Cross the safety chains to the hooks near the vehicle hitch, making sure there is enough slack in … Instead of using the ready-made trailer hooks with heat shrink on the eyelet of the hook, Wired2fish staffer Walker Smith prefers a free-swinging trailer hook. Trailer hooks are usually heavy, strong hooks with over sized rings, which facilitate slipping the hook over the host hook's point and barb. We'll walk you through the wiring process--it's easier than you think! The only thing that should be touching the road is the vehicles' tires. Replace S-Hooks with appropriately rated safety latch clevis hooks or certified S-hook with wire safety latch or snap hooks. Most of us aren't electricians, but that doesn't mean wiring a trailer or replacing corroded wiring is beyond us. Use your best judgement for this and you’ll be just fine. Take your easy-to-use Bait Button Dispenser and shake down a Bait Button into the loading zone. Add your trailer hook followed by another Bait Button. If you are using a trailer around a lot of cover you can down size a … Hook arrangements for soft-body swimbaits, for example, provide plenty of room for stingers--either the kind that dangle from a lead hook or those attached by a harness. Hooking up power to your RV. Elsewhere, stingers or trailers prove helpful on flukes, spinnerbaits, and various types of underspin lead heads. This guide covers how to hook up a trailer in just 10 steps, as well as tips for hooking up a trailer by yourself and a pre-towing checklist. Trailer hook up requires backing up, connecting the coupler, securing the safety chains and plugging in the trailer wiring. Swipe your spinner bait hook transferring the Bait Button onto the hook. You typically match the size trailer hook to the size bait and the hook that bait uses. A lot of campgrounds, especially State Parks have 30-amp service. Unlock the hitch lock, then lower the trailer onto the ball and secure the tongue. On a light weight spinner I may use a trailer for added weight {half a stickworm} . On buzzbaits I use trailer hooks … A 7-way plug connects your trailer and tow vehicle and provides the required lights, turn signals, brake power, battery hot lead, reverse lights, and ground. This is a quick and easy way to add your trailer hook and keep it in place tracking perfectly behind your spinner bait. The Karl’s Amazing Bait’s Freestyle will do the trick when fishing shallow water spinners and buzz baits. He'll add the trailer hook on the spinnerbait hook and place a piece of rubber tubing on the bend of the main hook to keep the trailer hook … For example if you are fishing a 3/8oz bait it probably has a 3/0 or 4/0 hook so you would use a 3/0 or 4/0 trailer hook. Tasty Trailer Options. To tow a trailer, use the tongue jack to raise the trailer and align it with the ball. I generally use spinnerbaits as is . 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