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- Опубліковано 26 лют 2022
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I was born and raised in Chicago, but after working 12 years in the financial Industry regulating the futures and options markets at the CME/CBOT I decided to pursue my passion fishing professional tournaments and left my full time corporate job. At that point, I moved to Junction City, WI with my wife Sara and two boys Hank and Duke. I've been fishing professionally since 2011 and full-time since 2015. I've qualified for seven MLF Championships and won over a half million in tournament winnings at the professional level. - Спорт
Modernized approach: lose the jig head. Try a free rig! Use your favorite Fusion 19 hook and the appropriate weight size for the depth (e.g. 1/4oz or 3/8oz). The bait has such a perfect hover/fall each time you pop it. The hula part acts like a parachute. The sinker brings the bait down with speed, then when the sinker hits the bottom -- poof the bait decelerates and slowly hovers down. Great triggering action. You can also slide a bobber stop up your line if the weight is separating too much for your liking. It depends how fast you want to fish it and whether you're target fishing (e.g., docks) or covering water. Try it!
good tip thanks for sharing!
I’m glad you covered the Hula Grub. I thought I was the only one using it 😄. I use it (or least think of it) as a crawfish imitation. It’ll catch just about anything……. Thank you Matt!!! 👍🎣
It's so good!
When I was first introduced to this lure it was in Arkansas and it was the Chompers Hula Grub. This was at least 15 yrs ago. It soon became my favorite bait and used it on lakes and rivers. I still have gotten away from this, but still have them in my boats for days when the fishing gets tough. I had not though much about dragging in on a football head but will try this approach this year.
give it a try!
Dragging a football head and Hula Grub on Erie. Hot tactic on Erie in the 80's, 90's and early 00's. I still carry a bunch. You did it again Matt. Thanks.
Good stuff
There are so many baits I stop using for no reason - that is one of them, then it seems like you post a video about them and I start using them again. Thanks again Matt.
you bet!
What a small world it is, I too spent a LOT of time on Lawrence lake growing up, it's where my grandpa taught me to fish and still to this day over 40 years ago I caught my pb bass of 6 lbs. right across the bridge in the pads on Meyers lake. My grandparents owned the brown and limestone 2 story just to the right of the boat ramp ( looking at the lake from the ramp), and later built the house between the ramp and said house. Sooo many awesome memories of Lawrence lake! Keep up the great content!
small world!
The Cabin Creek Salty Spider was and still is the bait to throw in our area.
very cool
Yes, my grandfather loved that lure. Thanks for sharing
awesome!
Talk about bringing back memories. Many fish caught on the hula grub in my younger days. Thanks Matt!
Glad you enjoyed it
Subs are growing every time I watch a vid. Congrats Matt! Content is phenomenal!
awesome! thanks!
We really appreciate you and Randy Blaukat. Thank you !
thanks!
Used it 5 years ago when I was just getting into bass fishing again. It definitely produces. It's a lot like the structure bug, in that it's very versatile. Used it with a biffel head on sandy or gravel bottom.
Very cool!
Such a confidence bait for me getting back into fishing years ago. Texas rigged, and swimming for the win.
Nice!
I have a 1982 16' Sea Nymph!!!! Love that boat!!
Awesome!
Yes! Was throwing the single tail GYB Hula Grub last year and did well. I think I was throwing it on a Ned rig head; exposed hook. Clear color with some red and silver flakes.
thanks for sharing!
Hey Matt, I been fishing Hula type grub lures for over 25 years now, and a few years back I started cutting them up and mix matching the skirt and grub parts by heat welding them together with a candle, I learned that a brown skirt with the green pumpkin twin tail combo is a killer for largemouth & spotted bass, I mostly use Arkie style and Round Ball weedless jig heads 1/4 & 3/8 size , they work really good when cut down and used on finesse jigs too, I have caught many fish on this lure !!!
great tips thanks for sharing with the rest of us!
Thanks for going back and reviewing the hula-grub!!👊🏻 Someone gave me a few and had no idea how to fish it but now I do!!! My first bassboat was that Sea Nymph Bass Attacker. Had a 9.9 hp no electronics but I had fun fishing out of it. I didn't fish any tournaments at that time. Stay Safe & God Bless!!!!
Glad I could help!
I have the 1982 16' sea Nymph with a 9.9 too.
Definitely one of my confidence baits I like to rig them with a football head with a screw lock to keep it weedless . Sometimes I will also slit the bottom side a little like how some swim baits are .thanks for sharing Matt
good tips!
Thank for the hula grub primer, can't wait to throw mine. Great fishing lesson.
You bet
Always great videos that's the first lure I threw on a jighead and congratulations on your new sponsor Mud Hole Tackle
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks Matt. For years I used the old Arbogast Hawaiian Wiggler which was my go to lure.
Ive got a bunch of hawaiian wigglers!
@@MattStefanFishing I still have a few but afraid to use them. I might lose them. God Bless Matt.
Man.... 1993 or 1994 was when i first learned about them, great baits. I'll have to dig through my stuff pretty sure i still have some from back then. Thanks for sharing a few steps from your journey always cool to hear the old stories. These "Kids" of today sure have it easy with the info learning curve.....lol. Thanks for the vid.
haha! yeah there was no youtube back then
Thats a bait that brings back some great memories, I once had a birds nest in my reel and it took what seemed forever to get out, once I did I went to reel the bait back in and a fish still had it for I dont know how long but I made the cast to the right side of the boat when I reeled it in it was completely on the other side of the boat. Im like you, great memories with that bait, gotta get back to using them! By the way that fish was a 5.8lb largemouth
Big one!
That’s the same bait, I get smallmouths with in Massachusetts .
A couple years ago, a man cast his bait and lost his grip. I offered him a spare pole, but he refused. I think he was afraid of losing it, too.
An hour later, his little boy snagged something. He reels it in, and there are two trout and a fishing line on the two-hook rig. Starts pulling on the snagged line, and here comes the dad’s pole. So they separate the tangle and reel in the dad’s line, and there’s two more trout. So the kid got four trout and his dad’s lost fishing pole on a single cast.
I always love your content. I have used the hula grub starting 30 years ago also.
awesome!
Thank you for the video.
You're welcome
Thanks as always for the tips love hearing you talk about northern Indiana where I am from!
You are so welcome!
Love the hula grub! Thanks Matt. ✌🏻
Thanks for watching!
I grabbed some bridgeford bc of you. Tastes great!
Awesome!
Before Hula Grubs we had the Bobby Garland Spider Jigs. Same idea buy they were two piece instead of one. You slid the plastic skirt onto the shank of the jighead and then the double tail grub.
i remember those!
Thanks for the videos
You bet
I would agree on going by the wayside. I have used Chomper’s for years. Always caught a lot of fish. They got hard to find a ways back. Killer bait.
yep!
About 5-6 years ago outlet bait and tackle had a bunch of Yamamoto packs ! For cheap 2-3 bucks ! I got about 40 packs on my pegboard !! They are killer !! Love em !!
i loaded up to! but that doesnt happen much anymore!
They're an absolute must have in New Hampshire and have been for a long time. I remember fishing a tournament years ago where everyone was fishing them and literally about nothing else. The old Northern Bass Supple used to have a huge selection of the Yamamoto colors, and they sold like crazy. I was able to get a few of those old school packs you showed, and I got a few really good smallmouth on them last year with them. I'll always have them in the boat!
very cool!
Same in Massachusetts
Your content is spot on. Those hula grubs are great on N GA highland lakes with spotted bass.
Awesome! thanks for watching!
I have some of those baits and didn't know how to fish them .But know thanks to you I'll have something new to try
good luck!
Haha I wondered about this, I was like I love the hula grub lol and it does work everywhere. It's a classic bait, and I was like he must of just forgot and it happens to all of us. Your story at that age is similar to mine, spinnerbaits were my thing and my soft plastics were berkley power worm and a yamamoto hula grub. I just replenished mine and I have never quit using them. Jig and pork some other classics I used. Thanks for sharing your story 👍
thanks for sharing!
I was dragging one behind a 1/2oz football jig just this afternoon. Love the thin kickers in this cold water.
Very cool!
My dad's side of the family lived in Plymouth Indiana for a few decades. Chase Truck Leasing might sound familiar, too. That is pretty cool that you used to fish around there!
yep thats where i learned a lot of my fishing skills!
Matt u rock brother!
Thanks!
My son and I literally just picked up a bunch of Chompers hula grubs at Bass Pro earlier today. We’ve had decent luck fishing them on a shaky head or Texas rigged in local ponds and small lakes. I also just picked up a bunch of your guppy heads from TW. Gonna mate them up with some 2.8 keitechs and do some cold water finesse fishing in the next couple weeks. Learning a ton watching your content!
Sounds great!
I have not stopped using the yamas my go to is always #157 smoke purple f. 5” Grabas Old secret that never gets old .👍🏻👍🏻
thats a good color!
I have my favorite colors on these which you came close to for casting and pitching. One I picked up on a whim from a clearance bin was smoke with red and black flake. OMG! This is an outstanding color for swimming on a 1/4 oz guppy head.
Thanks for the videos
Tight lines and Godspeed
thanks for the tips!
I love Hula grubs. One of the first soft plastics I started throwing. Good vid Matt:)
So good!
I like the smoke purple on a swing head jig. Great video! (I know..late reply!)
thanks for sharing!
Love the OLD packaging, Thanks Matt.
You bet!
Crazy you mention the Hula Grug... I remember going to a cabin in Northern MN and there was a BASS magazine with the hula grub featured on the cover, I feel in love with bass fishing after that point.
Very cool!
Nice recovery. I've used them for years on the upper Potomac and Susquehanna rivers for smallies. 👍
Good to know!
I love hula grubs- just started throwing them this season- in other words, a couple weeks ago- but they rock. I have a blister pack of skirts made by Reins that you can slip on any hook and fish with any plastic- but if you pair it with a double tail grub- you've got a traditional hula grub. They're available at the Hook-up Tackle- were anyway, may be sold out now. I pair them with craws sometimes- any creature bait you want to add some bulk and secondary action to- they work great.
good tip thanks!
I use them as a buzz bait trailer also, bass love it!
Nice!
An awesome bait for sure. I use a darter head and also a finesse Carolina rig
Right on
This is something I never try going to tie one up on the deck now thanks Matt. Now just need sum ice off the lake
i need a lot of ice to melt before i can get out here!
As far as swimming, it was one of the original swim jigs. But I believe it would be awesome on a buzzbait
thanks for watching
Pretty much every tourney in Cali is loaded with hard core hula grubbers. They flat out work. My all time favorite Yamamoto color is green pumpkin purple and copper.
yep thats a good color too!
@@MattStefanFishing sure is
I was one of the guys who asked about the spided grub thumbnail. Appreciate you circling back to it. I also remember the magazine era. Bassmaster, In-Fisherman and Fishing Facts early on, later FLW... those were the resources of the day. Good stuff.
Did you talk about tackle? ....doh. finesse jig gear I suppose? Spinning?
just depends on how you rig it. ill use it both on finess gear and heavy baitcasting gear.
I had one bait shop. It was called cricket hall. All the Guntersville fisherman would hang out there. We used to go in there as kids and just listen to them talk fishing. I got quite an education
i bet!
My first boat was a Sea Nymph FM161 with a Johnson 30.
Nice!
The guppy head idea is interesting
it WORKS!
I really enjoyed this video! Believe it or not I used to use this bait on a under spin with a small blade and got laughed at for setting it up that way.. I would make long cast in shallow water and burn it back to the kayak and alot of the time it got bit and changed my day! Great video thanks for sharing Matt! 👍🎣
Glad you enjoyed it!
I was just thinking of doing that very same thing. Now I’m going to try it for sure 👌
@@westtexasdave2140 nice! Good luck out there and hope you do good! 👍
Back about the same on time on Wawasee in northern Indiana, if you weren't throwing a "Yami" you didn't take home a check! Bite Me Tackle has a specific head for the hula grub and is the style everyone used... still have a bunch of those old bags,and we used lots of the single tails as well
Ive caught a bunch of wawasee bass on a hula grub!
haha, soo ok I wasn’t the only one thing seeing the thumbnail pic in the prev vid, and wondering why you didn’t include it. Lol. Glad you did this one dedicated t ok one vid. 🙂. Ive been using the hula grub on FB head on Lanier in winter for few yrs. great winter bait. Thanks Matt!!
Oh i could see them being killer on lanier!
They work like hell!!!! Loovveee em
yep!
I've seen these but i never have thought they would be a great bait, there's a lot of baits I've bought that don't work for me, but since you recommend them I'll give them a try, this would be great on Guntersville, those fish love ribbon tails & bright green!
ive used them successfully on guntersville fishing the bridge rip rap behind others
Great video bro , love that bait too , it crushes the bass too
Yes it does!
Great stories Matt! 2022...the year of the HulaGrub!
it might be
176 nose hook drop shot is my go to.
love the 176
Gosh, I used to catch a lot of fish on those. Root Beer w/ green flake on a flat bottom football jig that I used to get from Russ Bassdozer old website. Slowly drag it until I hit a chunk rock and POP it off and get ready for a strike. They make a good flippin' bait as well. Thanks for the reminder....I"ll have to start using them more.
Chompers makes them too and with a pretty strong garlic scent, if I remember correctly. Cheaper than GYB too.
that was a good color!
Matt, I dident know you new that area! I Grew up in a small town North of there called North Liberty you have probably heard of Potato Creek State park that was my playground, very cool.
yes sir!
I graduated from Culver Military Academy. Had some good times on Lake Maxinkuckee
Awesome! I always thought it would be super cool to go there!
I've caught a lot of fish working them pretty aggressive. I think they're a good bluegill imitator, fishing them kind of aggressive with some small rod snaps like a little soft jerk bait or swim jig. As you said, they just kind of fell by the wayside for me as I had success with new things. I think it's time to put some back in the bag :)
Thanks for the info
Great video
thanks!
😮 Im definitely gonna pick up some Hula Grubs. I fish at highly pressured areas and Im all about doing or fishing baits people are not fishing much anymore. I loke giving the fish an element of surprise. Lol
They are so good
I have been very loyal over the years to the brands I have chosen to fish bass with. Loomis Rods, Shimano reels, Megabass hard baits, and Yamamoto soft plastics. I have never strayed from any of them because they work for me very well.
With that said I’m very interested to see what the new owners (with deep pockets) do with Yamamoto baits and the fishing industry in general.
I imagine🤔 sponsorships are in the plans.🍺
We will see what they do with the company. Hopefully not run it into the ground. Yamamoto makes some great baits. As for sponsorships it will be interesting. they dont sponsor many people as it is so i doubt they step that up. Im a berkley soft plastics guy through and through, but i do love a hula grub!
My first tournament was at maxi too! Still fish it often, I’ll have to bring the grub back to my arsenal out there.
Awesome!
Already at 22,000! You are a beast
haha! still growing with support from viewers like you! thanks!
Have many in my box ! Same as shown on headline in few different sizes
Nice!
I don’t catch a lot of fish most of the time, but the first time I used a hula grub I caught 5 largemouth in 40 minutes, fishing in Downtown Chicago last November. Can’t wait to bring it out again.
that brings back memories!
Yeah man. And Matt actually replies to your comments. Cool
I like the 4 on a hair jig as a trailer an mop through Milford post spawn
sounds good!
I discovered these a few years ago. It has produced for me for shallow water smallies in the river on football jigs. I got my 8 year-old into using these last year. My only issue is that the Yamamoto grubs are not very durable and don't get many fish per bait.
they are soft
I was actually looking to buy some of these today. I’ve always thought they looked stupid but I saw it rigged and it clicked to me a bit. Though my little rivers don’t have weed lines but I’m sure it works on Rocky bottoms
its even better on rock!
Matt - love all of your content - so glad I found you - keep up the great work and Godspeed to you!!
Thanks so much!
Been using hulu grubs probably close to 25 years and still one of my go to plastics.
Cinnamon purple is the only one I buy anymore 👍
anything cinnamon i have found to be great haha
Used to be one of my staples. Need to work them back into the rotation
yes you do!
I found the Hula Grubs in one store, Wacky Worm in Gilbert PA. The late 80s or early 90s. Lou ( the owner) Hey Mike and Don try these Grubs. We never looked back. Thank you bringing back a great memory 🙏☮️❤️😎
Very cool!
I just got into throwing these and duuude let me tell you I cannot wait till I can get out more because I really have high hopes for this bait, hoping it'll be a secret weapon when all else fails.
they are great!
I still to this day win local tournaments with this bait. Great vid!
its a great bait!
I noticed when you had the thumbnail and did not talk about it.I was kind of glad but,,,They are a good finesse bait.
i totally forgot haha
I have used the spider grub before the Gary Yamamoto produced them. It was called the Triple S grub. It dominated the tournament trailer when the bite was tough. I won a 80 boat series my first year fishing this bait 80% of the time. Best color hands down in the 297. I have fished them all. The Watermelon Red is great in the spring but if you could only have 1, 297 is THE one. Fished on a shakey headis best.
great story!
Chompers and Arkie hoola grubs are my go-to!
thanks for sharIng!
That literally sounds like the boat my buddy just bought and the thing is awesome I don't have one yet but that's exactly what I'm looking for for the waters we fish here in pa it's perfect
Very cool
If you are in Az and don’t have one tied on at all times of the year you are missing out. It is a standard out here always has been. On a jig head. T-rig, hell you can drop shot, free rig and Carolina rig em.. they always produce. And a heck of a good flip/pitch bait too..
they work great everywhere!
Football head works better in oysters but I use the shaky head screw on really oyster / weed less if you will Good stuff
thanks for sharing!
Literally bought a pack of them tonight with that video in the back of my head I thought he didn’t wanna give up all the juice lol
good luck!
I use tbe hula grub and zestail or a double tail grub on a 1/2 jighead for saltwater fishing also and it slays non-stop, it must look like a squid or crab maybe. Thanks Matt love the tips
Thanks for the tip!
I’ve always wondered whether freshwater lures would work in saltwater. Thanks.
@@ricksonora6656 they sure do if presented well. But all plastic swim baits and craw lures work great and most of all fluke jerkbaits the best
@@travisbruno1988 What species of saltwater fish do you catch with the hula grub?
Hey Mr Stefan when I started getting serious about bass fishing the plastics I first started using yamomoto single tail grubs , hula grub , and a tube bait. hey Mr Stefan check out the hula grub jigheads that yamomoto has he uses owner hooks but I have a whole bunch of the Matt Stefan guppy heads and I never thought of swimming the hula grub good video I agree with you how the hula grub is a forgotten bait .Mr Stefan I can't tell you how many bass I caught on the single tail grub, hula grub, Gary's crawfish bait's, thousands and thousands of bass over the years. Thanks for your great videos and the content is suberb, awesome, outstanding, key information all the time. God bless you and your family your pal fisherman Mike. Ps tell your son great job showing us the lures in the last video.
will do thanks for sharing!
I keep Chompers brand hula grubs in my tackle bag at all times. Especially in the summer.
thanks for sharing!
GY Cowboys are great on a football jighead as well
Nice!
I have that sea nymph in my yard lol it’s a good little boat
i caught a lot of fish out of mine
Spider jig! I like to fish an exposed hook for smallmouth and on heavier gear weedless texas rigged for largemouth.
Good tip!
Great video, just bought a bunch of these for the first time, didn't get them yet, on backorder. Are these solid or hollow body?
solid
I got a couple of those from an estate sale. I fish off a dock on the Pend Orielle river with lots of weed out to the drop off.
Wondering the best way to rig them up and fish them.
rig it on this jighead and drag it on the bottom www.tacklewarehouse.com/Owner_Ultrahead_Football_Jig_Head/descpage-OUFT.html?from=MSFG