Hooks for tubes?

[Black Bass]

I bought some tubes. What hooks do you use with them?

[fishnaddiction]

i like the tube heads which are jigheads that fit into the tube but there is an exposed hook   if u need to fish weedless a 4/0 Wide gap with a screw in weight or pegged weight rigged trig does the trick   the size of the weight depends on the amount of vegation or whatever

[roadwarrior]

In relatively open water, an inserted jig head is the traditional rig. However, I prefer either an inserted tube weight rigged with a 4/0 EWG Offset worm hook, weedless or a traditional T-rig, unpegged and with a bead, weedless.

With these rigs the action is SIGNIFICANTLY different. With a jig head or inserted weight, the tube will swirl as it sinks. When bass are aggressive, this is generally the best action. Most of the time I fish the tube with a variation of the "dead stick" presentation. This involves long pauses and subtle movement (like a crawdad moving over a rock). This is my best technique in deep water during the summer.

8-)

[.ghoti.]

Depends on the size of the tube. Owner wide gap's and rig'n hooks are good. Gammy EWG's are good. Anyhook with a wide gap will work. I use from 1/0 up to 5/0. I want the hook to penetrate the bait about 1/8" ahead of the tails.

I put the weight inside. For small diameter tubes, a split shot works well. For larger tubes I like a bass casting sinker, with the hook run through the eye of the weight. I almost always shove a couple of crappie nibbles in ahead of the weight. I like the nibbles with glitter in clear water. 1/16oz of weight is usually just about right.

Anybody know why they call those weights "bass casting sinkers"? You never see anybody casting for bass with them.

[santeebasser24]

Check out Hookerz Tackle's hooks .

[Just_Old_Fisherman]

ing the Gamakatsu Skip Gap hooks for most all my soft  plastics including Tubes.  Really like the way they hold the bait.

[Chad.]

I like these in fact i love em! they are sooo sharp ! http://www.venomlures.com/venom_hooks_weighed_xwg_sickle_hooks.htm

with a little weight they're great

[FishTank]

I like Max tube hooks and my personal favorite is the Phantom tube hooks from Owner.

[basser89]

The majority of my tube fishing is on lakes filled with hydrilla so I favor a t-rigged tube. I use either Bass Pro's Magnum flippin tube or Mizmo's Big Boy tubes. These are a bulky 4" tube so I use a 4/0 EWG Gamakatsu hook.