Coffee Tubes...

[Fish_Rapala]

Hello all!

I'm new to the board, wanted to say hello and see what others thought about Strike King's new tube, the Coffee Tube.

My buddy saw an add in a magazine, and picked a couple packages in various colors.  From the ones I've used, they beat any regular tube I've ever fished.  The fish hold on forever, I've got a fish out of the water before he let it out of his mouth (the hook was jammed in the plastic or he'd never got it out).  I like the 3.5" rather than the 4" Flippin' version.  I rig mine Texas style with a 1/16th oz bullet weight and #3 Gamakatzu blood hook.  One of the most chronic rigs I've ever fished.

Anyone else had as good of luck with em?

[Brian_Reeves]

The strike king coffee scent is one of the best on the market.  I've gone through a lot of tubes, trying to perfect a few techniques with them.  These bad boys are the real deal.

My favorite way to present a tube is with a foam earplug inside of it.  I have used it with tremendous success this way on a carolina rig and weightless as a topwater.  On top, it walks the dog pretty good.  Strike King's various soft plastics are leaving very little room in my tacklebox for crankbaits, topwater plugs, and spinnerbaits.  I rarely use them anymore.

I can't wait until the rest of the Rage Tail and Coffee lineup comes out.  Next year, I might not pick up a hard plastic lure AT ALL.  I'm seriously considering trying this challenge out.

[fishbear]

If you do a search there was a whole thread dedicated to this topic last month I believe.

My ? is this. Who of our esteemed advertisers will develop a coffee flavored worm? Shad? Craw? Lizard? first.  Hint! Hint! Brent,,, lol

By the way, the bass here in Ga. prefer Maxwell house!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Fish_Rapala]

my mistake, I searched but only searched a week back.  I have no idea why no one has made coffee flavored anything else?  It would make them more money, and put more fish on my pole...

[booneangler]

i wonder if you could put some coffee in a zip lock baggy with some worms would that help any?

[Brian_Reeves]

THe coffee scent is patented if I'm not mistaken.  Last thing I would want to do is step on Strike King's toes.

[fishbear]

Do not want Strike King mad at me either, ,, but how do you patent a scent?   That is like patenting a color or sound.

[Jeff C.]

I use Coffee scent in a lot of my hand poured baits..

worms,,phat-eez ( * ),, critters (flappin hog )and a craw jig trailer .. It works great and smells good too.

Jeff

[booneangler]

only thing im saying is making your own scent like put some coffee grounds in a bag with some plastic's.

[goat834]

I like them only had 1 hit so far while picking out a backlash of course! They smell forever. I've had one on my boat for a week and a half now and it still smells like a new one!

Hey boone I tried it. I used some cheapy plastics from walmart. It didn't work very well. I tried marinating them in very strong hot coffee and then put them in a bag with fresh coffee. 1 time in the water and they smell like cheap plastics again.

[booneangler]

strike king probably makes it in the bait.

[Bassn Blvd]

I posted this a long time ago about various scents.  Coffee flavor has been around for a LONG time.  Brew yourself a pot of coffee and soak your plastics in it.  The fish love the smell/taste for some reason.