I could've sworn this was being discussed here somewhere, but I couldn't find it. So if there's a thread that I overlooked I apologize. 

 

This thing is ridiculous!! I watched this video and just started laughing once I saw the trailer on it. It looks more like a monster from an old Godzilla movie than an actual bass jig. Now, I'm sure it'll get bit, but your bites are gonna be few and far in between. Some bass may not even be able to fit that hook in their mouth!

 

Retails for $15.99. I wonder how much the trailer costs. 😅

 

 

I forget which trailer they are showing there (Ike did a smilar video) but I picked up one of the smaller sized ones and plan to put a ~5" swimbait on the back of it.  Even at that its still smaller than a shad or the various swimbaits that people are throwing.  It will be comparable to a magdraft with a little bit of a skirt.  I see it as a magnum swim jig or a weedless swimbait.

 

rick

 

Paging Dr. @Catt

 

I know you like throwing a full size lobster on a jig with uncut skirt, you gonna sling these?

37 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

Paging Dr. @Catt

 

 

I gotta try fishing a super heavy jig real fast this weekend.  Been mostly crawling em around and not getting so much as a sniff!

I’m intrigued! I have a pack of 7 inch craws I haven’t used yet! 

3 hours ago, casts_by_fly said:

I forget which trailer they are showing there (Ike did a smilar video) but I picked up one of the smaller sized ones and plan to put a ~5" swimbait on the back of it.  Even at that its still smaller than a shad or the various swimbaits that people are throwing.  It will be comparable to a magdraft with a little bit of a skirt.  I see it as a magnum swim jig or a weedless swimbait.

 

rick

 

 I throw big swimjigs and have had great success with a bit off gambler 6.5” GZ. That hunk of plastic can body roll any heavy jighead. Deadly at night. 
 

scott

 

these are pretty good if you want heavy but regular big. 
https://www.northstarbaits.com/flip_and_swimjig.html

Sometimes ☺️

 

I know a lake in Mexico, where the fresh water lobsters are that size.  The Bait Monkey just showed up at my door while I was watching the video.

Big jigs work...small jigs work

Big worms work...small worms work

Big swimbaits work...small swimbaits work

 

I used to believe like most anglers do that during winter you have to slow down because the bass has slowed down. 

 

While it is true that bass in cold water will not chase a lure. That's only partially true because they will chase a lure just not far. 

 

The extreme fall rate of a heavy jig will generate a reaction strike. Think of it like punching, once you punch through the canopy it's instant reaction.

5 hours ago, softwateronly said:

 I throw big swimjigs and have had great success with a bit off gambler 6.5” GZ. That hunk of plastic can body roll any heavy jighead. Deadly at night. 
 

scott

 

these are pretty good if you want heavy but regular big. 
https://www.northstarbaits.com/flip_and_swimjig.html

I also throw heavy swim jigs in ‘normal’ sizes. Catt pictured

one below (strike king tour with the swinging hook) that’s at 1/2 oz. Then I’ve got some siebert jigs up to an ounce. 

 

3 hours ago, Catt said:

Sometimes ☺️

 

 

Who makes oversized craw trailers, say 5" or greater?

9 minutes ago, RipzLipz said:

Who makes oversized craw trailers, say 5" or greater?

Gambler has the super stinger and lake fork has the hyper freak that I know of.  
 

scott

Good info @Catt and that totally checks out for me this winter.  I fished fast this winter and caught 10:1 what I caught last year.  I'll definitely be going heavy and compact with little to no 'impeding' the fall with the trailer selection.  Should be fun!  😎🙏🏼🎣

Ridiculous is all I have to say.

Tom

I still have a decent supply of 6" Gene Larew Hawg Craws. I have some similar to the ones in the video that are 6 1/2".

 

Do not over look Texas Rigging those big craws.

 

@WRB it's hard to move away from normal. 

 

One of the top lures down here during late winter-early pre-spawn is a Rat-L-Trap. Not exactly a slow lure!

2 hours ago, RipzLipz said:

Who makes oversized craw trailers, say 5" or greater?

I have a Geecrack Bunny Hog. A full 6" and high specific gravity plastic.

 

The bait with no weights comes in at 1oz!! 

 

http://www.geecrack.com/freshwaterEN/product/lure/SB/bunnyhog.html

52 minutes ago, Catt said:

I still have a decent supply of 6" Gene Larew Hawg Craws. I have some similar to the ones in the video that are 6 1/2".

 

Do not over look Texas Rigging those big craws.

 

@WRB it's hard to move away from normal. 

 

One of the top lures down here during late winter-early pre-spawn is a Rat-L-Trap. Not exactly a slow lure!

SHHHH!  don’t tell anyone that rattle traps catch cold fish. For years growing up we’d fish the ponds at ice out with the original trap. Sometimes you’d throw it up on the ice and the fish would grab it as it dropped off. I’ve got a lipless tied on from my first trip until the grass is too much to throw it. 

 

 

23 minutes ago, RRocket said:

I have a Geecrack Bunny Hog. A full 6" and high specific gravity plastic.

 

The bait with no weights comes in at 1oz!! 

 

http://www.geecrack.com/freshwaterEN/product/lure/SB/bunnyhog.html

that’s the only problem with these big jigs. You start with an ounce or an ounce and a half of lead and add another ounce of plastic. You’re getting into extra big rod territory to throw them.

5 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said:

 

 

 

that’s the only problem with these big jigs. You start with an ounce or an ounce and a half of lead and add another ounce of plastic. You’re getting into extra big rod territory to throw them.

With something of this heft, you could certainly throw it weightless.

 

But then we deviate from the discussion about using it as a trailer. Though I have seen a couple JDM skirts that get added or are part of the hook...Though the brand escapes me ATM.

It’s not the size of the trailer....it’s the hook size!

Tom

5 minutes ago, WRB said:

It’s not the size of the trailer....it’s the hook size!

Tom

That's why I said some bass would have trouble getting that hook in their mouth. What a gaff! Tho 5+ pound bass wouldn't. And you'd be targeting larger fish with this in the first place. 

1 hour ago, RRocket said:

But then we deviate from the discussion about using it as a trailer.

 

I have no problem with deviations in any of my discussions. 

2 hours ago, WRB said:

It’s not the size of the trailer....it’s the hook size!

Tom

Someone told me a long while back a saying, Big bait =big fish. Small bait=all fish. 

1 hour ago, rgasr63 said:

Someone told me a long while back a saying, Big bait =big fish. Small bait=all fish. 

Me too. I have had a bag of Mann's Grape Jelly Worms that I've never used because they're like a foot long and I never expected to fish for a bass that big. I may need to re-think that topic one day. 

@Catt I'm gonna try this 3/4 oz Siebert brush jig with a thinned out skirt and a zoom chunk.

 

 

My plan is to do a lift drop cadence that mirrors what's been getting the biggest bites on the lipless!  😉