What is your FAVORITE swim jig trailer??? Why?? Single or double tail…..
What is your FAVORITE swim jig trailer??? Why?? Single or double tail…..
Tim Messer ~ Lake Ariel, Pa.
US Army 1968 ~ 1971
2019 Ranger RT188 ~ Merc PRO XS ~ MK Ultrex
Single boot tail style - FBT TailTeaser on a Clean Sweep Swim Jig
Strike King Rage Chunk
That is what I am using most of the time.Originally Posted by Rick McFaul
Tim Messer ~ Lake Ariel, Pa.
US Army 1968 ~ 1971
2019 Ranger RT188 ~ Merc PRO XS ~ MK Ultrex
Z-craw Jr, rigged vertically most of the time. It looks a LOT like a bluegill moving through the water. Rigged horizontally if I need to keep the bait up in the water column more. Honorable mention to RI Little Dipper or cut down Skinny Dipper, Fat Albert grub.
2011 Skeeter ZX225
225 Yamaha HPDI Series 2
Minn Kota Ultrex 112 52"
Console: HDS 16 Carbon
Bow: HDS 12 Carbon, Solix 12 G2, Mega 360
The two I use most of the time are a Kalin Scrub or a 4-5" single tail grub, mostly Kalins but any grub will work. Why? Grubs are cheaper, more durable and I catch more fish with a single tail grub than a boot tail. The Scrub is when I'm junk fishing...can fish it like a jig to imitate a craw, swim it like a bluegill or bring it across the top of weeds like a buzz toad (on a 1/8 or 1/4 oz head).
Rage menace. Great panfish profile when rigged sideways.
Keitech 3.8 Fat Swing Impact or Strike King Rage Swimmer 3.75 on a 1/4oz swim jig (Brovarney makes the best 1/4 oz swim jig in my opinion). I like the boot tail swimbait because it gets the jig rocking side-to-side slightly and I feel like that gets me more strikes. Second place for me would be a 4 or 5 inch single tail grub like a Zoom Fat Albert.
Gonna try this tomorrow. I have 3 colors in this bait
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Tim Messer ~ Lake Ariel, Pa.
US Army 1968 ~ 1971
2019 Ranger RT188 ~ Merc PRO XS ~ MK Ultrex
Dipper
Strike King KVD Swim N Shiner in pearl white on a 1/4 oz grey shad Brovarney has been excellent for me this year when the bass are chasing smaller baitfish and shad.
I also like Paca Craws and smaller 3.3-3.8 Keitechs and Reaction Innovations Skinny Dippers.
I like the XZone Swammer mostly and really don't switch it up often even though I probably should.
I can't complain though because swim jigs catch me more fish than any other technique season after season.
Rage chunk for me.. never caught anything on a swimbait that had a paddle tail trailer
1995 Ranger 481v
1995 Johnson Fast Strike 175hp
SK Menace Grub. You can rig it vertical or horizontal depending on what you’re looking for. It’s my confidence swim jig trailer. The z craw jr is probably second.
3.5" Sassy Sally swimbait at Bass Pro...been using them for years. A Zoom Fat Albert grub is another solid choice
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Swim jigs are my favorite and highest producing baits by size. I'm mostly Dirty jigs standard in 5/16 & 3/8, DJ Cali in 1/2 & 3/4, and MB uoze in 3/4. Grabbed some nichols to try out this year as well. Gambler big EZ & D walker 120mm are my most productive trailers. The EZ, 100mm, and x-zone swammers are also big players for a smaller profile. The MB uoze w/ a gambler big GZ is a new to me, night time, giant profile, post spawn slayer. My, clear water, midwest lake is full of bluegill, crappie, and perch eaters. So far nothing compares to the usefulness of a panfish looking swim jig. Burn, slow and steady, pulsed, hopped, dragged, ripped through the weeds, dropped into holes, shallow, deep, etc. They have revolutionized my thinking about the larger bass in my lake.
scott
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