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What are the best trailer hooks for swimbaits?
Based on the video context provided, it seems that you are asking about trailer hooks for swimbaits. Trailer hooks are typically used with spinnerbaits and chatterbaits, rather than swimbaits. Swimbaits are usually fished on their own without a trailer hook.
However, if you are referring to swim jig trailers, which are different from swimbaits, there are a variety of options you can consider. The choice of trailer for a swim jig depends on the conditions and the action you want to achieve. In general, the colder the water, the less action you want in your trailer, while warmer water calls for more action.
Some popular swim jig trailers include paddle tails, twin tails, and craw-style baits. Paddle tails, like the Megabass Spark Shad or Zoom Easy Swim, are great for covering water and mimicking a school of bait. Twin tails, like the Twin Tail Grub, can create a lot of action and are effective in cooler water. Craw-style baits, such as the Zoom Super Speed Craw, provide a lot of movement and can be worked slower in the springtime.
It's important to experiment with different trailers and see what works best for you in different situations. The video context mentioned specific trailers that the anglers prefer, so you can consider those options as well. Remember to match your trailer to the conditions and the type of action you want to achieve.
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How to Choose Bass Jig Trailers | Swim Jigs and More by Wired2Fish → people ask me all the time man what's your favorite trailer I don't have one and the reason for that is is the trailer that you put on this bait or like I said a vibrating jig or a spinner bait any skirted bait that you're going to retrieve through the water column the trailer that you put on that bait changes that bait it makes that bait maybe better for a specific situation or worse for a specific situation so this is a 3 8 ounce swim jig which is kind of middle of the road you know pretty much everybody has a 3 8 ounce swim jig in your boat and then some people like a quarter better than a half so I put like a half better than a quarter but a 3 8 is kind of running the meal you can make this Bait fish completely different just based on what type of trailer you put on the bait and the reason for that is is a trailer is what creates the resistance on this bait so if I want to fish this bait really slow and I want to keep it real high in the water column I want a trailer that's got a lot of resistance to help lift that bait to help hold that bait up and the the trailer to me that has the most resistance is going to be a dual pinchured
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Buyer's Guide: Best Jigs and Trailers For Bass Fishing by TacticalBassin → trailers are very specific with any swim jig to get the right action you see a lot of guys when they throw swim jigs they're shaking that rod tip to get the action you don't have to do that if you pair up the right trailers the swim jigs themselves create a ton of vibration a ton of action and you can just chuck and wind just like it's a spinner bait or a chatter bait so that's why choosing the right options is so important so the first one is that standard dirty jigs swim jig keep it simple we'll link you probably three colors for every single one of these jigs you can look at those pick a favorite but that's a really good way to go because we'll give you our absolute favorites the ones that we rely on as we travel around the country so that's that guy the other one is one that is very near and dear to my heart this is the california swim jig this is a bait that kurt from dirty jigs and i paired up what 15 years ago or something to design i mean we were kids the california swim jig was built because there was a need for a heavy wire swim jig it literally didn't exist in the whole market no one made one with a heavy heavy hook so we built the california swim jig with a no jack hook and you cannot
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Maximize Swim Jig Effectiveness With the Right Gear by Wired2Fish → is trailers the sky is the limit when it comes to trailers I always just try to match my trailers to the conditions okay the colder the water the less action I want in my trailer the warmer water the more action I want if there's a shad spawn or a bream spawn going on I try to use some type of a swim bait trailer something that's gonna match the hatch when it comes to colors if I'm on a big swim jig bike I have three rods laying up there with three different colors one that's white one that's black and blue and one that's something green pumpkin I don't care where you going to country what time of the year it is one of those three colors is gonna work for you you know another big question that I get asked all the time is what rod and reel do I use this is my Signature Series swim jig rod from castaway okay I call it an 80/20 rod 80% backbone 20% tip basically it's a flipping stick frame with a spinnerbait tip on it okay what that rod does it gives you a few benefits that I think are very important okay one it's gonna give you the ability to make those nice roll cast so you can skip way under Doc's way under flooded bushes make very accurate cast and not be fighting the rod the other benefit
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Buyer's Guide: Chatterbaits and Spinnerbaits for Every Situation by TacticalBassin → and that trailer is flapping in the wind on its way out on the cast that hook or that tail will come around and catch that hook point and you foul i don't know 10 of your cast maybe it's probably less than that but a 4.3 is just short enough that that problem is almost completely eliminated i'll foul up on my hook every once in a blue moon it just makes the actual fishing that much smoother so use a keitech as a trailer in the daylight to really get a full profile on that bait when you've got a swim bait on the back of a spinnerbait they come in for flash they come in for vibration they come in for profile but when they get there they eat the swim bait and you'll get them every time and you do not need a trailer hook whatsoever but again a 3.8 for the little guys and a 4.3 for the full profiles will make your life so much easier again the each of these baits have a time in the place matt talked about the shad spawn you're getting that extra flash you're kind of mimicking a school of bait chatter bait you're getting that vibration they can sense it stained water they can feel it a lot farther so they each have a time of the place time and a place and we each have our own confidence baits but hopefully
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Swim-jig Trailers...Secrets For Choosing The Correct Ones For Springtime Fishing by Intuitive Angling With Randy Blaukat → this twin towel will really bring it up bring them up a lot okay the next two that i use as i want to go over are more of the paddle tails and man this thing these trailers are this keeper so good on this thing you can't hardly get this trailer off when you put it up on there the two other ones i'm using is the mega bath spark shad you know like a four inch megabass shark spark shad and you know this is the zoom easy swim sort of like the kytek you know both of these like here there's two different situations i'll rig the uh spark shadow first the time that you want to use the paddle tails in the spring time of the year there's two different situations if you're fishing water visibilities that are like over over say 18 inches in invisibility and you're covering water where you're not really coming across any type of a specific hard target ambush point like a grass edge or doc dot corner lay downs that type of stuff this is the time that i go to the spark chat on there this is almost like a swim bait you know it's sort of a combo swimbait swim jig and the time that i'm using this again it's the spring time of the year it can be it could work in a little bit cooler water than the twin tail so i'll
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The Best Spring Swim Jig Tips and Tricks - How To from Wes Logan | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → the best jig I've found on the market. It's just got a really beefy hook. That 5/16 with the trailer that I use, that
I'll get into in a second. It kinda lets that jig float there around
the cover. Whatever cover I may be throwing it around,
and they've got some great colors. I mean, it's just a really all-around great
swim jig. You're never gonna flex that No-Jack hook. I mean, you could literally tie it to a bumper
of a truck, and I don't think you would bend it, but into a little bit more detail. Like I said, this is my favorite swim jig. In one of the trailers that I use, a lot of
the times is a Zoom Super Speed Craw, and basically, what it is it's just a craw style
bait, you know, it's got the cut tails, but it's got some big flappers. And what that allows it to do is it's gonna,
like, float in the water more than a smaller, slim line craw style bait with smaller pinchers. And that's gonna let me be able to work it
slower in the springtime which I feel like is a bigger deal, where you want the bait
to be making a lot action, but not bringing the bait towards you as fast. So, you don't wanna be moving the bait through
the water towards you fast, but you want the bait to be doing a lot of movement where it's
at. And with that 5/16 weight, and this trailer,
you're able to do that.
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