Best way to fish a tube?

[jbrew73]

Do any of you tube gurus rig them weedless with a round bend hook?  I prefer round bend hooks and have struggled to effectively rig them weedless.  

[TnRiver46]

33 minutes ago, jbrew73 said:

Do any of you tube gurus rig them weedless with a round bend hook?  I prefer round bend hooks and have struggled to effectively rig the weedless.  

I use 2.75 inch tubes, so an exposed jig head is pretty much the only option. You might could rig one weedless on a tiny 1/0 and crimp a split shot on the hook shank, but I gave up trying weedless years ago. I fish them like this 99.9% of the time. Catches as well as a ned rig for a fraction of the price . I’ve fished this fairly often for 20 years and they won’t tear up the plastic so no need for elaztech  

[heavyduty]

6 hours ago, jbrew73 said:

Do any of you tube gurus rig them weedless with a round bend hook?  I prefer round bend hooks and have struggled to effectively rig them weedless.  

Check out Oldham's weedless tube jigs. I use this style 99% of the time.

[roadwarrior]

These are my preferred inserted weight/ hook: 

 

 https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Owner_Phantom_Weighted_Tube_Hooks_4pk/descpage-OWTH.html

[GRiver]

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Secret_Lures_Stupid_Tube_Jig_Heads_5pk/descpage-SLTJ.html

I bought the jig heads to rig the stupid style, I don’t know if they are any good, but thought it was a place to start.

[RDB]

I don’t fish tubes a lot but here is a pretty cool Zona video about cracking’ a tube.

 

 

[TnRiver46]

On 2/6/2022 at 4:19 PM, GRiver said:

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Secret_Lures_Stupid_Tube_Jig_Heads_5pk/descpage-SLTJ.html

I bought the jig heads to rig the stupid style, I don’t know if they are any good, but thought it was a place to start.

I know some people that really love a stupid tube. I get a kick out of Jacob wheeler giving his camera man heck about breaking off dozens of stupid tubes every trip