to it. Thanks!