Plastic trailers on spinnerbaits...need your help!

~ Do you use trailers when you fish spinnerbaits? ___

Sure, sometimes.

~ Do you use them a little, or a lot? ___

I use them when the situation dictates,

~ Do you favor particular conditions or situations for their use? ___

Not conditions Bobby, SITUATIONS. Trailers serve to "beef up" a spinnerbait, just the same as they do on a jig. Do spinnerbaits catch bass w/o trailers? Of course. Do jigs? Sure. The bottom line is that I add a trailer to a spinnerbait for several reasons:

1) To enhance the bait's profile in dingy water. A bass can't eat a spinnerbait he cant see, at least not very well.
2) To add buoyancy to the bait. If I think the bass may be suspended just beneath the pad leaves in, say, four feet of water for instance, I will add a trailer to aid me in keeping the bait up in the water column. That way I could usea slow retreive without the bait running below the fish.
3) To better "match the hatch". If I feel the natural forage in the area are bigger than those that my spinnerbait are impersonating, I may add a trailer just to make the business end of the bait more attractive to the bass.

There is nothing complicated about trailers Bob, they're just another tool. Much like you'd add a rattle to a plastic lure...

~ Do you prefer soft plastic or pork? ___

Do the bass? Whatever you believe in here. I don't throw pork anymore at all...

~ Do you have a favorite kind or type, and if so, please tell us about it? ___

Strike ing makes as good a trailer as any, but I think the spinnerbait is far more important than the trailer...

~ What are your favorite colors? ___

My trailers don't constrast with my baits, they blend with my skirts.

~ Do you mix colors, or match colors, or what? ___

See above

~ What other trailer information can you share with us? ___

None, it's all cut & dried - just make sure the trailer is centered & straight on the hook so that it doesn'r ruin the action/balance of the spinnerbait. And whenever possible insert a trailer hook in the trailer.

Many thanks,

You're o-so-welcome Dr...

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:45:41 -0400, "go-bassn"
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And whenever possible insert a trailer hook in the trailer.

Many thanks,

You're o-so-welcome Dr...

Nice piece of advice there that I would have never thought of myself.
Thanks dude...

Harry J aka Thundercat
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