Looking for help with deciding on which trailer to use? Which to use for brush piles and what kind to use for other situations? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Brushpiles in what ?:

Clear water

Stained water

Muddy/murky water

Cold water

Warm water

Trailer type, size and shape is determined by the conditions, those dictate the ammount of vibration you need ( like muddy water = curly tails ), the rate of fall ( like cold water = large trailer = slow rate of fall ) and the speed at which you retrieve the jig ( like cold water = slow retrieve ).

Most of the time the water is stained with about 18" of visibility

Most of the time the water is stained with about 18" of visibility

Ok, most of the time the water is stained with about 18" of visbility, now become the bass, imagine you step out from you home and it 's foggy and the most you can see is 18" inches away ( getting the picture ? ) since visibility is poor then your sense of sight is limited but you can listen, you can smell and you can feel the things moving through the fog, then which kind of trailer you have that emits the most vibrations ?

It 's not THAT difficult, it only takes a minute to be the fish and a little reasoning to find what you are looking for.

I fish 1/2 oz jigs in most situations and use a number of trailers

randomly: GYCB Flappin' Hog, NetBaits Baby Paca Craw and for

a really big presentation, the Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver

Double Wide!

For a smaller profile, the 3/8 oz Evolution jig matches up nicely

with the GYCB Fat Baby Craw or GYCB Double Tail Grub. Although

I rarely use "chunks", occasionally I will rig up an Uncle Josh Pork

trailer. It seems real pork is out of fashion, but they still work great!

8-)

I always prefer a trailer that provides a flapping or fluttering action with even the slowest or minimal jig movement regardless of type of jig presentation, depth or type of structure fished. I also think it is important to vary the length and or bulk of the trailer depending on conditions. These variations will increase or decrease rate of fall for each style and weight of jig used.

I use chunks for smaller jigs, pinched craws for longer or slightly bulkier presentations and pinched Lobsters for the large style jigs. (All Rage Tail)

Big O

www.ragetail.com

You know I was wondering the same thing yesterday, but hesitated to ask because i know it's colder and jigs are good in cold water so knew someone would ask sooner or later, in this case sooner rather than later.

Thanks!

im not to picky when it comes to trailers. iprefer to use a super chunk, paca craw and eakins craw all on an eakins jig. a variety of trailers make it easy for me to accentuate one jig model and size. foe example, i like the super chunk for a fluid like momement in the water and a slower fall, great for swimming it. i like the paca for hopping the jig and giving it good vibes, and the eakins craw for clearer water and crawling on the bottom. this lets me from getting confused on what jig size, skirt, or color to use. im not in any way a good jig fisherman, this is just what ive used so far and has produced very well for me.

my 2 cents.

-j

I use the Rage Craw and Rage Lobster exclusively.  High action trailers tend to produce more vicious strikes, taking out a lot of the guess work in jig fishing.  Pork, old fashioned chunks, and beaver style trailers are good for certain situations, but I rarely use or need them anymore.  I prefer generating reaction strikes.  If I want to fish slow, I'll throw an Ocho.

The Rage Craw gets the most action on 1/4-1/2oz jigs and the Lobster is put on a Strike King Football jig or Oldham's Trailer Hitch jig in sizes 1/2+ 100% of the time.

I like to use black skirts with a watermelon-colored trailer or a brown skirt with a green-pumpkin trailer.  Of course I play with a ton of color combinations, but those are the two that I'm becoming the most fond of.

IMO the colder the water the less action a want out of my trailer. so cold water = pork or plastic chunks.

warm water = ragetails and double tail grubs.

inbetween = chiggar craws, paca craws and craw papi.