[snoot]

ok, I have not fished with tubes very much at all. I can't really get a jig out of my hand enough to really throw one. My question is this.



As far as colors of tubes. is there any particular time of year a certain color works best? I have the usual Green Pumpkin, watermellon, grasshopper and Smoke colors. But I ran across some pearl pepper tubes and bought them. Never had that color before. Were these even worth buying or is there a time and place for it?

Thanks for any info, anyone cares to share.

 

[snoot]

pearl pepper if your sight fishn

 

[Countryboy]

I use tubes all year long and catch fish on them I use an 1/8 and 1/4 weedless lead heads and none weedless too I do the best on smoke with green and blue fleck in it I believe it is number 12 in bass pro tender tubes

I also use pumpkin, watermelon, black/blue, green pumpkin/chart. I have done good on Cherokee and Douglas on all of them plus our local lakes. I pitch them any where you would a jig/pig..but the best way I like to use them is to parallel the bank with them and fish them in about 5 to 10 of water. on a spinning reel with briaded line.

 

[medic533]

I also throw tubes most of the year. My favorites are smoke purple and also cotton candy cabin creek tubes on 3/16 heads.

 

[Gunny]

Tube jig is one of my favorite baits. I prefer the salt-impregnated tender tubes (natural colors) from BPS with the BPS 1/8oz Tender Tube jigheads.



One small modification I make is dip just the tip of the tube skirt in chartreuse dye. This makes the tube easier to see and also gives the fish a target to strike at. Do this on your work bench in the garage...NOT in your boat!



You can also spray your tubes with garlic/crawfish/anise/shad scents and, add a tube rattle inside.



Tubes can be bounced along the bottom, rigged on a Carolina rig, Texas rig, drop shot rig, jigged up-and-down, or, swam back to the boat. Very versatile bait and not expensive either.

 

[Z-91]

Don't use the white ones Jon they won't catch fish-

never have never will- but if you must do it..... in the fall around laydowns with a real light weight. And in the spring time never ever skip them under docks or laydowns with a spinnig reel and work them like a fluke that absolutly won't work.

yeah bad choice to get them...

want me to take them off your hands for ya

 

[snoot]

ok, I have not fished with tubes very much at all. I can't really get a jig out of my hand enough to really throw one. My question is this.



As far as colors of tubes. is there any particular time of year a certain color works best? I have the usual Green Pumpkin, watermellon, grasshopper and Smoke colors. But I ran across some pearl pepper tubes and bought them. Never had that color before. Were these even worth buying or is there a time and place for it?

Thanks for any info, anyone cares to share.

JnJ, You'd be suprised how many tx's are being won @ night on these in our clear water... Natural colors with dipped tails... Those white ones will catch fish too in the day time....



Snoot, I never used them on Douglas till my dad put it on me one fall day with a smoke/red.... I still like a bigger bait down there, but they will catch fish anywhere.

 

[fishnpig]

I FISH TUBES YEAR ROUND. USUALLY FLIP W/BLKNBLUE OR GREEN PUMKIN, TEXAS RIGGED. SMOKE AND THE BLUE GLIMMER ON OPEN HOOK JIG HEAD AROUND BAITFISH.(1/16-1/8 HEAD).

 

[snoot]

Thanks for the info guys! Looks like I'll be able to use the white tubes I bought after all.

 

[MTBROWNING]

I mostly flip a tube, I use black neon, green pumpkin and bluegill in the Strike King Flippin Tube.

 

[MJPRICE]

Ill give you a lesson in a few weeks Snoot.

 

[snoot]

well guy's the next question is how tooooooo fish a tube

Let the fish tell you that..... The fish will take them for a craw or a baitfish depending on the color you select and action you give... I will tell you that they are way too versitle to fish the same way all the time... I've caught fish barely draggin' them on a rig in deep water and I've caught open water schoolers....

 

[Z-91]

well guy's the next question is how tooooooo fish a tube

..... in the fall around laydowns with a real light weight. ......work them like a fluke that absolutly won't work. Carolina rigem to put a peice of foam in it and it will float real high in the water......flipping, actually no limits on them Snoot. Just got to use them and don't be afraid to experiment. Next time you are on some fish stop and put a tube in there..... and nothing like catching them to get more confidence in a bait.

 

[Tracker1861]

I fish a tube quite often on Cherokee and Douglas. I fish them 2 ways. I like to texas rig the smaller tender tubes in mostly the natural colors (grn pumpkin & smoke with different color flakes) with a 1/0 ewg gammy hook and usually a 3/16 ounce weight. I throw these on usually a spinning outfit with 8 lb test line. They are deadly during the summer on bluff banks with ledges.



It has become a favorite for me to flip with the larger tubes, 5 or 6 inch in brush, laydowns, and bushes. As far as colors when I am flipping, I like the green pumpkin color as well as believe it or not, white with metal flake. I use my flipping stick, 15 lb. p-line and a tungsten weight, usually 1/4 ounce.



As far as the way I fish them, it matters a lot but it differs a lot also. I sometimes fish them almost like a worm with a little more hop to them so they mimmick an injured baitfish. I will sometimes slowly craw them with small jerks also. It's a very versitle bait and can be fished many ways. When the going gets tough, they are a lot like the shakey head, the put fish in the boat.

 

[smalljaw]

Watermelon/red flake and avacado are the 2 colors I use most often and I rig them on a 1/8oz insider jighead, however pearl and white/pepper work great texas rigged weightless when the fish are targeting baitfish.