How To Fish A Grub For Smallmouth?

[TidePride37]

Do you twitch it? Bounce it? Or just reel it in?

[bowhunter63]

All of those,Try different methods till the fish tell you what they want.

[TidePride37]

Do you have any other techniques you use with grubs?

[clayton86]

all them that you said and just varying speeds

[Bronzebacksrule]

Hi there's a great article here on this website about fishing grubs: http://www.bassresou...smallmouth.html

Also here is another resource for you with some video: click here

They can really be fished any way and my best advice is to search the entire water column with the bait at varying diffeent retrieve speeds. Also yo-yoing the bait can be very effective!

Hope this helps!

[aclark609]

I find dragging it along the bottom with a horizontal sweep gets bit well and let you feel what's on the bottom really well. Helps a lot for deep structure.

[Crestliner2008]

Now to some folks, the term "grub" refers to a stubby, flat tailed piece of plastic, like a beaver tail. To others - myself included - a grub means a 3" - 5" curly tailed worm. I fish both about the same way; slow rolling them in close proximity to the bottom. I tend to let the beaver type grubs touch down more often on the retrieve though.

[flyeaglesfly5186]

_{1/4oz jig head with a 3in curly tailed jig worm, toss it out, let it drop, reel in SLOWLY, pop it once in a while.}

[Steve K]

I fish mine on a darter or mushroom head jig with a Kalins Lunker grub. Cast it out far! Let it hit bottom and slowley crawl it back. We have a lot of snaggy areas so I don't stop it. For what ever reason this works well for me.

[Bluebasser86]

cast out and reel in slowly, no hops, no jerks, just straight retrieve. That's what works best for me but sometimes putting one on a heavy jighead and snapping it off the bottom will trigger reflex strikes.

[Michael DiNardo]

You almost can't fish them wrong as long as they are in the water.

Mike

[bugman]

1/4 oz jig with a kalin 5" grub slow rolled across spawning flats for smallies here on lake Erie has been the ticket this spring.

[Addicted to Smallies]

Where I fish (mostly rivers and streams, not lakes), it seems to depend on what the fish are feeding on at the moment, I think. If it's mostly crawfish, then the occasional quick hop is better than a long slow drag since it looks more like a crawfish swimming back down to the bottom. If the fish are being opportunistic feeders, or if they are being a bit skittish, then the slow drag may be the better approach. Once you catch a fish or two, try to see if there's anything in it's throat. If you see crawfish, then I'd hop the tube.

[Sean MD]

Whatever you fish, when using soft plastics it works best to "pop" it occasionally and let the sinking action drive those fish crazy.

[Jig Meister]

Grubs are probably one of the best overall bassin' lures around. Swim it any way you want, just go with what works best that day. I have had a lot of luck on yo-yo type retrieves as well as straight reeling it in fast or slow. Or fish if like you would a skirted jig.

Change jig heads to create different movement. One of the easiest lures to fit a given situation.

[traindog71]

In the creeks and rivers, I float it in the current, letting it bounce off the rocks, once I am out of the "strike zone" where I think I will get bitten, I use a slow retrieve, its amazing how many times the bass will "hunt" it down and hit on the retrieve.