4 in tubes

[Jeffrey Walker]

Does anyone sell a jig and tube combo?

 

If not, what size jig heads do I need to use with 4in tube jigs?

 

 

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

https://www.google.com/search?q=jig+and+tube+combo+site:www.bassresource.com&newwindow=1&client=ubuntu&hs=pyx&channel=fs&sxsrf=ALeKk02uVuMNkPV5Dw-HQAztT6ROg1kZxw:1612187974736&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwis9a2c7MjuAhVOGDQIHTpRCwUQrQIoAnoECAgQAw&biw=1920&bih=910

[Fishes in trees]

Jig heads are a variable that you can control.   How fast do you want the bait to drop?  How deep are you fishing?   There isn't just one answer to your question, IMO.   Are you pitching it at objects or dragging on the bottom?    When using an exposed hook jig head, some tubes will "spiral" on the drop.   My experiences have been that lighter jig heads spiraled better than heavier ones and the shape of the jig head made a significant difference.   When I use an internal weight and tx rig the tube, doesn't seem to spiral at all.  Check out  "stupid or stooped" jig head rigging.  I've seen it spelled both ways in different articles about fishing tubes.   Anyway, stupid rigging is a way of tx rigging a jig head on a tube.   If you're fishing with an exposed jig hook, you get to decide how much hook exposure you're comfortable with.    Some guys who fish tubes kinda like a ned rig are comfortable with a smallish hook, more or less just barely exposed.    Other guys want a more exposed hook - your choice, depending on your evaluations of your conditions.

Me - ?   Every year I tell myself that I'm going to fish tubes more, an assortment of tubes & jig heads generally makes it into the boat every year, but I very seldom fish tubes - my only reasoning is that I seem to miss quite a few fish on them.   This could be because I generally fish them with an internal weight and a 3/0 or 4/0 hook.   Maybe a stupid rig would hook up better - I don't know.

I remember several years ago ( 2003? 2005? ) I had a season where I had decent results throwing tubes.  This was in a lake with many isolated, more or less individual mature trees that weren't removed when the lake dam was constructed.  That pattern kinda stopped, who knows exactly why, my guess would be that too many guys were throwing tubes at trees.

 

These days I fish different lakes, with more standing timber and more sunken, partially sunken timber and the tube doesn't work as well as it used to, so I don't fish it all that much.

Good luck in your tube fishing experiments.

[J Francho]

I like Bite Me Big Dude Magnum

 

https://bitemetackle.net/product/big-dude-magnum/

 

 

[Teal]

25 minutes ago, J Francho said:

I like Bite Me Big Dude Magnum

 

https://bitemetackle.net/product/big-dude-magnum/

 

 

First I've seen those!   I like that alot.  

[moguy1973]

I either use 1/4oz 3/0 hooks with wire weed guards, or when I stupid rig them I use Blue Rock Tackle stupid tube jig heads in the same size.

[J Francho]

48 minutes ago, Teal said:

First I've seen those!   I like that alot.  

Bite Me has a ton of great jigs.  They're like the biggest name no one has ever heard of.  

[Teal]

18 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Bite Me has a ton of great jigs.  They're like the biggest name no one has ever heard of.  

Gonna dive down the rabbit hole and check their stuff out.  

[J Francho]

I like their tube jigs and their plain vanilla shaky heads.