What trailers do you have success with on a 3/16, 1/4, or 5/16 finesse jig? I used to use a 101 Josh spin frog, but alas, they are no more. Looking for something very compact that works for lethargic fish in cold water. Typically use a brown or brown/orange jig, but have had success for many years pairing these small jigs with black trailers. Open to new ideas, however.
John Clark — Findlay, Ohio
zoom super chunk jr
2021 Phoenix 920 Elite / SHO 250
Bullet 21XD / 250 XB (Gone to a great home in LA)
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Whopper baits boxing craw. http://www.whopperbaits.com/zen-cart/
NetBait tiny Paca chunk
2014 Ranger Z518c - Mercury 200 Pro XS - Humminbird
Jackall 3" cover craw. Or the biwaa armor craw
Zoom Tiny Chunk. I really like the Zoom Skinny Chunk for smallies.
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These. They stay on the hook pretty good compared to otters.Originally Posted by WarEagle300
2017 Phoenix 819
2016 200ProXS, s/n 2B359849, Mod 1200P73BD
Berkley Fightin' Bug
RI Smallie Beaver
Don't worry Ma'am....
I'm only here for the Bass.
Creepy Crawlers.
Otters are hard too hook?
Missilie Baby D Bomb
99% of the time I thread a Baby D Bomb on the back of my finesse jigs. It's a super compact bait that has a very subtle flapping action on the fall. I don't know if it's the jig or the trailer but it gets crushed. I've tried Baby Rage Craws, Bitsy Bugs, Smallie Beaver's, etc... I always come back to the Baby D Bomb.
Reaction innovations petite twerk.
I add water to bags and lay out bag in sun for a couple of days.Fades the color a little bit.
Seems,to me,to get a few extra bites.
double tail grub
Zoom little critter craw
This
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I use a 3 1/2” Paca Slim and cut 1/2” off and thread it on the hook. The body is skinny enough where it doesn’t add too much bulk to the body of the jig
I use either a Netbait paca chunk or a Yammoto twin tail grub
Appreciate the input, guys, but have you seen a 101 pork frog, which is what I’m trying to replace? Most of the suggestions are double its size. “Finesse,” in Ohio, means itty bitty.
(Note: that Paca Tiny Chunk actually is tiny.)
John Clark — Findlay, Ohio
Conquistador finesse craw..been using them for a couple years now
The Zoom Tiny Chunk is pretty close to the same size as the 101 Uncle Josh pork frog.Appreciate the input, guys, but have you seen a 101 pork frog, which is what I’m trying to replace? Most of the suggestions are double its size. “Finesse,” in Ohio, means itty bitty.
(Note: that Paca Tiny Chunk actually is tiny.)
"The man of system is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamored with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of government that he cannot suffer the smallest deviation from any part of it…He seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chessboard.” Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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