Plastic grubs

[TnRiver46]

I fish any kind of grub. We used to call a sassy shad a "shad grub" and if you were bank fishing below any dam, you were either throwing a shad grub or trying to buy some off another fisherman. I also really love a curly tail , works for any fish any where 

[MIbassyaker]

Field and Stream gave the curly tail grub the top spot in their "50 greatest lures of all time" feature several years ago:

https://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/fishing/bass/2006/04/50-greatest-lures-all-time

 

A 3" on a ball jighead was one of the first artificial lures I learned to use, along with an in-line spinner and a floating minnow rapala. They caught almost everything, anywhere.  Nowadays I only use grubs for river smallies, but I don't have any good reasons to not use them more often -- they never stopped working.

[haggard]

The 2 inch curl tail grub on a simple ball jig head is my go-to for panfish on a L/F spinning setup, and it catches an occasional bass. Cast it out, swim it back, it always gets something, and it's usually when the lure is almost all the way back to the boat, near the surface. Not bad for less than $3 for a pack of 10 or so. If I don't catch a single bass all day there's some comfort in knowing I can at least catch something on the way back to the launch. It's literally the only lure I run on the L/F spinning setup.

 

[waymont]

I'm old school with my grub fishing. My two favorites are the Fat Albert and the Stingray. The 2.5" Stingray on a ball head jighead moves so well in the water. The shape makes it move with a unique flutter. The last two years I have been using the Stingray on 3/16 and 5/16 finesse jigs with excellent success. Very subtle.

[Cgolf]

14 hours ago, LionHeart said:

How do you fish a grub?  I use them as trailers all the time, but have never fished one with just a bullet weight.

I fish them on a slider spider head mostly so that I can fish them in snaggy water.

 

To the OP I have been using Kalins grub for many years and have tried others, but they can't match the slow retrieve tail action of a Kalins. They also hold up really well too.

[scaleface]

I have some five inch grubs by Riverside . Once when fishing for river smallmouths I had one rigged on a light jig head . I started buzzing it across the surface and the brownies slammed it for an hour or so .

[FCPhil]

I caught my first two bass on a cheap painted jig head from walmart and a white grub. I didn’t know much about fishing at all and I thought they were trout. That’s how I got into bass fishing!

[LCG]

When you guys Texas rig the larger 5in version, do you peg the weight? 

 

[Log Catcher]

1 hour ago, LCG said:

When you guys Texas rig the larger 5in version, do you peg the weight? 

 

I always peg my weight no matter what type of soft plastic I'm using.

[snake95]

On 1/17/2019 at 10:07 AM, Mobasser said:

Are you still fishing grubs for bass?

I fish grubs for bass all the time.

 

Unlike a lot of folks who fished grubs as a first lure, I came to grub fishing though a circuitous process.

 

As a kid we didn't use lures much.  However, as an adult returning to fishing after a long hiatus, I read about and got good with the ned rig.

 

One day I tried a white 3" YUM grub in place of my usual TRD, and had great success both on a dead fall, and on a straight retrieve.

 

Can work as a sort of finesse bottom bait once a mushroom head hits the bottom.  Doesn't need much action to get scooped off the bottom.

 

Now, when I want kids or others to catch fish, the 3" YUM grub in pumpkin, silver, white, etc is my go-to.  As they say, they can't be fished wrong, and at less than $1.50 a pack, cheaper than live bait and keeps the kids active.