How to Fish Tubes for Big Smallmouth Bass
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- These are my top tips on how to fish a tube to catch big smallmouth bass! Tubes are one of the best smallmouth bass lures ever made and this is how to fish them to trigger bites from big smallmouth!
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great video, thanks for sharing!
As hard as I try to get away from tube fishing, I just can't break the habit. Too good on the Great Lakes! Another great video Ben!
It is a phenomenal bait - I just think a ned rig or other baits get bit a little better sometimes. A tube just catches giants
Great vidéo! Love dragging tubes on the St Laurence... the strike King coffee tubes in magic Goby and chaos is the shit 👍🏻
I Also prefer having braid to fluo because when we drag in deep water, sensivity and hook sets are better 😉
Thanks Danny! Yes, Magic Goby is the DEALLLL! I think that's where I'm going to be at as well with the fluorocarbon discussion. If I try to fish deep with the tube (15+) on spinning gear, I'm going to lose feel and have a braid/fluoro setup ready to go
Thanks for this video helps a bunch since I want to start learning and fishing tubes more.
No problem at all man
Great vid, Ben!
Awesome video Ben!! Great content. Rod and reel line up 2020 and application for each.
Thanks Nick! That'd be sweet - I may do that!!! :-)
@@brnowak_fishing especially given your new rod partnership. I've been waiting to hear more from you on the lineup so that I can pick up one of their rods that best fits the applications I fish here in the Northeast. I have no doubt you'll be an awesome spokesman for the rod company.
Love fishing a tube in the spring down here.
Great video! A video like this on ned rigs would be pretty cool. When, where, small 2.75 inch plastics or longer 4 inch ones, EWG offset ned heads?
Good stuff bud.
Love a tube anywhere or time in Michigan. Those big dude jigs are my absolute favorite. 3/8 is tied on 90% of the time for me. It’s my ultimate confidence bait.
Yes - 3/8 is probably my all around favorite size as well. It’s so good
My dad has loved using the coffee tubes and the zoom tubes for more than 20 years. His true confidence bait.
Love the tube!!! Great information Benjamin!!
As to another video, how about discussing your Garmin Livescope setup, tweaks, and the new Perspective mode. I just purchased the 12" Ultra to replace my 9" for my Livescope. It should arrive Saturday. I saw another video on the perspective mode but it was very basic...
Yes! I love that Idea. It's been really cool working to dial in my perspective mode and to be hones, almost all of my settings are auto medium as far as gain goes with Perspective mode. I'm stuck in a Yak unfortunately, but as soon as I can get out again, I'd love to really breakdown how I'm already seeing benefits in using it
Great...looking forward to seeing THAT!!!
Besides our great lakes here in New York, its tough to fish a tube in our finger lakes because of how long grass is in. Granted you can go weedless but there are more effective applications at that point but I may give a flipping tube a chance this summer.
Yes dude! Or check out the Stupid Tube Rig. It's a great way to rig a tube weedless and fish it through some of that gnarly grassy areas
I dig it man. That is for the tips. I've been wanting to get into tube fishing down here on the tva lakes. When this covid stuff dies down and you can make it back to TN, lmk. I'd love to get you out on douglas with me for a day.
Thanks for the tips*
We've gotta make it happen Anthony! It'd be a blast. Let's get together when I come down to TN area next!
If you decide that you don't like the flouro on your spinning rod, I would suggest trying a good Copolymer line on your tube rod. I use braid to flouro on all my spinning combos except my tube rod and my spybait rod, and on both of those, I use 6 or 8 pound Copoly!
That's a great tip! I've considered going to copoly as well and have heard some good things - especially for a tube that is relatively a muted feel anyway!
Enjoyed the video Ben! Wondering if you and Alex are still planning to fish together this May?
I wish my good sir...it sounds like we're going to wind up putting it off until later in the year due to all of this. I still plan/hope to do a "Seeking Bronze" special series if I have the opportunity
Well look at this young guy!! Lol JK awesome video Ben.. I love throwing a tube i always do a Texas rig set up, more than a jig head.. Good info brother man!!!
Hahah for real - I look 10 years younger without the scruff! I agree - I think for shallow water situations, largemouth or really grassy areas (or flipping), a TRigged tube is the way to go
can you talk about your Sparkie jig mold mods and go more in depth on your swim jig setup and system? A swim jig is the one jig I haven't been able to find my confidence in.
Hey dude! For sure. I'm hoping to get on a sick swim jig bite soon and would love to do some info on that for fishing up north here.
The Sparkie mods would be sweet too. There are a couple things that I do to make it, in my opinion, the best skipping jig mold on the market :-)
Hey Ben, can you do a vid on how to fish a river/canal system that runs between two (or more) large bodies of water. Keep killin it, Brah !
Thanks! that'd be pretty sweet. I'd love to try something like that!
@@brnowak_fishing ...maybe even do it with a tournament breakdown strategy with different time of day and weather/water temp scenarios.
Awesome man !! Now all that is left is pit some time on the water with it and gain some confidence . I am aurprised no smoke purple color . Most other vids I have seen they like a color like that . So you never T Rig a tube ? I picked up a bunch of different jig heads this last winter . Just have to grab some of the larger heads for summer . We have had bad wind and it snowed here today and last Friday . The fish are a little confused right niw to say the least Our water is super muddy because of the 2 days of 70mph wind as well. Hope all is well and look forward to the next one .
Yes - no doubt my man! I actually really like smoke/purple/chartreuse flake dropshot baits, but for a tube I have far more success on those light melon colors (watermelon, cucumber, purple or gold flake). For me they do a better job of imitating a variety of baitfish and it's probably just a confidence thing, but I feel like I get more bites!
Hopefully the weather settles down a bit for both of us and we can start to catching fish again soon!
Dont know if youve done a video like this but could break down what you look for when fishing a new lake? if you only had a couple hours to fish a new lake what would be the spots you hit first?
I would absolutely love to do that...heck, i may do it very soon. I'm stuck in a Kayak at the moment (MI Regulations) but as soon as I can get back into my boat, I think this would be an awesome vid
I rewatched this just to hear you say "crack" & "stroke" in your Michigan accent! But really, great video Benji! Ohhh does anyone call you Benji? I bet Alex calls you Benji! 🤣😂 you're my neighbor across the lake! Just a few hundred miles NO BIG DEAL!
Hahah yeah - I realized when I was editing how many times I said that! Alex for sure calls me Benji :-) It's a nickname I'm good with! I can't wait to get back on that big water dude! We're only a few hundred miles away!
@@brnowak_fishing Maybe I'm childish but I just notice the oddest things that are hilarious to me. Benji is a legit nickname though, Ruddles or Puddles would be good for him. Benji is better than my nickname, Bung, because my middle name is Pang-Chiang... I got screwed, my older sister is Ann and I got Pang-Chiang. I've actually never been off the banks on Lake Michigan, it's pretty gnarly though since it's essentially a sea... crazy how high the water is right now.
Do you think a Texas rigged tube would work around brush or should I just stick with a craw or a jig?
It's a great flipping bait. I love a Texas Rigged Tube at times, because not many people use it and it has a unique gliding/spiraling action on the fall!
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Thanks Brohem!
I've heard of people throwing tubes on a Tokyo rig(I think that's what its called) and kinda swimming/slow rolling it letting it bounce off rocks and cover. What are your thoughts on it or have you tried it?
I've heard that too - I know of some dudes that absolutely swear that it's the next "secret bait" like the wobble head that people always have tied on now. I personally have struggled with it. I've lost a lot of fish - and I'm not sure why that's happening. I'm hoping to dedicate some time to it, but so far I've been more frustrated with it than I have had success
What size hook do you like using just picked up 1/4oz 4/0 bite me jig heads, but thinking the 3/0 would be better. Any thoughts or preferences?
Yes the 3/0 is my preferred for most standard 3.5” tubes
Any insight on tube size? 3.5,4,5 inch? Would size of the tube matter more/less during different times of year or do you pretty much use only 1 size all year? Fishing from MI
F D hey! I’m using a 3.5” tube almost all of the time. The only time I use a smaller tube is if I choose to bed fish with it because it increases the chance that the fish is going to bite the hook rather than just grab ahold of the tentacles
Thanks for checking the vids!!!
You said 3/4 to 1 oz head for stroking the tube depending on depth what depths do you go to the 1 oz for?
I'll fish the 3/4 from 15 to about 20/25fow. If I really want that bait to fall fast and the waves are bad, I'll go to the 1oz 20+ fow
Good stuff. You don’t ever throw smaller tubes? 2.75” range?
Thanks! I've played with the smaller tubes, but once I go that small (although it catches fish) I just have more confidence throwing a ned rig instead
i never thought you would shave the beard
Back to 12yr old Ben 😂
I know this is basic but how do YOU put the hook into a tube? Almost time Northern Idaho.
Yessir - the tube has a hole in it so you take an push the jighead up into the hole
Do u ever trim the end of the tube like the Skirt. Sometimes they are really long. Have you found that sometimes the want a shorter skirt?
I absolutely do. I typically will cut just the very end off when I rig it up to make sure that all of the tentacles are cut. When I'm bed fishing though, if I'm using a tube, I cut the tails so they're about 1/4-1/2 inch long. This helps prevent the fish from grabbing the tails and moving the bait rather than the hook!
I use tupe jigs on the Willamette river . They work. No panic when you get hung up. I not losing $ 12.00 bait.
what size tubes do you use?
Almost all of the time they're the 3.5 or 3.75" tubes. I've played with the small tubes but I think if I'm downsizing that much, I might as well use a ned rig
Venom tubes are my go to tube the stubby
I've heard good things about them - they look very good!
Dude do a flipping for smallies in the rivers dams
YES!!!!
Ben do you use the Stupid Tube set up at all?
I've used it a bit, but for smallmouth I have so much more confidence in that open jig hook setup!
I fish all flurocarbon.. In clear water... All the time...
Tube vs Fat Ika?
Have you tried the stupid tube rig? Your thoughts
I've fished it a couple of times. It is a unique tube rig that catches a lot of fish, particularly largemouth in really shallow grassy areas. In those situations, it's the deal. For smallmouth though, I'm almost always using an open jig hook - I just downsize jig head if I'm fishing really shallow water!
Do you know what the migration pattern is for Goby during a one year cycle in the Great Lakes? Smallmouth love them just wondering if they migrate around or are they homebodies?
Do you ever go to smaller tubes?
When the water gets to 50° F or colder, I either switch to a smaller tube or a ned rig.
also first
Try a Rage structure bug on a wobble head. You can go behind guys fishing a tube and catch JAINTS!
You are 1000% correct. I love a wobble head - It's something I've been playing with a lot more lately. Thanks for the Tip Bill!
What is a “JAINTS” and how can I catch one?! Do you mean to say “GIANTS?”
make a collab with smallmouth crush
I’d love to Travis is a good dude!
Dude you have that the wrong way the legs go in the front that’s the correct way
Are you talking how I have the tube rigged?