5" Curl Tail Grubs

[Kititas]

Anyone use these grubs for bass largemouth smallies one spots? Not as trailers by themselves on jig heads or Texas rigs

[iabass8]

I use them as swim jig trailers. Yamamoto, kalins, and action plastics are my brands of choice.

[Felix77]

I use them with a 1/4oz ball head jig for smallies.

[Goose52]

A very versatile bait. I fish them weightless and weedless on a 1/0 EWG hook. Depending on how you rig them, they can be fished in open water, in the slop, on top, on the bottom, and anywhere in-between.  You can drag them, swim them, and surf them.  For bass, more of a "numbers" bait than a big fish bait but you can get an occasional lunker on them as well.

 

In the 2010 to 2012 seasons, I caught 1618 fish, including bass up to 5 pounds, on 5" grubs...

 

A 5-pound "grub fish":

 

[Teal]

Definitly in my box. I use them for trailers more than anything, but i love to pitch them exposed on 1/8 -to 1/4 jig heads on light line under docks, light cover, and on bass beds too. Its a bait that i really like to fall back on when fish get finicky.

[Loop_Dad]

Right now I am dropshotting these guys. In warmer months, I only use them as trailer.

[Crestliner2008]

A 5" Kalin on a 1/4 oz. ball head, in smoke w/black flake. DY-NO-MITE on river smallies!

[OkobojiEagle]

I've thrown curly tail grubs as large as 6", but have settled in on 3" & 4" versions.  When I want a larger "grub" I move to a boot tail grub... these days more commonly referred to as a swim bait.  The larger curly tail grubs require a heavier head or faster retrieve to set the tail in motion.  I most often want to fish them slower.  I spend my winter months "tenderizing" grub tails to be fished the following season.  Tenderizing = thinning the tails with an emery board till they are "wet noodle limp".  Tenderized tails will undulate at a much slower speed with less jig head weight.

 

oe

[tholmes]

I use them with a 1/4oz ball head jig for smallies.

X2 .Largemouth will hit 'em too.

 

Tom

[papajoe222]

I've used Kalin's on everything from Slider jigs to Umbrella rigs. I even tried the PowerBait in this style T-rigged with no weight and fished it like a swimbait.  Like plastic worms, they just keep producing, so I just keep using 'em.

[J Francho]

5" Kalin has been a staple since the 90s for me.