Do y’all still throw tubes? I have a bunch and just wondered if there was still interest in them.
Do y’all still throw tubes? I have a bunch and just wondered if there was still interest in them.
Yes, I through them for smallmouth bass.
one of my “go to” baits
Yep I use the bigger ones on a stupid tube, I use it like a jig, flip and pitch, drag and hop. I use the smaller ones for carolina rigs.
Oddly, I have caught very few SM on tubes, probably because I use them so much for skipping under docks and willow trees. I also have a lot of them, and think they'd work great for Dropshotting, but have yet to try that. I have tried them a little as a topwater with a circle hook in the nose, and found they can be made to work well, but each brand/thickness/weight/floatation would probably require a different hook. I could walk the dog with them, but if I stopped the retreive, they'd sink...I think that would be a killer deal. Sort of a topwater that is also a follow-up bait. I've done ok Splitshotting with them. Not a one trick pony.
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I killed a 12-pack just to watch it die.
Never used one. Lol actually have 4-5 rigged at all times
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Pretty much the only plastic bait I throw at all. It’s one of the most versatile baits there is, it can be rigged an infinite number of ways to work the entire water column from floating on top to dragging the bottom and everyplace in between. The only limit is your imagination.
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A lot of baits have come and gone but a tube still catches them. I've used them from flippin, in Inchs of water to jigging lake trout in 120 ft thru the ice.
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Yep i use a texas rigged tube a lot & catch a lot of smallmouth & spots on them.
Have one tied on at all times.
I almost always have a tube tied on.
#1 go to bait. Use them everywhere. Rigged multiple ways.
Use them a fair amount,maybe not as much as I used too.
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Don't overlook the smaller tubes 2.5" either, I have days where I crush the smallies on them when they don't go for the bigger ones
I fish down to 3" tubes on a 3/16 Tokyo Rig...it's a blast on a M powered rod and catches everything from perch, rock bass, crappie, to trout and walleyes, largemouth and smallies.Originally Posted by billwvu05
I throw them all the time
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Almost every trip. Absolute staple still for smallmouth.
Especially in the summer, it seems like deep smallmouth prefer a drop shot or tube, I let them tell me and stick to it depending on the trip
Enjoyed trying out the new Maxscent tubes this past Fall both in 2.5 and 3.5 inchers. Targeted mostly smallmouth with both sizes but caught a couple 20 inch LMB on the 2.5. Go figure...
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Always have a tube on whenever I’m fishing for smallmouth
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"Tube" is pretty general term. Lotta styles and sizes. History going back to the original gitzit. If I ever got back into tournaments a tube would be on a few rods. So many ways to rig. Let's not forget the grisby HP hook. I just bought 10 packs on the swap board this year.
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I'll throw a 1/2oz finesse football jig with a cut down zman punch craw trailer before I pick up a tube. Up here in Ontario those smallies see tubes all day every day so I try and throw something different. Some days I crush them on that jig, other days they want the tube. Conditions and circumstances like anything else I guess.
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