Favorite Untraditional Bucktail Trailers

[BassinJ]

The traditional bucktail trailers seem to be curly tail grubs, and pork rinds. What are some of your favorite untraditional bucktail trailers, and when do you choose to use them over the traditional trailers? Thanks for playing along!

[goldenmember]

Fin-S and super flukes- because that is what I have in the bag.

[The Fishing Nerd]

A piece of green surgical tubing - my 6 yo son wanted me to put it on after I changed the hooks on a Kastmater, so I obliged him figuring it'd be a waste of time. That night, that bucktail did some serious damage.

[emgred]

Sluggos, Bass Assassin Sea shads, Bass Assassin Eel Assassin, Uncle Josh Black Widow Eels.

 

When - When I want to present a different profile or when a want a certain profile deeper in the water column.

[snapperman]

slug-gos and fin-s work when spearing and sand eels are around in the spring, only problem ie they dont hold up that well.

[MDC]

sluggos work well. I also have been getting into using some of the gulp stuff. In particular the squid.

[ratss427]

I have had good luck with using swimtail senko's.

[Ralph78]

10" purple or red jelly worms

 

10" black or black/ silver curly tail power worms

 

dead eels

 

I'll use these in the warmer months when I want a large bait down deep for slow hopping the jig in current.

[SrFSHR]

Tie 4 or 5 saddle hackle feathers to the hook shaft. Use 4" or 5" feathers. Very nice squid imitator, the feathers in water provide lots of action. Only drawback is the feather shafts tend to be a little fragile when fish are chomping on them. Awesome trailer.

[scoobydoo]

live bunker

[yeawhateva]

coney island whitefish. they have incredible action and come in many colors and sizes. some come with Nonoxynol-9, a proven fish attractant.

[mag minnow]

Used up 6" Sluggos cut to 4 inches...

[moroneseeker]

Those Little Felmlee Rubber Eels

[Shadhead]

Tie 4 or 5 saddle hackle feathers to the hook shaft. Use 4" or 5" feathers.

 

BINGO Brother.

 

 

How pretty is a White Smilin' Bill with red lips and a yellow chicken feather butt. But not durable like the epoxy coated threads over bucktail.

[NYNistler]

haha my buddy just told me he caught on a bucktail tipped with a slice of theraband!