Trailers?

[Bassassinator]

Just curious here, but do you throw spinnerbaits with jig trailers too? or can you use anything? or do you even NEED a trailer on a spinner bait? does this apply to buzzbaits as well?

[BigBassin144]

I never use a trailer on a buzzbait (except a trailer hook), and normally never use one ona spinnerbait either. But you can put a grub or small minnow imitating plastic on your spinnerbaits if you want to. I wouldn't use a normal jigs trailer though (Chunk, crawfish, etc).

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[Bassassinator]

ok then i use nothing on the buzz except a trailer hook if i want to, and on the spinner small grubs and minnows plastics...gotcha. i just have never put anything on my spinners before and i saw a picture of a spinnerbait with a grub on it and had to ask myself if I was doing this all wrong lol

[Kevin]

Some people like using a small plastic trailer (like a grub or split tail) on their spinnerbaits, but I can't remember the last time I've thrown a spinnerbait with a trailer on it. Maybe it's because I'm too lazy to add one, but I think mainly it's because I've done just fine without it. Plus it just gets in the way of the trailer hook, which should be used 99% of the time. My opinion, don't use them at all on spinnerbaits and buzzbaits.

Some spinnerbaits have skirts that have longer "inside" strands that sort of act like a trailer for added appeal and action. I think that is a good design and my spinnerbaits use those kind of skirts.

[Bassassinator]

hey Kevin thanks a bunch man. I didn't know i should be using a trailer hook...i'll grab a set and start using them on my spinnerbaits and buzzbaits.

[MallenManson]

I put a 2/0 trailer hook on all of my spinnerbaits and add a 4" swirl tail grub

[Kevin]

You're welcome, and Mallen is dead right about using a 2/0 trailer hook. The important thing to remember is to put the trailer hook on first, then a small piece of surgical tubing goes on next. Do not place the surgical tubing over the eye of the trailer hook. The trailer hook should dangle freely.

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by Kevin

You're welcome, and Mallen is dead right about using a 2/0 trailer hook. The important thing to remember is to put the trailer hook on first, then a small piece of surgical tubing goes on next. Do not place the surgical tubing over the eye of the trailer hook. The trailer hook should dangle freely.

I have to admit, I've been doing it the wrong way apparently. I copied my favorite spinnerbait when I built my own and placed it over the eye.
And to think I was gonna look for better surgical tubing.....

[Bassassinator]

lol, ok Kevin, i can do that...2/0 hooks and tubing goes after the hook so it just kinda hangs there....got it....any special way to retrieve the baits? fast? slow? fast then slow? stop and go?

[wargoth]

Originally Posted by Bassassinator

lol, ok Kevin, i can do that...2/0 hooks and tubing goes after the hook so it just kinda hangs there....got it....any special way to retrieve the baits? fast? slow? fast then slow? stop and go?

All of the above. There is no right or wrong retrieve on a spinner other than what the fish want that day... Try anything and everything you can think of till you find something that works.

[MallenManson]

For the most part, I throw spinnerbaits to the shallows, edge of pads/structure and crank 'em fast enough that they break the surface a time or 2.
But I've also caught bass in 15-20' of water with a spinner and I do that by lettin it sink and giving a sharp pull up of the rod now and then, along with a slower retrieve.
Spinnerbaits are almost foolproof

[Bassassinator]

awesome lo lthen i really have been doing somethign wrong lol, just playin...nah i will try to do anything i can try, I have been just throwin the spinnerbait by itself to anywhere i don't see pads....maybe i play too safe cuz i don't like goin into the grassy areas with my lures very much....

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by Bassassinator

awesome lo lthen i really have been doing somethign wrong lol, just playin...nah i will try to do anything i can try, I have been just throwin the spinnerbait by itself to anywhere i don't see pads....maybe i play too safe cuz i don't like goin into the grassy areas with my lures very much....

You can go through grass, weeds or even pads but it requires a much slower retrieve. I'll actually throw it on top of pads so I can drop it off the pad edge

[Bassassinator]

thanks a bunch Mallen

[BigBassin144]

Don't forget, if you don't want the grub to get in the way of your trailer hook, put it on the trailer hook! That's how most of my Musky spinnerbait are that use grubs that are an inch in diameter for trailers, lol. (And like 10/0 hooks, )

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[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by Bassassinator

thanks a bunch Mallen

Hey, spinnerbaits are one of the few things I have a handle on! lol
Seriously though, once you catch some fish with 'em, you'll have a hard time putting 'em down.
I threw a spinnerbait for the first time ever a few months ago. Since that time, I've had such great luck with 'em, I'm making my own and having a hard time going away from them. They are just that good of a bait.
Keep in mind when using them, they're designed to look like a baitfish chasing a smaller baitfish. In bass language, that means buffet!

[BassMoJo]

When I fish a spinner I try and bounce it off as many objects in the water as I can like wood, pads, docks, etc.

[Bassassinator]

well what kind of leaf do you guys think is most effective? i personally have always thought the Colorado Blade was what caught the fish but what are y'alls opinions?

[BassMoJo]

I fish alot of double gold / silver willows. But when its dark or the water is murky you cant beat a big ole colorado blade

[Bassassinator]

Yeah one of my favs to throw is my Strike King Lazer eye with the holographic willow blade and a colorado blade spinning on the shaft...i got it for likw 2 bucks from walmart on sale

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by Bassassinator

well what kind of leaf do you guys think is most effective? i personally have always thought the Colorado Blade was what caught the fish but what are y'alls opinions?

I use Colorado blades exclusively at this point, but that could change

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by Bassassinator

Yeah one of my favs to throw is my Strike King Lazer eye with the holographic willow blade and a colorado blade spinning on the shaft...i got it for likw 2 bucks from walmart on sale

I prefer 2nd Cast Baits (cuz the 1st one's bad luck) for my spinnerbaits

[Bassassinator]

like cast once for a practice then cast for real a second time?

[rodnreel]

I just started fishing with spinnerbaits about 2 months ago and have been amazed at the success I've had in such a short period of time. I normally don't use trailers, either, but have quite a few baits with the longer inside strands that extend the length of the trailer hook. I usually fish stained water, so a big gold colorado paired with a smaller silver colorado has been the best blade combination for me. Burn it, slow roll it, and yo-yo it along the bottom. Yo-Yo is what mallen described above when he lets it sink, then rips it off the bottom, and lets it sink again. I've found this is a really good technique in deeper water with willow leaf blades. That's my 2 cents, the great thing about spinnerbaits is there's no wrong way to fish them!

[Bassassinator]

awesome, maybe this weekend when the baby is away i can try the deep water technique....i will have a canoe to go out in and will try it out in the deeper parts i can't get to from the shore lol.