Grubs

[Jake P]

I just realized how much i NEVER hear about grubs when it comes to bass fishing. I use grubs for panfish. Honestly, i have never even thrown a grub while bass fishing. I just picked up some fat alberts and they look like the ultimate flipping bait. If the academy i went to would have had SK rage tail grubs i would have bought them. IMO the Rage Tail action is un-beatable.

Do yall fish these often? whats your favorite way?

[grimlin]

My number 1 bait last year that caught me a lot of fish. I swear by them.

My favorite way to fish them is weightless t-rigged. However that can change real quick.

[iceintheveins]

I fish 5" hula grubs a lot for both largemouth and smallmouth. In weedy or timbered areas, I rig them on a 1/0 EWG gammy and a 1/8 or 1/4 ounce parasite head, depending on depth. In areas without the weeds or brush, I use a football jighead of the same weight.

I also use the Zoom Salty Fat Albert and fish it like a worm. A single tail grub almost can't be beat for shallow smallies, right up there with a tube.

If they won't hit a bigger worm, creature, or lizard, go with a grub and you will probably start catching a few.

[Goose52]

Extremely versatile, and overlooked, bait for bass. I fish 5" single tails mostly, sometimes twin-tails. I fish them nearly always on a 1/0 EWG, rigged weedless and weightless. I toss them whenever I'm in skinny water - cast and let sink, then swim back. Or, cast, let sink a while, then bring up on the surface and retrieve like a little topwater bait. Cut the face of the bait to a popper shape and you have a small, weedless popper to retrieve through the slop. The twin-tails can be used like a small frog in the slop. Lots of ways to fish them. I don't fish them on jig-heads or t-rigged with weights, but there's lots of ways to fish them when you add the terminal tackle.

I haven't been too particular on brand but have used Zoom Fat Alberts, Kalins, Mr. Twister, BPS, and Gander Mountain house-brand (which look identical to Kalin Lunker Grubs). I am partial to the GM brand as they are very durable - sometimes as many as 10 fish before the bait tears up.

Results: I caught 791 fish on grubs in 2010, 455 fish in 2011 (I was using more stickworms in 2011), and 39 fish so far this year - including two five-pounders.

[basscatcher8]

I like using them on new water where i'm not sure on what size of fish are in the water. Or I i just want to locate any species of fish to give me a starting point to look for bass. In my head anything will bite a 3 inch grub from a small blue gill up to a big walleye or bass. I already had a trip out this year on a new river for me where I was having a rough day throwing other baits and just set em down picked up a 3 inch chartruse grub and just started throwing. I started to find fish after about 3 casts.