Tubes

[TRYTOFISH]

What is the best way to Texas Rig a tube? Do you run the hook in the middle or through bottom and out the top? Weedless?

[Bluebasser86]

Use an EWG hook (several companies offer tube hooks). Run the hook through the top (rounded end) and rig it just like a regular texposed/skin hooked plastic. The end result will look something like this and be very weedless.

[Fish'N Impossible]

A great tube to Texas rig is the Food chain tube from Power Team Lures, as the front 1/4" is solid so the hook set doesn't tear out the nose. Good pic showing the Texas rig too.

[Mike2841]

I either texas rig it like above or use a jig head.

[papajoe222]

The three most common methods of rigging a tube are T-rigged, with a tube jig, or with an internal weight which is similar to T-rigging except the weight is inside the tube rather than a bullet weight above the bait.

Tubes really shine when allowed to free fall as they will spiral their way down when the weight is inside. They are a great alternative to drop shotting or weightless stick worm presentations.

They are also dynamite as a drop bait  when rigged Texas style or with an external jig head.  My favorite for this is a stand up style jig that you can crawl along the bottom, or dead stick for inactive fish.