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I don't swim any jig but want to get into it. I've thrown a handful of times through weeds and it's awesome.

What's a good trailer (non swimbait) to make it look like shad type bait?

On bladed swim jigs aka chatterbaits, I like to use a fluke type bait, the reason being is the blade moves the body and trailer so I want a trailer with very little action as the blade will create the action I need. For a plain swim jig, I like the small soft plastic swim baits, like a Gene Larew sweet swimmer, Keitech Easy Shiner or Swing Impact, but it has to have some action because the swim jig by itself doesn't have an action. So that is what I go with and the swim bait deal with the right swim jig will give you your best shot at a shad-like profile.

For regular swim jigs I use a keitech easy shiner swim bait for shad imitations such as the silver flash or pro blue, but for sunfish imitations I use a regular not fat swim impact in the pro special color, simply because they don't make that color in the easy. I know a lot of people just use a simple grub though.

It's hard to beat a 5" single-tail grub.

keitech fat impacts.....

I'll go grab a pack of Impacts. Might also order some GY double tail grubs.

Dippers.

Personal favorites:

RI little dippers
Rage menace grub
Keitech 3.8 fat impact
Keitech 4 inch swing impact
Single tail grubs in the 4 inch size
Portion of a Yamamoto swim senko

12 in. ribbontail worm

Chode wrote:12 in. ribbontail worm

Really? That'll be one crazy looking lure a fish wouldn't have seen before. Probably why they hit it.

iliketofishman wrote:

Chode wrote:12 in. ribbontail worm

Really? That'll be one crazy looking lure a fish wouldn't have seen before. Probably why they hit it.

haha i was being completed stupid with that comment. was just trying to get some reactions

Rage Chunks, Rage Craws.

Chode wrote:

iliketofishman wrote:

Chode wrote:12 in. ribbontail worm

Really? That'll be one crazy looking lure a fish wouldn't have seen before. Probably why they hit it.

haha i was being completed stupid with that comment. was just trying to get some reactions

So it's a good trailer for reaction bites then?

BucketHunter wrote: So it's a good trailer for reaction bites then?

Smalleyez wrote:It's hard to beat a 5" single-tail grub.

That's where I'm at!