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Favorite Jig Trailer?

Yamamoto 4" twin tail grubs 5" single tail grubs & 5" twin tail grubs.

Custom pork rind Super Pork In UJ#32 crawdad, #11 and 4” Pedigo cut lizards.
Tom

Uncle josh phantom craw

Uncle Josh #11 frog in cold water

When super pork was still around like reg cut 11#'brown or black also tad pole jr in brown
Uncle josh 101,11, & big daddy rabbit ears.

With the high price of pork rind trailer today anyone interested in Robins (Super Pork) recipe PM me.
Tom

With the type of finesse jigs I build the 4" twin tail Yamamoto's work the best for my trailers. For regular jigs I build i use the 5" twin tails in colder deeper water in winter time. So its a east choice for me.
The quality of the new uncle josh pork isn't there in today pork trailers. That the reason I dont use it now.

Really depends on where and when. Here at Clearlake in summer a 420 Beaver gets bigger bites. If it’s a slower bite a twin tail grub
Berryessa and other lakes a twin tail grub gets more bites.

+1 on the Beaver. Up to 13 there on CL. Oxblood, Penetration (black/blue) work as well.

JVGondal wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:58 pm Uncle josh phantom craw

PM sent

Thanks Tom, I got your PM. I see you also have my email through my profile page. Again thank you for all your wisdom you offer to our WB site
Steve Black.

How about we narrow it down to

Pork or Plastic?

That's easy for central valley lakes Pine flat reservoir
Millerton lake Hensley lake and Eastman lake
Mother lode Lake Mcclure and LakeTulloch
Yamamoto 4" twin tail grubs trailers For deep winter time bassin. And using Yamamoto 5" twin tail and single tail grubs as trailers on Hensley and Eastman lakes.
1/8oz 3/16oz. 1/4oz. 3/8oz. Arkie head jigsFootball head jigs. And 1/4 oz. Bullet head jigs. 4,6,8, maxima line spinning outfits 6'6" med heavy rods. Ive got a two color jig ive been building over 20 years now i call it the Millerton special. I built it special for Spotted bass and Small Mouth bass. And I use 3 colors in yamamoto 4"grub trailers for that jig. I build them in finesse and regular skirted jigs its a two color jig that work perfect with three colors of twin tail grubs I use. I have a few of my tournament buddies in Ca.and Oregon that fish them in finesse and regular jigs and they do very well in both winter and springtime.
They work very well at Pine flat Millerton Mcclure Don Pedro New Melones Lake Lake Tulloch Folsom and Oroville and Lake Berryessa and Bullards bar lake Lake Shasta and the Columbia river. And Lakes in Oregon.
I build them from 1/8oz.thru 3/4oz. jigs

WB Staff Monitor where did we get off topic?
Soft/plastic trailers Yamamoto #221 & 301 4” twin tails and Hula grubs, Berkley 3” Chigger Craw, GP.
Pork my own Super Pork recipe #11, #33 and L4 in black, purple, barn red.
Tom

Yamamoto colors 4" & 5" twin tail grubs
176,208,297
194,286,9003
284
Yamamoto baits easy access great bait trailrrs
Pork uncle josh
101,11, big daddy
Super pork
Tad pole jr. Super cut
No longer use both

2 yamamoto colors I wish they would bring back
213 junebug 4" & 5" twin tail grubs 5" single tail grubs
284 Root Beer red/ gold flake 4" twin tail Grubs

Football jigs or slow action jigs = Yamamoto 5" DT in green pumpkin or cinnamon purple 90% of the time

Flippin Jigs - Berkley Max Scent Meaty Chunk in Saphire Blue or Watermelon Redflake (best plastic that resembles pork action) and Yamamoto Flappin Hog 90% of the time.

@WRB
Not sure what you mean off topic?

WB Staff wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:36 am @WRB
Not sure what you mean off topic?

“How about we narrow it down to pork or plastic”
That is all we discussed.
Tom

Plastic or pork
Reason I choose plastic's yamamoto products ready availability.
For application of the the jigs that I build they're a perfect fit.

@wrb

Oh... didn't mean off topic... meant if you could ONLY pick one or the other as a fave, which would it be. Pork or Plastic?

Soft plastics are far more popular today then pork rind for several reasons, more colorful and hundreds of different shapes and sizes. Pork trailers only has 1 advantage, big bass prefer it. Pork isn’t popular because it’s messy, must be kept wet and only available today in a few shapes, sizes and solid colors that doesn't sell well. Price today for pork trailers is insane. No contest for a retailer offer pork and doesn’t dominate as a everyday jig trailer.
I always use pork every day jig fishing unless just want to catch numbers of bass then plastic gets the nod.
Tom

WRB The 1/2 Viper head umbrella skirt jig & 5" yamamoto twin tail grub

Was thinking all things being the same (cost access etc) - just overall preference for use -
actually was thinking back to days of fishing with Cooch when the question was posted.

Pork preformed will as a trailer in the winter time months. Uncle josh big daddy Rabbit ears paired with 7" to 8" skirted mop jigs i tied back in the mid 70s into late 80s in 1/2 oz. & 3/4 oz. Light wire hook Arkie head jigs for big bass were number one at Eastman, Mcclure & Don Pedro lakes.
Also used alot of 101 11 11a
super pork and tad pole jr.on my jigs

Remember the term pig ‘n jig? Well pig means pork rind and jig means a weedless bass jig like Cooch’s Wadda Jig. Cooch fished both but mostly with blue pork rind in the River (Delta).
Tom

WRB wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 4:51 pm Remember the term pig ‘n jig? Well pig means pork rind and jig means a weedless bass jig like Cooch’s Wadda Jig. Cooch fished both but mostly with blue pork rind in the River (Delta).
Tom

Tom, you are dead on!

Uncle josh baits now
11 pork 3 baits
10 big daddy 2 baits
For the price its not flying off the shelves.

If a pork rind trailer doesn’t float it’s worthless, UJ don’t float today.
Tom

If you can find it. Pork fat back at the grocery store and make your own. Did some years ago

90% of the jig fish I’ve caught over 8lbs (and 100% over 10) have been with a beaver / creature style trailer. I’ve caught lots of smaller bass using yamamoto single and double tail grubs but not the giants… at least not for me

My big bass have all come either 1/8oz. 3/16oz. 1/4oz. 3/8oz. 1/2oz. Bullet head, Football head, Arkie head jigs. With 4" or 5" twin tail yamamoto grub trailers.

Dave Brabec wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:36 pm If you can find it. Pork fat back at the grocery store and make your own. Did some years ago

My pork recipe!
If want numbers nothing surpasses soft plastics with flapping appendages with multiple colors and wide variety of flake combinations.
If what to catch the biggest bass in your lake without using life bait pork trailers is the answer.
Why....it’s like the Senko movements the big bass eat it.
Tom
PS, made a sketch years ago “trimming the fat” to get that special strike response.

WRB Do you use stainless steel 2 piece dyes to cut and press the pork chunks out.

No, no production rule dies, scissors. I had Robin make 100 each when he was still in business.
Tom

Tom its to bad super pork went down I enjoyed fishing there pork trailers as I did uncle josh pork baits.
Even Yamamoto baits aren't the same as when Gary use to own the company.