Plastic trailers on spinnerbaits...need your help!

"Bob Rickard" wrote in message ...
I have been fishing spinnerbaits as my go-to lure for about as long as I can remember... I love the darn things. Now, however, I realize that there is one area of spinnerbait fishing about which I am totally ignorant: The use of plastic (or pork) trailers. I never really used them in my own fishing, but now I am exposed to customers who are true believers in them. My brain is now awake, and I have gotta know more! I am sitting here in the middle of one of the most diverse and knowledgeable group of bass anglers that I know of, so I am going to brain-suck (i.e. - ask questions of) you as follows, and your answers will benefit all of us, including me. BTW, I would like to hear from you novices as well as you experts. Your answers may be used to become part of an article on our website, or maybe even as a basis for our own F.A.Q.'s. My questions are as follows:

~ Do you use trailers when you fish spinnerbaits? ___No

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

~ Do you favor particular conditions or situations for their use? ___I used to use them when I wanted a slower fall rate or fish them slow and high in the water column.

~ Do you prefer soft plastic or pork? ___I used soft plastic when I did.

~ Do you have a favorite kind or type, and if so, please tell us about it? ___Nope, either a curly tail or a split tail grub.

~ What are your favorite colors? ___White seemed to be my go-to color.

~ Do you mix colors, or match colors, or what? ___I don't anymore.

~ What other trailer information can you share with us? ___I know that many anglers really love putting trailers on their spinnerbaits. I used to be one of them myself. However, I found that too many times I would have the fish short-strike at the trailer and I'd miss the fish. If I added a stinger hook, I'd get hung up too many times. I found that especially after finding Secret Weapons, that my strike to hooked fish ratio went up, and that I didn't have to add plastic to the lure to get it to do what I wanted. So now I catch fish using an unadorned Secret Weapon. If the fish are short striking, I simply trim the skirt shorter so that fish that nip at the skirt become hooked fish.

Now, if I need to slow down a bait's fall, I'll add another blade, making a tandem, or I'll use a lighter weight lure. If I need to increase the apparent size, I'll switch blades, going to a larger size. That's the beauty of your spinnerbaits Bob.
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Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
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G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
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Many thanks,
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Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
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