i have read that alot of people use trailer hooks on their spinner baits. What is the advantage to them, can i use them on buzzbaits or anything else, and will all trailer hooks fit onto all spinnerbaits.

this is what i found. are they any good, what do you recommend.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&partNumber=1777&hvarTarget=search&cmCat=SearchResults

I always use a trailer hook on my buzzbaits and most of the time on spinnerbaits. This will give you a better shot at hooking up with "short" striking fish especially if your "burning" a buzzbait or a fairly fast retrieve on a spinnerbait.

My hooks of choice have always been Gamakatsu. I probably have some BPS trailers in my tackle some place but now I use the Gammy's. The eye on a trailer hook is big enough to accomodate any spinner/buzz bait.

I rig mine to swing free but have rigged it with the tubing over the eye in the past. To each his own I reckon. 2/0 or 3/0 is a good size.

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Shortbasser

I don't see any reason why those Bass Pro hooks wouldn't be OK. I use trailer hooks on buzzbaits and spinnerbaits. The advantage is that they will help catch a few more fish and the obvious disadvantage is that they might snag some vegetation or other cover.

As far as I know, all hooks that actually have the words "trailer hooks" in the product name will have an eye big enough to fit over the main hook of the bait. Like shortbasser, I also rig mine so they are free swinging.

How do you rig it wheres its free swinging? Don't you need the rubber tubing over the eye to keep it on the hook?

I have been using the Gamakatsu G-Stinger this past year. The G-Stinger is not a traditional trailer hook, but a round bend hook that attaches to the lure by a looped cord. I have used them on any bait that traditional trailers are used on plus soft plastic jerk baits. Sorry I don't have a picture but you can do a search to see it.

To rig it so it swings freely, put the trailer hook on, then the tubing.

Bugman, I just bought some of those Gammy stinger hooks, and they look awesome.  I rigged one up on a spinnerbait (even though I won't be using it til next summer), looks great, looks like it will track straight, but one question.  Do you find it works as well (or better) than a standard trailer hook?

I use trailers as well but I've found that I prefer to keep mine rigid instead of free swinging. I think there are plus' and minus' to both but the reason I keep mine as rigid as I can is that I've seen fish come slap the bait when the hook is free swinging and it simply slaps to the side, out of the way. That said, a downside to how I do it is that if a fish slaps it and misses your hook is now permanently tweaked to the side for the rest of the cast and you probably aren't going to get a follow-up bite.

I use trailer hooks about 50% of the time on buzzbaits and spinnerbaits. I also like to let the trailer swing freely. This past season about 75% of the fish I caught on a spinnerbait were on the trailer hook.

Falcon

99% of the time I have a trailer hook on both my spinnerbaits and my buzzbaits. I always rig my trailer hooks to swing free. Gamakatsu trailer hooks are all I use.