Favorite Tubes 2024

rowyourboat reply :

What is your favorite tube?

here are mine, in order:

1. Bass Pro Tender Tubes - nice, small profile seems to get bit the most

2. Yum Vibra King Tubes - have really good luck with these at night, i think the ridges make a difference

3. Cabin Creek Tubes - small profile, good colors

4. Gander Mountain Brand Tubes - dont ask me why, but their 4" tubes flat out catch big fish for me

5. Venom Tubes - who doesnt love megastrike?????

tbirds00 reply :

Strike king tubes as well as bass pro shops tubes.

Kevinator1 reply :

Venom and Snack Daddy Elite Tubes.

Aluma-Bass reply :

Yum Vibra King Tubes or the new Zoom salty super tube

Bluebasser86 reply :

Strike King flipping tubes and BPS are the two I use the most if I'm flipping. Snack Daddy and Pour Boys Baits are my first pick on a jighead.

basscrusher reply :

I only use tubes for smallmouth, really. I rig them exposed-hook (insert jighead) therefore flipping tubes don't really work for me (too long). Having said that, I used to use the skinny Zoom tubes alot, but rarely do anymore. I'll use any of the big, thick, bulky tubes out there, but my favorite is the Strike King coffee tube. My best colors are Chaos, Copper Craw (I think that's what it's called) and Goby-licious (even though there are no gobies where I fish...brown/purple is just a great color scheme). Either SK doesn't make them in black/blue, or they are always sold out when I go to stock up. In that case I get BPS tubes, or sometimes I find packs of Yum tubes (not the Vibra-king -- a non-ribbed tube) for $2 in bargain bins. They work just fine.

I'm eager to try Zoom's new bigger tube, but nobody around me carries it yet.

GoTakeANap reply :

ive never caught a fish on tubes. where exactly do u fish tubes?

iceintheveins reply :

Gitzits, BPS, Yamamoto, Yum, and Strike King.

nastynate reply :

In my opinion these two companies have the best quality and selection of tube you would ever need.

#1 Mizmo Big boy

#2 Right bite salty tube

bassh8er reply :

Of all the great baits Zoom has produced, I HATE their tubes; too skinny and rubbery. I like the SK vibra king tubes, but Chompers are my favorite; bulky but still compact.

jakjkl reply :

hoosier daddy baits

Will Wetline reply :

The original 3 1/2" Gitzit does the job for me with smallies.

Bass Dude reply :

My favorite flippin' tubes are the Yum Vibra-king 4". For the smaller tubes I don't have a preference.

NebraskaBasser reply :

Tubes? I fish FROM a (float) tube.and my favorite is...OH, not THAT KIND of tube! <lol>

Seriously, I do fish from a float-tube, and mostly heavily weeded farm ponds. As such I fish "frogs" a lot, but also tubes. Because of the cover (AND I love a top-water strike), I like to fish my tubes weightless and prefer tubes that float.

I've tried all manner of methods to make "regular" tubes float: pieces of sponge, pieces of foam, those foam ear plugs, etc. But they all add some "stiffness" to the tube's body... and I prefer the softness of an "unaltered" tube.

My solution? Zman! Their tubes float a 4/0 hook without having to resort to alterations. They're tough too, so last all day. If they DO tear a little bit, I can rotate the tube half way around and make new holes. And because it's the PLASTIC that floatts the tube (and not "air" in the body cavity), it will still float. And being the tight-**** that I am, I'll even use Mend-It to seal the holes for re-use the next time.

This all results in a tube that floats, a tube that works, and a tube with remarkable longevity!

Still, if any of you know of any other "floating" tubes, or have w GOOD way to float a "normal" tube, I'm all ears!! (I have a TON of the "regular" tubes I'd like to use!)

MNBASSIN reply :

hey guys this is my first post new to the forum and love it so far, here is my two cents

Tubes are my go to bait anytime anywhere

Top 5 tubes

Any Strike King especially coffee tubes

Chompers

Berkley powerbait flippin tubes

Outlaw tubes

Kamakazee

Bass Dude reply :

On 7/20/2012 at 11:10 PM, NebraskaBasser said:

Still, if any of you know of any other "floating" tubes, or have w GOOD way to float a "normal" tube, I'm all ears!! (I have a TON of the "regular" tubes I'd like to use!)

I've put styrofoam into the body of the tube, that works pretty well. I do it when using them on the back of carolina rigs.

roadwarrior reply :

3 1/2" Gitzit for smallmouth,

Mizmo Big Boy for largemouth.

Mike5070 reply :

Mizmo all day long.

Sam Fisher reply :

My favorite BPS and Strike king

smalljaw67 reply :

My favorite tubes in order:

1. River Rock baits 3.5" tube - The finest tube I ever fished!!!

2. Gitzit 3.5" tube - A good tube with better consistancy of plastic than most until I discovered River Rock.

3. Mizmo 3.5" smalljaws tube - I really like this tube also but the plastic is a bit on the harder side and it doesn't produce as well as the others when the bite is tough.

NebraskaBasser reply :

On 7/24/2012 at 9:01 PM, Bass Dude said:

I've put styrofoam into the body of the tube, that works pretty well. I do it when using them on the back of carolina rigs.

Actual styrofoam? I've tried cuttin slivers of SF from coffee cups. I don't recall now.. but I don't remember it working very well. I've also tried slivers of sponge, but the "fibers" seem to unravel as I try to insert them. I've also tried slivers of foam cut from closed-cell foam - like the insulation you put around water pipes. I've even tried those "floaty beads" (on the INSIDE of the tube) that you use to float your bait while Carolina rigging.

About the only thing I haven't tried (but intend to) is to peg one of those "floaty-beads" or those foam bullet-weights IN FRONT OF a tube. If the bead, maybe it will look like the tube is "chasin' something". With the foam bullet wieight, i could reverse is and make a "popping-tube" out of it!

RevoSEMIpro reply :

Strike King Coffee tubes, Venom, Zoom Salty tubes

Mad Fisherman reply :

Gitzit tubes. I caught the biggest bass of my life on a blue one. Saw it swimming up a small stream to a big pocket, I casted it right in front of him and did not move it. The bass eyed the tube for a second, and then sucked it up in to it's mouth(which resembled a cave) and I set the hook as hard as I could. It shot in all directions and after 5-10 minutes I was lipping a huge 10-12 lb bass and the second I held it my fingers were like chopmeat and I still believe I broke the state record with that fish by at least a pound or two. But I did not have a camera or a scale, but I have a picture of it in my head, and my parents saw it to, but soon I had to let it go. That was nearly half a decade ago, but I can still see that fish swimming off. Gitzit tubes all the way baby!

Jigfishn10 reply :

On 7/25/2012 at 2:27 AM, NebraskaBasser said:

Actual styrofoam? I've tried cuttin slivers of SF from coffee cups. I don't recall now.. but I don't remember it working very well. I've also tried slivers of sponge, but the "fibers" seem to unravel as I try to insert them. I've also tried slivers of foam cut from closed-cell foam - like the insulation you put around water pipes. I've even tried those "floaty beads" (on the INSIDE of the tube) that you use to float your bait while Carolina rigging.

About the only thing I haven't tried (but intend to) is to peg one of those "floaty-beads" or those foam bullet-weights IN FRONT OF a tube. If the bead, maybe it will look like the tube is "chasin' something". With the foam bullet wieight, i could reverse is and make a "popping-tube" out of it!

Disposable ear plugs inserted inside the tube. The bomb!

NebraskaBasser reply :

On 7/26/2012 at 7:15 AM, Jigfishn10 said:

Disposable ear plugs inserted inside the tube. The bomb!

Actually, I've tried those too! But I cut it "shorter' and think I should have cut it length-wise instead. The key is to get something skinny enough that it will float the tube AND STILL NOT be so "bulky" to lose all the tube's hollow-body and softness benefits. (Kind of the reason that I liked the Z-Man tubes and the others that already float on their own. )

iabass8 reply :

On 7/20/2012 at 4:24 PM, Will Wetline said:

The original 3 1/2" Gitzit does the job for me with smallies.

x2. The only time i use tubes is for smallmouth and the 3.5 in gizit tube dipped in jjs is a great tube. Little pricey though. Around 8$ for 20. Last a while though.

Phish reply :

I think I've caught more fish on the tube than any other bait. I used to swear by the simple, cheap, Bass Pro Shops Magnum Flippin Tubes and Tender Tubes. Used to be able to buy them in bulk, it was a no-brainer. Not sure when they quit selling them bulk online, but it's a shame. Fortunately I've had enough to last years.

A few years ago I decided to try Reaction Innovations Boom Boom Tubes based on success with their other plastics. Now I'm an addict. Something about them just seems different; texture, colors, how well they rig on t-rig w/ screw-in weight or unpegged. Flipping heavy cover or open water they're my go to tube. Just getting killed by SM & LM. I think I might be a sucker for the color combos maybe, they're great especially for Great Lakes - gobies.

Regardless I've found plenty I like and will use, but the Boom Boom gets rigged first.

Jigfishn10 reply :

On 7/26/2012 at 10:52 AM, NebraskaBasser said:

Actually, I've tried those too! But I cut it "shorter' and think I should have cut it length-wise instead. The key is to get something skinny enough that it will float the tube AND STILL NOT be so "bulky" to lose all the tube's hollow-body and softness benefits. (Kind of the reason that I liked the Z-Man tubes and the others that already float on their own. )

I hear what you're saying, I'll have to find the thread I learned this from. One of the members here actually has a great system and I'll see if he'll respond to my PM, he hasn't been around much from what I can see.

The Yum F2ube is my favorite for a nose down attitude. I seem to catch more larger fish on that more than anything.

I also learned a neat trick for t-rigging tubes, if you're interested I'll PM you, I don't want to hijack this thread.

Good luck HuskerBasser...LOL

flyeaglesfly5186 reply :

I only use 3.5 inch Fat Gitzits. I primarily fish for smallies in the river so tubes are my best and go-to tackle. I normally use 1/8 or 3/16 oz tube jig heads depending on depth and what types of terrain I'm attacking.

SuskyDude reply :

Mizmo Big Boys!

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