I have not really used them in the past but as the spawn approaches and i am getting all my tackle in order I plan on throwing everything this year. What are yalls favorites?

im cheap so i just save my plastics and pick something of similar color with action. zoom g tail worms give really thump on the bait. they also cause bad line twist whem fished t-rigged so all of mine will be trailers

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I use a Lake Fork Hyper Worm most of the time. The only two others that I use are a Kalin's Grub and a Zoom Fat Albert.

If you're looking to present a bit of a larger profile,

the Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper & the Berkley Havoc Lane's 5" Grass Pig Swimbait

both make great trailers.

A-Jay

Zoom Swimmin Chunk is my favorite.......................Al

i do well with zoom tabtails and money minnows. a lot of times i'll take the SB skirt off entirely and just fish it with the plastic. AWESOME application for dirty, pressured water. i like a-jay's suggestion as well

My favorite spinnerbait trailer is a hook.

I am with J on this one. For some reason it comes down to a confidence thing with me. Adding anything to a spinnerbait creates too large of a profile to where I am not comfortable with the presentation.

I like to just throw on a trailer hook and concentrate on other aspects of the bait such as blades, size, and color.

I dont even bother with a trailer, just a trailer hook. I used to put a grub on the back, then i started using a trailer hook and no plastic trailer and my hookup ratio went up significantly. I would say close to 50% of my bass are hooked on only the trailer hook.

I would say close to 50% of my bass are hooked on only the trailer hook.

Chances are, if they are hooked in the chin by the trailer, it's because they are crashing the blades.

Like this:

My favorite spinnerbait trailer is a hook.

+1

My favorite spinnerbait trailer is a hook.

Freakin' beat me to it!

Again in the past, well a few years back here our Glen told me how to set up and use spinnerbaits. From shore i found it hard to catch fish with them until i set them up properly.

I took the 1/8oz Hank Parker Classic spinnerbait white with a single gold blade and added a mister twister split double tail 4'' white trailer. I trimmed the main body till it went on the hook perfectly. I even added a trailer hook too. On my chartruece 1/8oz spinnerbaits i use the 4'' MT split double tails in chartruece of course. The split double tail grub used as a trailer teases the fish even more. Without it i don't catch fish. I also shoot my spinnerbaits with a shot of yum scent too.

Food for thought........

The presentation for that moment is the key for success;

I try slow reeling it just below the surface were i can see it. After fan casting it many times I slow up even slower so the spinnerbait will run below the sight line were we can't see it but the fish can. I find that sometimes the fish won't strike above that sight line were we can see them. I also throw them in every direction possible too even parallel with the shore line when i can.

I take my torn up Caffeine Shads and glue them together. The tail has a subtle wiggle that can get me a few extra bites. If they offer the new Caffeine Dream Shots in white I will just use those.

This but in white on every spinnerbait and always a trailer hook.

http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shops-Cajun-Trailer/product/32792/101685

I dont even bother with a trailer, just a trailer hook. I used to put a grub on the back, then i started using a trailer hook and no plastic trailer and my hookup ratio went up significantly. I would say close to 50% of my bass are hooked on only the trailer hook.

Ditto

Mike

What size trailer hook would you typically use on a 3/8 oz spinnerbait?

1/0 is all I use.

I use a Lake Fork Hyper Worm most of the time. The only two others that I use are a Kalin's Grub and a Zoom Fat Albert.

I came this close l l to getting some of these. Now I might have too.

Right now I'm trying a few new things like the Damiki Monster Miki.

Give the Netbait Dirt Dog a try as a spinnerbait trailer. It works great! The paddle ends give off some cool action.

Another one that prefers not using a plastic trailer the majority of the time. Like J and a others mentioned, I use a trailer hook (1/0 as well) about 99% of the time).

The rare occasions I do use a plastic trailer is in heavy stained to muddy water. I do this to add a little more bulk to the bait as well as a little more vibration. That said, I'm using a bulky 4-5" single tail grub.