Up here , it is the 1 bait that I’m always trying to figure out how to outfish but 9 times out of 10 it seems like there’s just no beating it still use it everyday !!!! Awesome episode as always tim thanks man !
Awesome video Tim! I love the fact you mentioned the Gitzit as I recall when that first came out and I am dating myself now. HAHA Turning 51 this July and have built up a little smaller bag of soft plastic tubes, not as large as yours, but getting close from X Zone 2.75 and 3.75 tubes to Berkley Power Tubes, and Phoenix Tubes I have still sealed in zip lock bags from 30 plus years ago?! HAHA I am so looking forward to use them once bass season opens in my area of Ontario Canada which unfortunately is the third Saturday of June for our natural chain lakes and the 4th Saturday of June for our biggest land locked lake in Lake Simcoe! Smallmouth heaven here we come with some tubes baby! Thanks for a great video as always!
Thanks for the refresher course, I used to crush them on tubes and have gotten away from fishing them. I'll be picking them back up next time I get out on the water.
Has become one of my "must have" tied on baits when heading out for smallies. Its my #1 choice over a ned rig, as you can still "fish" a tube versus the dead sticking nature of a ned rig. The juvy craw is a KILLER....
Hey Tim, I have a tube tied on year round. I use the standard jig head in 1/8oz. This gives it a more natural fall and the bass eat it up. Caught a 6 1/2 lber last month.
Tim and Matt. I don’t know if you’ve ever fished the vast amount of lakes in Maine but if you haven’t, you guys should definitely make a trip. Moosehead Lake and plenty others have great bass fishing.
Great video, never really been a tube fan. Popular bait when I was growing up. Your video and info has made me tie a tube on and give it a try. Tight Lines 🎣
I'm a tuber and have been for many years. Try a purple or dark morning dawn color tube with copper or silver flake. Hard to find sometimes but local baitmakers can make them if need be. I fish mostly northern New England just for reference ... NH, ME primarily. Works on both smallies and largemouth.
Purple with a copper and or red flake is my favorite for PA smallies, I'm going to try some bone colored tubes this year as well. I usually don't fish ned rigs because I usually lean toward a tokyo rig.
Great stuff Tim! My favorite bait is the tube. Got all the ones you listed! Caught a lot of largemouth, more smallmouth than I usually catch, still learning, how about that tube that floats? Lol I appreciate your teaching your techniques! Keep the faith brother! 🥸👍🙏
This may sound strange, but I have been building sort of a "tube-spinnerbait" since the 80's and hammering the bass. Ball head jig, safety pin spinner standoff, colorado blade, Fat Gitzit tube with the back half of a twirl tail worm rigged inside the tube on the jig shank with just the twirl part extending past the tube tentacles to give extra action to the bait. The colorado blade gives the tentacles a shimmy action due to the thump of the blade, and the twirl tail adds its own twist. I was catching bass on a vintage Hawaiian Wiggler from my Dad's old tackle box until I loaned it to a buddy, who promptly lost it on a snag. :-( I think the thump and shimmy from that lure was calling in the bass. Unable to find another wiggler, I went to a Beetle Spin, but it was only working for smaller bass. I wanted to upgrade the size and add more action, so I started putting together my own creation using parts from my local independent tackle shop (yes we had those way back then). Deadly setup. I was fishing highly pressured waters too close to a metropolitan area, but I figured if I threw something at them that those educated bass had not seen it would work, and I was right. Using a lighter jig, like a 1/8 or 3/16 oz, I can burn it back and it will hump up just under the surface kind of like a wakebait. Those strikes are explosive. With a heavier jig I run it slower and deeper for those bottom hugging fish. I find that the experimentation with home brew baits is half the fun.
Hey Tim and Matt. You guys are the best. I love your videos. I have a question for you guys. I was wondering how you guys store all your soft plastics in your boats. I've tried different ways to store them. Right now I have them in large bass mafia bags. Any advice on how to store soft plastics would be greatly appreciated. Keep the awesome videos coming and be safe on the water.
The tube is my 2nd favorite lure next to a swim jig. Like Tim….i have and big tackle bag full of tubes. It is a forgotten bait and thankfully at the lake I fish, none of the other fishermen use them. 😄
The Trokar TK190 tube hook is the best tube flipping hook ever made in my opinion and you can use it for beaver style and gravity style baits it works perfect and the hookups are crazy good!
Go to cold water deep ledge fishing lure, ever since I was beaten in a tournament back in 98.... Me and dad were middle of the pack with only a couple of fish. Winner was my dad's friend that used tubes down deep all day. He caught limit and even culled.
Before the tube was the go to bottom finesse most were throwing small worms on Charlie Brewer slider heads, “mojo rigs” or split shot rigs. Baits come and go popularity wise.
I’ve frogged a tube, just a bit of foam in the head, weightless Texas rigged, frogged across grass mats. Had a few blow up on it 🤘🏽♥️ have tried walking it in open water, but not much success walking it. 😅
Tim, I used to have great success with tubes in heavy cover with a 1/4 oz slip sinker and 3/0 EWG hook. Don't know what I'm doing wrong but I'm missing so many bites now I'm ready to give it up. Using St. Croix 7' med heavy Bass X rod and 20 lb Shooter floro. Do you have any tips to make tubing fun again? Thanks.
anybody here in the comment section familiar with nickajack lake ? its below chickamauga. im from GA and been chasing my first small mouth bite and for my week of vacation im currently in Tennessee and so far caught a few 4-5 lbs largies. still no smallmouth though…
Wow No Texas rig with bobber stopper or super glue the bullet weight for lumber fishing, and then also the yum craw tube a 8th oz ball head with a #1 hook size so u can keep it weedless and that thing glides just like a real craw U can't be 1 dementional with tubed I've been fishin them when it was the Bobby garlin git zit
Growing up I used these all the time, unfortunately I didn't understand why. I grew up fishing in the great lake State where I still live today. I love 20 minutes from the lake Michigan shoreline and I think I will, with better understanding be trying some boob baits. Dang autocorrect, tube bait's. I no longer need boob bait I'm 15 of my happiest years in with the same boobs I baited back then. That's too much isn't it.
The tube, derived from the flying lure..I still fish the tube..Ned rig ,no action..Ned rig is for amateur angles..French fry has more action, then a ned rig...Word to the wise, don't throw a tube less than 12lb test, and that's pushing it..I have caught 10's and 12lb bass on tubes..I use straight flourcarbon 15&16lb .I'm not from stupid generation. Braid to flourcarbon..Too many knots ,equals lost trophy bass.. We are talking 8lbs plus. Have caught 10-12lb bass on tubes...NOT ONE OF THE YOU TUBE BO BO'S TELLING STUPID LIES.
The YUM Crawbug has, for two decades, been my favorite realistic crawfish tube. In fact, it is my #1 overall favorite crayfish plastic, bar none!
I’m a fanatic fir fishing a texas rig tube. Different sinker weights make a huge difference in them too.
Up here , it is the 1 bait that I’m always trying to figure out how to outfish but 9 times out of 10 it seems like there’s just no beating it still use it everyday !!!! Awesome episode as always tim thanks man !
Ive caught bass before on a white tube on a drop shot
Thanks Tim for the great tips, much appreciated.
Awesome video Tim! I love the fact you mentioned the Gitzit as I recall when that first came out and I am dating myself now. HAHA Turning 51 this July and have built up a little smaller bag of soft plastic tubes, not as large as yours, but getting close from X Zone 2.75 and 3.75 tubes to Berkley Power Tubes, and Phoenix Tubes I have still sealed in zip lock bags from 30 plus years ago?! HAHA I am so looking forward to use them once bass season opens in my area of Ontario Canada which unfortunately is the third Saturday of June for our natural chain lakes and the 4th Saturday of June for our biggest land locked lake in Lake Simcoe! Smallmouth heaven here we come with some tubes baby! Thanks for a great video as always!
Have a mixed bag of tubes in my tackle bag that I totally forgot about. Definitely going get one tied on this weekend.
Tied on the GLF Juvy Craw yesterday…caught a bass on the first cast. Cool.
Thanks for the refresher course, I used to crush them on tubes and have gotten away from fishing them. I'll be picking them back up next time I get out on the water.
Has become one of my "must have" tied on baits when heading out for smallies. Its my #1 choice over a ned rig, as you can still "fish" a tube versus the dead sticking nature of a ned rig. The juvy craw is a KILLER....
Hey Tim, I have a tube tied on year round. I use the standard jig head in 1/8oz. This gives it a more natural fall and the bass eat it up. Caught a 6 1/2 lber last month.
This is what I needed Mr. Little!
Tim and Matt. I don’t know if you’ve ever fished the vast amount of lakes in Maine but if you haven’t, you guys should definitely make a trip. Moosehead Lake and plenty others have great bass fishing.
Great video, never really been a tube fan. Popular bait when I was growing up. Your video and info has made me tie a tube on and give it a try. Tight Lines 🎣
I'm a tuber and have been for many years. Try a purple or dark morning dawn color tube with copper or silver flake. Hard to find sometimes but local baitmakers can make them if need be. I fish mostly northern New England just for reference ... NH, ME primarily. Works on both smallies and largemouth.
Purple with a copper and or red flake is my favorite for PA smallies, I'm going to try some bone colored tubes this year as well. I usually don't fish ned rigs because I usually lean toward a tokyo rig.
@@richardluzaderjr4415 Yup, PA smallie guy here as well. Pittsburgh area. Worked at Megabass in the rocks.
@Cbill1987 nice!!! Some pretty good smallie fishin in this neck of the woods.
Great stuff Tim! My favorite bait is the tube. Got all the ones you listed! Caught a lot of largemouth, more smallmouth than I usually catch, still learning, how about that tube that floats? Lol I appreciate your teaching your techniques! Keep the faith brother! 🥸👍🙏
Great video thanks for the tips and I just learned something new I have to try that technique out
This may sound strange, but I have been building sort of a "tube-spinnerbait" since the 80's and hammering the bass. Ball head jig, safety pin spinner standoff, colorado blade, Fat Gitzit tube with the back half of a twirl tail worm rigged inside the tube on the jig shank with just the twirl part extending past the tube tentacles to give extra action to the bait. The colorado blade gives the tentacles a shimmy action due to the thump of the blade, and the twirl tail adds its own twist.
I was catching bass on a vintage Hawaiian Wiggler from my Dad's old tackle box until I loaned it to a buddy, who promptly lost it on a snag. :-( I think the thump and shimmy from that lure was calling in the bass. Unable to find another wiggler, I went to a Beetle Spin, but it was only working for smaller bass.
I wanted to upgrade the size and add more action, so I started putting together my own creation using parts from my local independent tackle shop (yes we had those way back then). Deadly setup. I was fishing highly pressured waters too close to a metropolitan area, but I figured if I threw something at them that those educated bass had not seen it would work, and I was right.
Using a lighter jig, like a 1/8 or 3/16 oz, I can burn it back and it will hump up just under the surface kind of like a wakebait. Those strikes are explosive. With a heavier jig I run it slower and deeper for those bottom hugging fish. I find that the experimentation with home brew baits is half the fun.
Hey Tim and Matt. You guys are the best. I love your videos. I have a question for you guys. I was wondering how you guys store all your soft plastics in your boats. I've tried different ways to store them. Right now I have them in large bass mafia bags. Any advice on how to store soft plastics would be greatly appreciated. Keep the awesome videos coming and be safe on the water.
Thanks!
The tube is my 2nd favorite lure next to a swim jig. Like Tim….i have and big tackle bag full of tubes. It is a forgotten bait and thankfully at the lake I fish, none of the other fishermen use them. 😄
Would love to see another video about fishing a tube
The Trokar TK190 tube hook is the best tube flipping hook ever made in my opinion and you can use it for beaver style and gravity style baits it works perfect and the hookups are crazy good!
Tubes work great up here in Massachusetts 👍🏻
What kind of UV sun glasses do you recommend and do they have readers on them ?
Go to cold water deep ledge fishing lure, ever since I was beaten in a tournament back in 98.... Me and dad were middle of the pack with only a couple of fish. Winner was my dad's friend that used tubes down deep all day. He caught limit and even culled.
My favorite Carolina rig bait
Gonna try this at my favorite southern Mississippi interstate pond
Need your input on tubes in the grass. That exposed hook just becomes a 2 lb weedball in our local lakes up north.
2.75.inch green pumpkin coffee tube has been good this spring for smallmouth and largemouth for river fish 🐟 in Indiana
Do you use a loop knot or a traditional knot when tying on a tube?
Love me a tube, you want to talk about glide! Try the core tackle Tush hook in a tube. Great head.
That finesse tush slays
Before the tube was the go to bottom finesse most were throwing small worms on Charlie Brewer slider heads, “mojo rigs” or split shot rigs. Baits come and go popularity wise.
Those Charlie Brewer sliders are still hard to beat. They are killer.
Been on the greenpumkin /orange for about six years ,its the deal for me.
Yes I love it when I here about my home town lake Oroville
No Texas rig options?
Love a tube here in Michigan
I’ve frogged a tube, just a bit of foam in the head, weightless Texas rigged, frogged across grass mats. Had a few blow up on it 🤘🏽♥️ have tried walking it in open water, but not much success walking it. 😅
Those juvy craws are legit!
Still no mention of the “stupid tube”?
Was just about to say this. Have one tied on year round. Have busted some big bags on a stupid tube.
Stupid tube is best way to catch a big one. They never see them down south.
Stupid tube?
Matt has said he wasn't a fan of weedless presentation for tube iirc.
Keep it that way lol don’t let the world find out
These videos are ("reel") helpful 😝. Good stuff guys.
What is your favorite pro cure flavor
How bout the tube with the hoover jig?
Been texas rigging a Gitzit tube for over 30 years on Mead.
How do you choose tube or jig and craw?
"Bite Me" heads down here have a 4/0 ewg hook for tube fishing, I just seem to find them getting hung up a bunch, thanks & let's go
Chris lane won a classic tube fishing, gotta love the tube! Thanks tim.
David Fritz was a big tube fan. I realize he was known for his cranking prowess but early in his career he spent a lot of his time fishing a tube
Tim, I used to have great success with tubes in heavy cover with a 1/4 oz slip sinker and 3/0 EWG hook. Don't know what I'm doing wrong but I'm missing so many bites now I'm ready to give it up. Using St. Croix 7' med heavy Bass X rod and 20 lb Shooter floro. Do you have any tips to make tubing fun again? Thanks.
I use the screwlock type hook for tubes .Helps prevent tube from balling up during hookset
Can you use the tubes for bank fishing?
Absolutely. They are great in clear water situations
Is Matt still guiding?
I don't think so.
anybody here in the comment section familiar with nickajack lake ? its below chickamauga. im from GA and been chasing my first small mouth bite and for my week of vacation im currently in Tennessee and so far caught a few 4-5 lbs largies. still no smallmouth though…
I'll take a tube over a ned anyday! Neds work but I fish the Wis.River and those bass want crayfish!
Wow
No Texas rig with bobber stopper or super glue the bullet weight for lumber fishing, and then also the yum craw tube a 8th oz ball head with a #1 hook size so u can keep it weedless and that thing glides just like a real craw
U can't be 1 dementional with tubed
I've been fishin them when it was the Bobby garlin git zit
Cue Bomb video when???
As a Canadian, the Tube never went anywhere lol
Canadian staple
Growing up I used these all the time, unfortunately I didn't understand why. I grew up fishing in the great lake State where I still live today. I love 20 minutes from the lake Michigan shoreline and I think I will, with better understanding be trying some boob baits.
Dang autocorrect, tube bait's. I no longer need boob bait I'm 15 of my happiest years in with the same boobs I baited back then.
That's too much isn't it.
I have developed the best Tube hook ever.
All I can say is, why black and blue???
Why not?
It gets bit, especially by the bigs
What about the stupid tube though? 🤔🤔
Cost half the price of Ned rigs.
Bite has died down past couple days, gonna toss a tube around to stand out from the crowd.
No stupid tube?
First🎉
The tube, derived from the flying lure..I still fish the tube..Ned rig ,no action..Ned rig is for amateur angles..French fry has more action, then a ned rig...Word to the wise, don't throw a tube less than 12lb test, and that's pushing it..I have caught 10's and 12lb bass on tubes..I use straight flourcarbon 15&16lb .I'm not from stupid generation. Braid to flourcarbon..Too many knots ,equals lost trophy bass.. We are talking 8lbs plus. Have caught 10-12lb bass on tubes...NOT ONE OF THE YOU TUBE BO BO'S TELLING STUPID LIES.
No Texas rig options?