How To Keep Trailers From Sliding Down Bucktail Jigs (Easy Fix)
- By: Tony Acevedo
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- Found In: Fishing Tips, Lure Rigging, WEEKLY NEWSLETTER: 7-19-20
Do you use bucktail jigs with trailers?
This is a deadly combination if you’re targeting predator fish like redfish, black drum, flounder, and even snook in deeper water.
However, one common issue that most people have is after a few casts, their trailer will start to slide down the shank of the hook and not look natural anymore.
This is because the front of the trailer is getting worn out and loose on the hook.
Most people throw the trailer away at this point, opting to put a new one on, but there’s a simple way to keep your trailers in place, allowing you to get more life from them and save money.
Check out how to do that in this video.
Keeping Trailers In Place On Bucktails [VIDEO]
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Mentioned lures:
- Spro Bucktail Jig
- Gulp Swimming Mullet (I like chartreuse, white, or orange)
If you want to keep your trailers in place on your bucktail jigs, just take a piece of rubber tubing, cut off a chunk, then cut the chunk into quarters, and put one quarter on the hook after your trailer.
By putting it snug up against the grub, it’s much more likely to stay in place on the hook.
Have any other tips for keeping trailers on your jig?
Let us know in the comments below.
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Great video! Dumb question, but do you always use a trailer when fishing with a bucktail jig? Or are there certain situations you prefer to use a bucktail jig without the trailer?
Thanks Lee!
Not all of the time. The trailer will make the jig sink slower due to more resistance, so if i need to get it down fast I wont use a trailer. Also, a trailer will reduce the ability for the jig to have a fast darting action. So if fish are responding more to a fast darting action I wont use a trailer. All depends on what the fish like!
How about a small piece of Fish Bite?….it would serve the same purpose and you get the added benefit of scent
Hmmm never thought of that. Worth a try!
Nice tip! Never thought about that, it’s just like using trailer hooks on Spinnerbaits/Buzzbaits.
Yep! Thats where I had the extra tubing from.
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