Tube Hooks - Possible to Rig with Inside Weights? 2025
MinnRick reply :
Is there a way to rig a tube with one of the top quality tube hooks (e.g. TK190) AND an inside weight? I've tried bell sinkers but the loop is always too small for the TK190 keeper to thread through. Are there any slick ways to rig this up? I've long used EWG hooks with traditional inside tube weights - they skip great and do catch fish but I'm after the better hook-up percentage that comes with the specialized tube hooks, which don't work with the traditional inside weights because of the angled hook penetration. So I'm currently stumped. Any ideas, anyone?
-- Rick
WIGuide reply :
Maybe you could try the bell sinker with a small snap attached to the loop. That should give you a bigger opening to fit the keeper through.
Turtle135 reply :
have you ever tried using soft plastic glue to glue a sinker inside of a tube?
Team9nine reply :
Maybe I'm missing something here, but I don't see how the Trokar hook would much different than using the internal weights and Grigsby HP hook setup with tubes. Haven't tried the Trokars, but have used the HPs with shown weight for years. The gap on the weight should be big enough to accommodate the Trokars, even if a little finagling or creative shaving is needed.
-T9
Mike L reply :
Google "The Stupid Tube Rig" I've been useing this for years and it works!
(Could never figure out how to post pictures here, or I would for you)
Mike
Turtle135 reply :
On 6/30/2016 at 9:40 PM, Mike L said:Google "The Stupid Tube Rig" I've been useing this for years and it works! (Could never figure out how to post pictures here, or I would for you)
Mike
Mike L reply :
On 6/30/2016 at 9:46 PM, Turtle135 said:
Thanks Turtle!
Mike
Glenn reply :
geo g reply :
I have used the tube weights for twenty years. The weights designed to go in the tube are great but not easy to rig properly. I used a #1 or 2 Gama thin WGH wire hook. Worked great, but I don't throw them often.
William Rossi reply :
I used to use Gitzit Glider weights. Prob cant find them any more.
papajoe222 reply :
The TK190 and similar, straight shanked soft plastic hooks are designed for T-rigging. That big keeper just won't fit through all but the bigger bell sinkers. It is possible, however, to super glue a round split-shot inside the tube making sure to leave enough plastic behind the nose for the hook's keeper to pass between the nose and weight.. You can also glue a rattle inside, but I recommend doing both in advance
IDUTBass reply :
I really like the Owner Phantom tube hooks.
MinnRick reply :
Thanks a TON for the responses. I didn't know about the Stupid Tube or that Grigsby HP hook (with a bell) - both look like they have excellent promise for the weedless, inside-weighted tube skipping application I'm after (for docks). Tight lines all!
dlewisfl reply :
The Owner Phantom Tube is the best way to go. I like the Trokar Tube Hook for solid tubes like the ones made by Keitech.
smalljaw67 reply :
Use a regular EWG hook and a Lindy EZ tube internal weight, the weight is designed to be used with offset shank worm hooks in order to keep the weight in the center. Using the EWG gives you a bigger bite than a standard worm hook but not quite as large as the tube hook but it still has enough for good hook penetration.
OCdockskipper reply :
On 1/19/2017 at 4:12 AM, dlewisfl said:The Owner Phantom Tube is the best way to go...
I have used those before & like them with one exception. Is there a way to rig them without having to retire every time you use a new tube?
dlewisfl reply :
On 1/19/2017 at 5:11 AM, OCdockskipper said:I have used those before & like them with one exception. Is there a way to rig them without having to retire every time you use a new tube?
I haven't used them in a while, don't remember any tricks. I don't recall having problems when using the Owner hooks and hollow tubes. I've been using the solid Keitech tubes whenever tying a tube on in past couple of years.
Montanaro reply :
On 1/19/2017 at 5:11 AM, OCdockskipper said:I have used those before & like them with one exception. Is there a way to rig them without having to retire every time you use a new tube?
Pre rig a few before hand
CTBassin860 reply :
On 7/1/2016 at 11:01 PM, IDUTBass said:I really like the Owner Phantom tube hooks.
This is exactly what I was going to say.Its a weighted tube hook but the weight is in place of the screwlock.Plus its Owner.
Mr Swim Jig reply :
On 7/1/2016 at 11:01 PM, IDUTBass said:I really like the Owner Phantom tube hooks.
This is also my favorite for fishing tubes...
OCdockskipper reply :
On 1/28/2017 at 8:23 AM, Montanaro said:Pre rig a few before hand
If you mean prerig a few tubes before hand, then that still means you have to retie.
What I am asking is in regards to the rigging instructions that come with the hooks. The instructions show that they must be rigged to the tube & then tied to the line.
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Other than adding a small snap (which I dislike), it means after just about every fish, you need to retie.
Montanaro reply :
On 1/28/2017 at 12:14 PM, OCdockskipper said:
If you mean prerig a few tubes before hand, then that still means you have to retie.
What I am asking is in regards to the rigging instructions that come with the hooks. The instructions show that they must be rigged to the tube & then tied to the line.
Other than adding a small snap (which I dislike), it means after just about every fish, you need to retie.
There is no other solution Im afraid.
And tubes are typically tough as nails in my experience.
Retying a tube is much easier than rigging a new one up and then tying especially in tournament situation or when the fishing is hot.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I just started making my own awhile back and they've been working great.
heavyduty reply :
Looking for options with 1/0 hooks for 2.5-2.75" tubes. The Phantoms and Stupid heads don't go that small.
Joshua Vandamm reply :
On 1/19/2017 at 4:31 AM, smalljaw67 said:Use a regular EWG hook and a Lindy EZ tube internal weight, the weight is designed to be used with offset shank worm hooks in order to keep the weight in the center. Using the EWG gives you a bigger bite than a standard worm hook but not quite as large as the tube hook but it still has enough for good hook penetration.
Does the weight prevent the tube from slipping and jacking up hooksets?
Raul reply :
Owner Phantom Hooks are great .... to a certain point, I’ve tried them, like how they work but I prefer the stoopid rig, it offers me more combinations of weights/hook sizes and hook diameter since I’m doing it with a jighead and I carry a bunch of those.
cgolf reply :
On 7/1/2016 at 1:51 AM, William Rossi said:I used to use Gitzit Glider weights. Prob cant find them any more.
I picked up some phenix weights from TW over the winter, might be similar. Only issue I found is 90 percent of my tubes had a solid head so the weights won’t work with them.
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