Mann's Stingray Grub

[Mobasser]

I just picked up several(12) bags of these grubs in assorted colors, for a very good price. Is anyone still using them anymore. I use to catch a fair number of bass just rigging with a ball head jig, slow swimming, or snapping them up, and getting most hits on the fall. Don't hear about them too much anymore

[WRB]

Mann's Sting Ray grubs and worms were intended for salt water and made from a tougher (stiffer) soft plastic then his Jelly worms and also had a larger spade tail.

I remember using the lime and grape grubs and worms with a fire red tail that worked good back in the day.

Tom

[waymont]

I use them pretty regularly for bass. I use them in the 3" size as a trailer on finesse jigs when I want a super compact profile. I will also use them on a 1/16 or 1/8oz ball head jig for smallmouth. I have a 100 pack of white 4" that are used for pike and walleye on a 1/4oz ballhead. They are very durable and have a unique action.

[padon]

You don't hear about them much anymore but they are still DYNAMITE on cool and.cold water bass. We fish the smoke or avocado color on an 1/8-1/4 ounce ball head jig and hammer fish in late fall ,winter ,early spring.if your around heavy cover fish then on one of the Ned heads with the little wire weedgaurd.I love the fact that a lot of people don't use them anymore,fish don't see them much.

[Bluebasser86]

Haven't seen them anywhere for a long time but used to catch a lot of fish on them. That gliding, darting action would really catch them sometimes.

[Fishes in trees]

I haven't seen any of those in a long while either.   My first thought is that they would make great Ned rig baits fished on a 1/16 oz mushroom head jig.

[smalljaw67]

The 3" on a 1/8oz football head is killer for cold water smallmouth!!!!

[waymont]

11 hours ago, Fishes in trees said:

My first thought is that they would make great Ned rig baits fished on a 1/16 oz mushroom head jig.

They do, they have a really cool gliding fall on light jig heads. They wont stand up, but they definitely catch a lot of fish.

[GANGGREEN]

Curious how most of you rig them, with the hook inline with the spade tail or at a 90 degree angle, aka flat.

 

[WRB]

Flat!

[detroit1]

Inline on a bladed jig would also be a use...

[Logan S]

Avocado Stingray grub on a ballhead jighead has been a winter fishing staple on the Potomac forever.  

[Will Wetline]

I've still got about 3 dozen in a bag in the back of a closet. A 3" Stingray grub rigged flat on an 1/8 oz. ball jig was a go-to for me in the mid to late 70s. No doubt they would still work.

 

This oldie-but-goodie came to mind when I first saw Missile Baits Ned Bomb Worm. Ha!

[Raul]

I refuse to answer to this question.

[OnthePotomac]

I was about to say as Logan S did that the 3' avocado Stingray fished on a 1/8 or 1/4 ball head jig has been a winter favorite in the late fall/winter for the 19 years I have been on the Tidal Potomac river.   Outside the family of Potomac anglers this the first time I have ever read a discussion on the bait.  It sure works for us.

[Gene Bass]

I have yet to use these. But, a good old fishermen neighbor of mine gave me some to try. He said he used to kill the fish in the bay with them. And that they are some of the best baits to use. The packs he gave me came with some big heads and he said to spray some WD/40 on them. I believe he said to jig them with a popping cork. He has a lot of info and said a lot of things so I might have mixed some of the techniques up here. I’ll have to have him refresh me before I try. 

[scaleface]

I remember having a pack that came with red jig heads but I dont remember using them . 

[WRB]

14 hours ago, Gene Bass said:

I have yet to use these. But, a good old fishermen neighbor of mine gave me some to try. He said he used to kill the fish in the bay with them. And that they are some of the best baits to use. The packs he gave me came with some big heads and he said to spray some WD/40 on them. I believe he said to jig them with a popping cork. He has a lot of info and said a lot of things so I might have mixed some of the techniques up here. I’ll have to have him refresh me before I try. 

Suggest using a different attractant like Mega Strike in lieu of WD-40 that isn’t fish oil it’s a solvent!

Tom

[Jig Man]

That used to be the only grub we could get and it was only green.  It was a great bait on Bull Shoals for smallmouth.  I haven’t had any since I started making my own plastics.

[Catt]

[mcipinkie]

We used them on the Coosa River 50 years ago.

 

Fished them just like that new thing they call a Ned rig.

 

[Smells like fish]

I have an unopened pack of them in white that looks like it came from the 1970’s. I’m letting them age til the right time ?

[Munkin]

Bought some last year to try out for winter fishing.  Haven't used them since they were on the back of a beetle spin.

 

Allen 

[Mobasser]

For anyone interested, these are still available on Mann's web site. They list 4 colors, all 3" size. I'm not sure if they're the same harder plastic as the old ones.                    It looks like it would work well as a Ned rig bait. I'll just use a ball head jig. I remember these being popular when I started in the early 80s. They're all but forgotten around my area now. A good time to bring them back.

[GRiver]

Anybody got some pics of rigging them flat? I’m not familiar with that.