I know beavers are good for jig trailers...but what are some other effective ways to rig them?

i rig them texas and carolina usually. and sometimes even weightless, it just depends on the depth and the kind of day. i only use them this way, i have other trailers i use for jigs

i rig them texas and carolina usually.

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They pitch pretty well trigged/pegged.

I use beaver exculsively as a carolina rig trailer. I have thrown the beaver weighless in a small pond to observe the action. It just swims along.

My go-to pitchin' bait is a 5.20 beaver in the color 'Big Texan' rigged on a Chompers Rock Walker jighead.  I have caught countless toads on this rig, including my biggest bass of '07.

Here is the jighead...

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_51886_100010006_100000000_100010000_100-10-6

Texas-rigged to flip and pitch.

Carolina rigged.

Fish them like a creature bait and also as a jig trailer if you need bulk.

Smallie Beaver makes a great shaky head bait for smallmouth and spots.

I use the larger on as a fippin bait when pitchin to buck brush and isolated wood, laydowns, etc.

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A beaver texas rigged with a small bullet weight on spinning gear is an awesome skipping bait for getting underneath docks and overhangs.

It is one of those baits you really can't fish wrong.