Spinnerbait Fishing - to trailer or not?
I used to fish a spinnerbait a lot, but lately not catching as much and losing some confidence in it.
I have been putting a Keitech plastic swimbait trailer on all my spinner baits lately and am wondering if I should remove that? I see that it causes it to run more shallow and flip over more... Open to any other spinnerbait tips!
I love to fish a spinnerbait. So does Jorden Lee. We just filmed his spinnerbait vs chatterbait seminar this past weekend. Look for it to be released in a few weeks. Typically I fish a spinnerbiat without a plastic trailer. In the early season I love to add those big trailers like a swimbait. The big prespawn females often look for the large profile. If the trailer is causing the bait to roll, you will have to downsize the trailer or step up the weight of the spinnerbait. A couple of my favorite tips for fishing a spinnerbait are using colored blades. A white bait with white blades has tremendous triggering ability over standard gold and silver blades. Another color I was introduced to by JT Kenney is a black spinnerbait with black or purple blades. You can see me using it when we filmed live with Ish Monroe. I was able to trigger the biggest bass of the trip. Paste this link in your browser and start watching at minute 57. https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/ish-2-hour-5-bass-challenge-frogging-flipping-in-florida
In clear water I never fish a trailer. I want the bait moving fast and the fish not to get too good of a look at it. I fish a heavier head with smaller blades, for the most part. I don't know if this is meaningful or not, but I take a couple of the skirt strands on the inside and pull them back a little further, so they stick out a little, like a trailer, but without the extra drag. In my mind it's a little to "disguise" or "camouflage" the hook. As you stated, swimbait trailers cause rolling when you move the bait fast. I would only use a trailer when I'm looking for a bigger profile, or if I'm fishing dingier shallow water around cover (at which point, I would likely switch to a chatterbait anyway).
