02-15-07, 05:33 PM | #1 |
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Odd jig trailers
I got some jigs from my wife for Christmas. They didn't come with any trailers, so I decided to look through my plastics to see what I had. I came across some small woolyhawg type baits that I got from somewhere. Well, I tore the end off so they would be more compact on the jig and not hang out so much. It looks really nice, and by pushing that fat bait up on the hook, it makes the skirt flare out alot more than normal. I'll have to give a report on them once I get a chance to try them this spring.
Just wondering, what have you used to improvise in a similar situation?
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baby bush hogs, super bush hogs,baby paca's,sweet beavers,wooley hawg tails,ultra vibe craw,ect ...
just about any creature bait will work. i like the zoom ultra vibe chunk though.. zooker
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02-17-07, 08:43 AM | #3 |
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Cut V shapes out of plastic bags......white, sometimes with a little red and use them as spoon and jig trailers. Have also thought a piece of white or brown shoelace could work in a jam. The V shapes from bags flutter extremely well providing total action.
pieces of string colored dark with Sharpie markers would provide jig skirt materials and could also be used as trailers. This post has the emphasis on your word "odd". |
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this from the oddest here...lol could not help my self it was too easy...
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There is nothing carved in stone.I only used lizards as a trailer when I first started jig fishing, they worked as well as anything, but it did look a little strange. I bought nearly a thousand lizards that were in a clearance sale.I still might buy anything that is on clearance and impale it on a jig if the price is right. P N J
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I've used white 7" Culprit worms to follow a white jig. A local guide thought I was striper fishing when I first used it. An 18" bass I caught on it changed his mind.
I like Zoom's Ultravibe craw (they've come out with the new larger claw version this winter). I've fished the smaller ones as a trailer and texas rigged too. I did well flipping the flooded trees on Buggs Island two years ago with them. It's a good small compact bait. Similar to the BB Cricket but with the added vibration which is good in muddy water. I found a few odd looking trailers a couple years ago when fishing the Everstart Potomac event. The KidLizard Huffer and Paddle Chunk were a few I had never seen before so I picked up a couple packs to use (and to let everyone know I am a Kidlizard dealer and prostaff member). I like the Huffer because it gives the jig a creature bait look like the Baby Brush Hog and it flows over cover like the Sweet Beaver/Super Hog baits. |
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I love Mac's ideas! I will try those next time out.
I've used bulky tubes often, they slow the fall for the colder water temps.
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Got to go with the Sweet Beavers plus I like saying it.
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Back end of a green pumpkin horny toad.
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Good one Zooker!!!
Another good trailer the locals occasionally use is the back half of a fluke impaled either on a spinnerbait or buzzbait. |
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I've used the back ends of flukes alot when the entry point on the bait gets ripped up after a few fish. It does work well.
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