Favorite Tubes

[JKarbo214]

What are your favorite tubes? Include brand and color combinations that you have had success with.

[VABassin'14]

I'm a big fan of the wave fishing tubes. I like the size of these tubes and you can very often find them on sale for $0.99 a pack. These are one of the few tubes that I have used much of and that I have confidence in. Colors that I like include Blue Fleck, Black Blue Swirl, Christmas Tree, and Watermellon Black Flake.

http://www.wavefishing.com/4-Tiki-Tube_c_36.html

[grimlin]

My 3 top tube baits.

Mizmo 3 1/2" slim jim watermelon red

Berkley powerbait 4" pumpkinseed

Combat-bassfishing(wayne carpenter) 4" St.Clair goby

I also have a box full of local tube/bait makers that are sold in the mom and pop's store only.Tubes are really popular here.

The only tube bait I DISLIKE is the Wave fishing tubes...I threw these things high and low and never caught a fish on them.I even changed to another brand and caught fish.Wave baits are the only soft plastic brand I avoid. I cannot get a bite on anything made by wave fishing.

[Bankbeater]

I usually fish Zoom small tubes in green pumpkin, pumpkin, and junebug.

[river-rat]

I use t-rigged tubes quite a bit and have come to rely on the following.

Strike King Denny Brauer Flippin' Tube (4 1/2")

Green Pumpkin - Red & Green Glitter

Black Red Glitter

Right Bite Tube (4" and 5")

Green Pumpkin - Red Glitter

Black - Red Glitter

Black - Blue tail

Reaction Innovation Boom Boom Tube (4" and 5")

Coonasty (without a doubt my #1 tube in the Atchafalaya Basin)

Penetration

Cal 420

Net Bait Tube (4'and 5")

Bama Bug

[.ghoti.]

For clear water, I really like these.

http://www.***.com/Poor_Boys_Tube_20pk/descpage-PRBOYTB.html

For not so clear water I want darker colors, and tend to buy whatever I find on sale. Zoom, Berkley, Strike King, etc.

I gotta agree with grimlin on wave baits. I've bought several packs of different wave baits, tubes included, and can't catch a cold with them. I bought them because they were on sale. Well they're always on sale. That should tell ya something.

[kperryman]

If you go to http://www.basspro.com the reviews for bass pro's tender tubes are really good. I have yet to use them but according to the reviews they are hard to beat. Next time I go there I'm gonna pick some up. Check 'em out for yourself.

[Siebert Outdoors]

right now I use mostly bps flippin tubes

[TnBass20]

Bass pro tender tubes. i buy them in the biggest pack they have.

[ww2farmer]

Bass pro tender tubes. i buy them in the biggest pack they have.

BPS charges $10.99 for the 25 pack, which comes to about .43 a tube, the 10 packs are $3.99 or .39 a tube for those math impaired. .04 more a tube might not be a big deal, but I just find it funny BPS charges MORE to buy them in bigger packs. With just about every one else it's the opposite.

[VABassin'14]

I'm surprised to see that some people have not done well with the Wave fishing plastics. I have done really well with several types of the Wave products. I don't know, maybe I was just using the tubes at times that anything could've caught fish, but reguardless I have confidence in them and will keep using them until I stop catching fish on them. Another thing I like about them is that they hold up really well unlike many other brands.

[joshholmes]

i like to use either the yum doozee for a big bite or 4 inch zoom tubes and 3.5 inch fat gitzits for more of a finesse approach. my favorite colors are black and blue, coffee, sunfish, green watermelon and perch