Choosing, setting up, and fishing a tube.

[redskinsfan360]

How would you choose what color tube to fish and what size jig head to put inside it?

How would you set it up?

Where when and how would you fish it?

I want to start using tubes to fish and I don't have much of a clue on how to fish it.  I want to use tubes to catch both smallies and largemouths if that is possible.  I will be fishing it on ponds, creeks, reservoirs, and rivers.

[Trevor in Burke]

I use tubes ALL the time and I mean all the time, I start with one and I basically almost always have one ready to go.  I use nothing but 4" big boys, green pumpkin brown (half way down the page), by MIZMO, rigged with a mizmo insider.  At night i use the Black Blue/Blue Pepper 5.5 grande either t-rigged or c-rigged with a rattle, you can't use the insider with a rattle so i t-rig with a bullet weight.

You can replicate a crawdad bye jigging, a baitfish by jerking like a fluke, or a grub type bait by simly just dragging on the bottom,  I have also used it on top of thick vegetation just dragging it across and getting smacked that way.  IMO tubes are the way to go a crawdad is a Bass' steak dinner.  Next time we meet up i'll show you, here's a link for mizmo, you can backtrack from here for different kinds of tubes, coloros and tips as well as ordering info.

I've used many different tubes and I'm a firm believer in MIZMO MIZMO MIZMO get some MIZMO's

for smallies and LM's

http://mizmo.com/bigboycatalog.html

[frank4747]

those tubes look awesome....how much is a 100pack?

[NinjaFishin]

Just like Brian said, go w/ pumpkin seed and watermelon colors.  They are the BEST.

so this is how I like to rig my tubes w/ a jighead.

*this is a zoom tube, pumpkin seed, size small

I know that a lot of people prefer to rig it differently, so feel free to try it however you choose.  I like my way for the action it gives the tube and just the right weight that is not too big and not too small.  In this picture I feel the hook may be just a tad long but it works.

[Sam]

I think Trev likes MIZMO tubes.  Did anyone else get that feeling?

As for set-up, Ninja is showing you the Ike method of tube rigging, and it is dynamite.  So use it.

Fish 'em like a worm.  Or a jig.  Or a frog on top of the water.

Just practice, practice, practice.

And have fun at the same time.

[SimonSays]

Yeah Sam, I'm almost afraid to mention that I am going to buy some Coffee tubes to try out soon

At the very least they smell great =)

[Trevor in Burke]

Yeah Sam, I'm almost afraid to mention that I am going to buy some Coffee tubes to try out soon

NO!! MIZMO!

;D 8-)

here's the insider and steps on how to rig it, the weight is inside no more getting bullet weights snagged on lilly stems and wedged in rocks, if you fish tubes and don't fish these you really need to give it a try, d**n i should work for Mizmo haha 8-)

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mizmo.com/insider04.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mizmo.com/rigginginsider.html&h=380&w=180&sz=30&hl=en&start=6&um=1&tbnid=qti9OCoqNhEK2M:&tbnh=123&tbnw=58&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dinsider%2Bmizmo%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

I reccommend taking your needle nose pliers and hold the shaft of the hook with your hand and bend the stright sharp end of the hook to the right for better hook sets just a smidge like an 1/8 of an inch so when you look down the hook it's not straight anymore the hook end the penetrates the fish's mouth is now slighty pushed out to the side, get it?  I can post pictures of said action if you need me to.

This is the one bait I am very adamant about

FYI: If you're trying to learn how to skip a baitcaster... IMO this is the best rig to learn with, this hollow body bait glides on the service and it has weight that isn't exposed like a bullet weight or jighead.

[Jig Man]

I fish tubes a lot.  I mainly fish smoke/melon pepper/pumpkin seed/black neon.

I Trig them, I fish them with a jig insert and weed guard and sometimes I fish them with a bell sinker inside the tube.

The bell sinker inside is the most snag free method but is also the one that loses the most fish.  The jig insert is the most snagging but hooks the most fish.  The jig insert is the one I fish most of the time.

[Trevor in Burke]

I fish tubes a lot. I mainly fish smoke/melon pepper/pumpkin seed/black neon.

I Trig them, I fish them with a jig insert and weed guard and sometimes I fish them with a bell sinker inside the tube.

The bell sinker inside is the most snag free method but is also the one that loses the most fish. The jig insert is the most snagging but hooks the most fish. The jig insert is the one I fish most of the time.

I know exactly wha tyou mean by missing fish, try turning the hook out a little, it creates a different angle for the hook set and substaintially cuts down misses.

[roadwarrior]

This thread covers everything:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1167358924

8-)