Any reason this wouldnt work?

[airborne_angler]

My one and only Cavitron Buzzbait sat out in the elements and the skirt dried out and fell off. I dont have any other skirts at the moment so I wanted to see if putting a tube on would work.

I see it possibly falling down the shank of the hook. What if I were to use a plastic wire tie as a way to "crimp" it on?

If I can get the tube to stay on,is there any reason this wouldnt work?

[Marty]

If I can get the tube to stay on,is there any reason this wouldnt work?

None whatsoever.

[airborne_angler]

Ive had blowups on just a buzzbait,with no skirt before and was told that the skirt just gives the fish a target(larger profile) ...Sound right?

[bassdocktor]

I've seen stuff like that with spinner baits so I'd think it'd work here too. Maybe you could put an old worm in there to help hold it on. Put it in the tube and thread it all on?

[.dsaavedra.]

Ive had blowups on just a buzzbait,with no skirt before and was told that the skirt just gives the fish a target(larger profile) ...Sound right?

yup.

[DADto4]

Why not try a dab of fishing glue(super glue),,, that will surely hold it in place

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

Nothing wrong with that.

I would go another step and try a fluke,creature bait,soft frog,or a paddletail minnow bait say 4 inches

[memo43]

The blade is only to create the noise an distortion, the skirt/tube is what a fish will target, so pretty much any thing that will give a fish a target to stike it will. I have tried mine with the same concept as you are  I was also seeing if a fish will strike them. they do  

memo

[-nick-]

Nothing wrong with that.

I would go another step and try a fluke,creature bait,soft frog,or a paddletail minnow bait say 4 inches

Yeah thats what i was gonna say with flukes put one of the regular flukes on it not the super flukes. I did that with one of my spinner baits the other day adn caught my first bass on a spinner bait.

[kikstand454]

ive been out wading around and caught so many bass that the skirt of my spinnerbait just fell apart. i kept throwing it, they kept biting it.

i like how ur idea looks, i think i might go get a cheap walmart bzbt and start sticking things on it........

[.ghoti.]

I keep a few buzzbaits rigged with Super Flukes instead of skirts.

Rig it perfectly straight, and super glue it in place.

Works better than a skirted buzzbait, some times.

[snapper G]

No, don't see why not, I've also used red fish spinnerbaits and buzz baits for bass, And that's basically bas red fish buzz!

[dave]

I saw this exact tip in an issue of Bassin.

[jb_adams]

You should try a large grub with a ribbon tail.  I use a grub as a spinnerbait trailer and that ribbon tail gives "life" to a noisy bait and it's dynamite.  I agree with the super fluke suggestion.

If you ever want to add a skirt again, just use a quick skirt.  They are sold separately for spinnerbaits.  I did the same thing to one of my favorite buzzbaits.

[flipinstick88]

I have caught lots of fish on a skirtless buzzbait with just a split tail trailer.

[airborne_angler]

i tried it,worked well until mid cast a gust of wind blew my bait into a real tall tree. Thus the tree got to keep the bait :'(

[jb_adams]

I follow the belief of "No Bait Left Behind".....

I bought a "hound dog" several years ago.  It's a bait recover tool.  A big lead weight with a wire that follows your line into the water and retrieves baits.  Recovered several crankbaits for it.

Both in the water, and in big tall trees! ;D  Just a few weeks ago, I overcast further than I thought I could reach and the wind pushed it up into the treetop before I could put the brakes on.  I flung the ole' hound dog up there and after a few trys, got it out.  I use 250lb test  mason string and wind it up on an old Abu Ambassador with a sawed-off short grip Ugly Stick fishing rod.  It's a wicked tool and a must for every boat.

[diver_sniper]

I had the same thing happen to a spinner bait and I also put a tube on it.  Worked great.  If I remember right I caught 3 fish in the first 6 or 7 casts.  Not much size to em but hey, it's action.

[fishfordollars]

90% of my BB have something other than a skirt on them.

[Raul]

i tried it,worked well until mid cast a gust of wind blew my bait into a real tall tree. Thus the tree got to keep the bait :'(

S*t happens.

[CWB]

Try a dab of superglue where the tube meets the head of the bait.

[TournyFish001]

put a yamamoto 4" saltwater series swimbait on it- the white one... shhhhh....  :-X

[jb_adams]

put a yamamoto 4" saltwater series swimbait on it- the white one... shhhhh.... :-X

A local pro swears by those........I would imagine it would be great on a buzzbait.

[flatbass]

A small plastic cable tie works very well for holding tails or skirts on. You can also use a fluke for the body.

[TournyFish001]

put a yamamoto 4" saltwater series swimbait on it- the white one... shhhhh.... :-X

A local pro swears by those........I would imagine it would be great on a buzzbait.

I know a local pro who likes them too... :-? They are great on a buzzbait and also on a 1/4oz dart head- medium retrieve fish it anytime you would a spinnerbait its dynamite