Plastic trailers on spinnerbaits...need your help!

~ Do you use trailers when you fish spinnerbaits? ___

~ 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, --=20 Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com -----<=3Dx O')))><

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

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

~ Do you prefer soft plastic or pork? SP

~ Do you have a favorite kind or type, and if so, please tell us about = it? Kinami grubs and zoom ultravibe grubs

~ What are your favorite colors? Red and Chartreuse

~ Do you mix colors, or match colors, or what? I always match colors

~ What other trailer information can you share with us? Don't fish = without one, especially good when dragging your spinnerbait over pads = and casting towards shorline structure/sticks/stumps

"Bob Rickard" <r.r.rickard@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message = news:AFFAc.1616$fw2.361@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com... 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? ___

~ 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, --=20 Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com -----<=3Dx O')))><

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Nope. But I would be interested in the answers as well...

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

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

~ Do you prefer soft plastic or pork? Plastic

~ Do you have a favorite kind or type, and if so, please tell us about = it? 4 inch drop shot type worms, the ribbon part of a ribbon tail worm

~ What are your favorite colors? Red, Chartruse

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

~ What other trailer information can you share with us? I use them = when ever I'm not using a trailer hook

Doc

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Sure, sometimes. =20 ~ Do you use them a little, or a lot? ___

I use them when the situation dictates,=20 =20 ~ 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... =20 =20 ~ Do you prefer soft plastic or pork? ___ =20 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...=20

~ What are your favorite colors? ___ =20 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? ___ =20 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.=20

Many thanks,

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

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~ Do you use them a little, or a lot? _Not always, I try w/o first__

~ Do you favor particular conditions or situations for their use? = __Yes, the trailer provides more bulk/buoyancy. I find that they help = keep the spinnerbait up higher in the water. When I want to slow roll = shallow over weeds this is my best means for getting bit._

~ Do you prefer soft plastic or pork? ___SP

~ Do you have a favorite kind or type, and if so, please tell us about = it? _Snatrix...out of business n can't find them anymore :(__

~ What are your favorite colors? ___White or chartreuse

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

~ What other trailer information can you share with us? _Look for = tails that curl, snatrix had it down to a "t", 4" is my preferred length = if they are skinny enough.__

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

~ Do you favor particular conditions or situations for their use? No =20

~ Do you prefer soft plastic or pork? Plastic

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

~ What are your favorite colors? Watermelon or White

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

~ What other trailer information can you share with us? I also use a = trailer hook "Bob Rickard" <r.r.rickard@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message = news:AFFAc.1616$fw2.361@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com... 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? ___

~ 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, --=20 Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com -----<=3Dx O')))><

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--=20 Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com -----<=3Dx O')))><

"Bob Rickard" <r.r.rickard@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message = news:AFFAc.1616$fw2.361@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com... 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? ___

~ 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, --=20 Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com -----<=3Dx O')))><

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~ 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. --=20 Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com

Many thanks, --=20 Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com -----<=3Dx O')))><

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~ Do you favor particular conditions or situations for their use?=20 When a Slower retrieve is called for. Increases action and bouyancy.

~ Do you have a favorite kind or type, and if so, please tell us about = it? ___ Plastic is cheaper and more readily available with a wider selection = of shape, size and color. Preference is a pork "kicker frog" in white.

~ What are your favorite colors?=20 translucent, almost clear with a silver flake 4" worms. May dip the = tail red.

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~ Do you use them a little, or a lot? _50/50_

~ Do you favor particular conditions or situations for their use?=20 _I use them for "slowing down" the helicopter fall, adding scent, = adding a visible hook target. The jig hooking method curly tail seems = to be a good bait on a jig so it makes sense (to me) to add one to the = hook. The added motion and vibration can add to the temptation in cold = water when the fish are moving a bit slower. Also, it is a good method = where toothy critter are in the foodchain. Better hang time for a = longer advertising blitz. Spinnerbaits can move too fast when the water = temp. is cold and the fish just aren't able to smash a lure or in a = slowdown mode. In the weeds, as the bait tumbles and hangs up on the = way down, the curly tail/trailer will still move in the slightest of = currents while the blades remain still, deadsticking with a = spinnerbait?. Sometimes I put on three skirts and a trailer to hold the = scent longer and to slow down the bait . Sometimes I use a ten inch = floating worm with some of the lead clipped off of the spinnerbait to = make use of a large spinnerbait frame and a long home made mono trailer = (in open water and over tops of weeds) so that if there is a bite from = the side the trailing hook gets the fish in the other side of the mouth = as it comes along what would have been otherwise a "short strike".__

~ Do you prefer soft plastic or pork?=20 _What ever is in eyesight at the time but the choice is never as = important as the length is, the issue for me or the color dark or light = and what color the spinnerbait is. Sometimes a firetail on a white skirt = works. Black at night though.__

~ Do you have a favorite kind or type, and if so, please tell us about = it?=20 _No but I would use a curly tail first, if I could _

~ What are your favorite colors?=20 Black, white, yellow, blue and fire red/orange=20

~ Do you mix colors, or match colors, or what?=20 _Depends on my mood, I think? LOL!__

~ What other trailer information can you share with us? _I agreed with a lot of the guys on their reasoning and added some of = "other" in that question, sorry, too lazy to rewrite it down here Bob.__ -- Stony

Many thanks, --=20 Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com -----<=3Dx O')))><

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I keep a spinnerbait rigged on deck 100% of the time, throw it every time out some and use a trailer < 15%. I use a trailer hook 50%.

Grubs, twintails, dontmatta.

Conditions include: New Hampsire, clear rivers and lakes, largemouth < 7#. My best results with spinnerbaits/trailers include < 50 degree surface temps on flat lakes with last years weeds.

"Bob Rickard" <r.r.rickard@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:AFFAc.1616$fw2.361@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com... 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? ___

~ 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,