Are you supposed to put a soft plastic or something on it? I havent done this but actaully did get a big bite on one.

Thanks

no you dont have to but i always do, i truly dont jig fish alot but i like to add trailers ,it creates a bigger looking bait, a better fall rate , and craw trailers can look just like a crawfish on the bottom when matched up with a jig.  but if your gettin bites without one, go for it

I do not throw a jig without a trailer. The jig is supposed to imitate a crawdad, so  love using craw trailers. I use Pork rind trailers, but many use plastics , not sure if one works better then the other. It's preference.

Gives a smaller profile, faster rate of fall, and you can also try a buck tail jig  

I fish a trailer on a craw type jig.  I either use a craw, twin tail grub, a chunk or a beaver.  I also fish a lot of bucktails which I swim or vertical jig and I never put a trailer on them.

Hey thanks everyone!

you talking about a plastic jig or a hair jig??  You can put plastic trailer or pork trailer or nothing at all

sue a trealr that imitates the thing u are imitating

UGH! lol I made this thread about a month ago...it's sad when u find your old threads and see how newby your question is.....how embaressing :

Anyone use any soft plastics that aren't really intended for jigs as trailers? I heard somewhere that a brush hog makes a good jig trailer.

If it's plastic it can be used as a jig trailer; The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Its not something that absolutely has to be done but I like a trailer with mine.

i used a tore up swimsenko and it gave the bait more action and tore them up . I used a white jig with silver swimsenko tore in half

Great success with a GYCB Kreature, skirt forward.

The head (tail) stands up and the appendages wiggle much like a double tail grub.

This combination has been particularly hot for me:

1/2 oz Micro Munch Jig (black) matched with the Kreature (black w/ blue flakes).

The term jig can mean different things. Fresh water bass jigs for example come in several styles, shapes and sizes.

Shaky head jig; ball head or pea head with a worm as a trailer.

Spider jig; stand up head with soft plastic spider skirt and grub with single or double tails as a trialer.

Football head; can be used as a spider jig or jig and pig or bum wirh silicone, live rubber or vinyl skirt and worm, or with soft plastic creature trailer.

Arkie jig, similar to football except with weed guard.

hair jig, similar to the above, except deer hair used as skirt.

Etc., etc, etc.

The skirt style gives the jig head color and profile, plus movement that help to convince the bass to consider it as prey. The jigs trialer gives the jig a profile and color, plus additional movement to increase possiblity for the bass to strike it. It's common for live bait fishermen to use plain jig head without any skirt and add a minnow to catch game fish, including bass. IMO the trailer is more important than the head or skirt. The trailer should create the illusion the jig is something to eat, the jig and skirt delivers the trailer to the bass in a manner that gives the bass an opportunity to strike it.

A high floatation pork trailer is the best possible trailer for jigs, however they take a care to prevent drying out during the day. If you add a 3/4" length of plastic worm to the hook shank, you help prevent the pork trailer from fouling the hook point. You also need a pig blanket ( sponge) to keep the pork trailer wet when not using it.

Beginner jig fisherman should start with spider type jigs IMO, they are easier to use and work well. Yamamoto 4" twintail Hula grub and 1/2 oz football head makes an excellent combination.

WRB

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