Selecting the Right Trailer - Iaconelli
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In this bass fishing class seminar, Mike Iaconelli talks about selecting the right trailer. Often anglers will put any old trailer on the back of a bait. Ike is here to tell you that selecting the right trailer can be just as important as selecting the right bait. In this video, Iaconelli starts with a seasonal approach to selecting trailers based on action and shares some of his favorite Berkley trailers. Later in the video, Iaconelli talks about selecting the right color to go with the water conditions and lastly, he talks about how to rig the trailer.
0:17 Trailers are often an afterthought, but they're often as important as the lure itself
1:59 What a trailer provides to the bait
4:11 What is a trailer and why is it important?
6:02 Not all trailers are the same - what makes them different and choosing the right one
7:34 Cold water (winter)
14:05 Spring
19:02 Summer
25:02 When to fish the bait by itself and when to use it as a trailer
27:07 Fishing a full size creature bait as a trailer
36:28 Trailer colors
43:11 Rigging trailers
46:11 Word of caution about vibrating jig (chatterbait) trailers
50:18 Using the trailer on a chatterbait to make a bait more weedless
54:14 More important, action or color?
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