Tubes rigging Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 Can someone tell how to get to the video on rigging tube with weight in it for needless? Thx. Jmartin2766@gmail.com Quote
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted April 9, 2020 BassResource.com Administrator Posted April 9, 2020 5 Quote
Beeno Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 Look up on the way Bill Lowen rigs a tube it is the best way to rig a tube on a t rigg bait. 1 Quote
Super User gim Posted April 9, 2020 Super User Posted April 9, 2020 I don't have a video but there is a specific hook called a skip gap hook (gamagatsu) that works better than an EWG hook. It'll hold the tube better. 1 Quote
CountryboyinDC Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 @Glenn, that's a neat trick. I was using a Shaw Grigsby hook and a basic Texas or a somewhat unconventional Carolina rig. Does that sort of spiral as it falls like it does on a tube jighead? OP, if you have trouble with weedless rigging using the Bill Lowen method using a standard offset hook, the Shaw Grigsby or a hook with the plastic barb close to the hook eye may help. You do need to make sure the hook gap is wide enough or you'll miss a lot of fish. Quote
OnthePotomac Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 Other than a stupid hook I use, my basic tube rig is on a 3/0 EWG Gammie with a 3/16 slip sinker either pegged, or un pegged depending on where it is going. I like to be a able to move the sinker away from the tube if need be. 1 Quote
Super User FryDog62 Posted April 9, 2020 Super User Posted April 9, 2020 I've tried many different ways of rigging tubes weedless - and the biggest problem I have with them is they are weighted at the nose. The beauty of a tube is its lazy, horiztonal swimming/spiraling/dying motion to get strikes. But if they are weighted at the nose you lose that motion and they just nose-dive to the bottom. Best rig I've used that keeps the balance point near the center of the tube is the Owner Phantom Weighted Tube Hook: https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Owner_Phantom_Weighted_Tube_Hooks_4pk/descpage-OWTH.html 1 Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted April 9, 2020 Super User Posted April 9, 2020 99% of the time I Texas rig the tube. Quote
HenryPF Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 3/0 EWG with Bell Sinkers or using the Lindy EZ Tube weights (and they come with rattles built in) 1 Quote
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