Spinnerbait PLUS Plastics...?

[Slyster]

See my avatar of the yellow spinnerbait on the left? Any advantage to adding on a large plastic on the hook- like a lizard? I tried it last weekend.. inconclusive results... I think, but am not sure, I actually caught more fish WITHOUT the plastic added... but it sure looked nice with the big lizard hanging off!

Anyone have any knowledge if adding plastics help or harm the effectiveness of a spinnerbait?

[LaVoi]

Personally, I always start without a plastic trailer. If I'm not catching fish like I think I should be I will add something like a power worm as a trailer. Some days that is the ticket but many days they bite just as well without adding the plastic. Just my opinion

[delmuts]

i almost always add a trailer to my spinnerbaits, but nothing big.usually either a split tail,twin tail, or grub. it just gives me a little more confidence and adds to the action.

[riverrat56]

Sometimes if my skirt falls off and i don't have another one with, i will just put a twin tail grub on the spinnerbait. Still catches just as many, and sometimes more fish.

[Lunker]

Some people use trailers, some use trailer hooks(I'm starting to). I think that in most of the metro lakes I fish the larger profile can be a negative thing, so I don't use trailers much.

[WoodlandSavage]

I almost always use trailers. Nothing big unless I'm going after big pike or muskie. I always get more strikes when I have a little powerbait added to my spinnerbaits.

Doing an informal test last year with by bother-in-law, the spinnerbait with powerbait caught more fish than the one without. But hey... that was just one day on one lake out of 10,000. You'll have to see what works for you!

[DTro]

Quote:

---

Sometimes if my skirt falls off and i don't have another one with, i will just put a twin tail grub on the spinnerbait. Still catches just as many, and sometimes more fish.

---

I tend to wear my skirt only around the house, but each to his own

[riverrat56]

HAHAHA thats great, I set myself up for that

[federline]

HAHAHAHA my family thinks I'm crazy, I laughed so hard at that! I was sooo thinking spinnerbait!

>>Sometimes if my skirt falls off ...

>I tend to wear my skirt only around the house...

[Kab Dreamin]

My son and I have contests with one of us using a trailer (usually a 3 or 4' twister tail) and one using a plain spinnerbait and the one with the trailer catches more bass and northerns virtually every time.

[markkstanley]

Almost always use 3" to 4" powerbait grubs on spinnerbaits. In my experience you will catch more fish. If I am going after big pike or muskies I up the grub size to 5" or 6". The skirt thing is optional not that there's anything wrong with it.

[Maximum12]

I always use a trailer too. Mostly white or black 3" powerbait twister tail. A couple years ago, before I started pairing up the powerbait with my spinnerbaits, I rarely used them because I didn't catch many fish on them. Now they're my go-to for bass & northern.

[zebco4040]

I tend to start out with the skirt on the backend of the spinnerbait, but if I find the fish to be shy I tend to take it off. I usually go with a green / yellow trailer or one to just off set the color of the spinnerbait.

We hammered the bass and pike last year on Clearwater with this presentation. We upgraded the plastic to a bigger size and that upgraded our size of the catch also!

[outdoor ran]

I always use a plastic trailer. Mostly mister twister tails. I find I catch more fish when I match the tail and skirt in color. Nothing to ugly anyway. I really like tails that have flakes in them.

[Chris Haley]

Try sliding your trailer hook up through a power minnow and attach to your spinner bait. The power minnow helps to hold the trailer on and the fact that the plastics stop right at the end of the hook leads to many more hook ups.