Plastic trailers on spinnerbaits...need your help!

Not much help here Bob, but I'll answer the first one.

Larry
"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, since I switched to
Secret Weapons, I haven't used a trailer.

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

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

~ Do you prefer soft plastic or pork? ___

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

~ What are your favorite colors? ___

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

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


Many thanks,
--
Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))

Thanks for remembering that zero is still a very important number, Larry.
The responses from all of you so far have been extremely helpful in a very
unexpected way. We have heard from some very knowledgeable anglers, and the
great diversity of opinion here is proof that there is really no pattern of
use (yet?). Answers have ranged from one end of the spectrum all the way to
the other.

What does this mean? Is there still much more that we, as anglers, still
need to learn about spinnerbait trailers? Is it that all these patterns work
equally great? Is it that trailers are not important on spinnerbaits at all?
Or is it that we are just as far away from real answers in the use of
trailers on the spinnerbait's sister lure, the jig? Could the jig & pig just
as well be the jig & whatever, and we have all just been habitually
following the same trend?

I find this fascinating, and feel like that cool little robot in that movie
(title long forgotten) pleaded: "Data! Must have data... ." Me too.

--
Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))


"Larry Runkle" wrote in message
...
Not much help here Bob, but I'll answer the first one.

Larry
"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, since I switched
to
Secret Weapons, I haven't used a trailer.

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

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

~ Do you prefer soft plastic or pork? ___

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

~ What are your favorite colors? ___

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

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


Many thanks,
--
Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))

The movie is "Short Circut" (sp) with Allie Sheety. Doc
===============================================

"Bob Rickard" wrote in message ...

I find this fascinating, and feel like that cool little robot in that movie
(title long forgotten) pleaded: "Data! Must have data... ." Me too.

--
Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))


"Larry Runkle" wrote in message
...
Not much help here Bob, but I'll answer the first one.

Larry
"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, since I switched
to
Secret Weapons, I haven't used a trailer.

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

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

~ Do you prefer soft plastic or pork? ___

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

~ What are your favorite colors? ___

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

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


Many thanks,
--
Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))

Thank you, sir.

--
Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))

"Doc (The Tin Boat King)" wrote in message
...
The movie is "Short Circut" (sp) with Allie Sheety. Doc
===============================================

"Bob Rickard" wrote in message
...

I find this fascinating, and feel like that cool little robot in that
movie
(title long forgotten) pleaded: "Data! Must have data... ." Me too.

--
Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))


"Larry Runkle" wrote in message
...
Not much help here Bob, but I'll answer the first one.

Larry
"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, since I
switched
to
Secret Weapons, I haven't used a trailer.

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

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

~ Do you prefer soft plastic or pork? ___

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

~ What are your favorite colors? ___

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

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


Many thanks,
--
Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))