tubes for LMB??? 2025
soccplayer07 reply :
Who uses tubes for LMB??? I always read about tubes for small mouth but never for large mouth. I know that they catch LMB occasionally for SM users but who uses them exclusively for LMB? GYCB Ika resembles a tube which works well. Thoughts?
ww2farmer reply :
I used tubes for flipping for LMB exclusivly for years, not so much in recently since I become a beaver junkie, but I still use them from time to time. They have always produced, quanity and quality. I have recently become fond of Netbaits BK Tube. I have always liked a 4.5" tube in pretty basic colors, Black/Blue, Junebug, Greenpumpkin.
Hammer 4 reply :
Use to fish em alot, never really did well with them, so I kinda gave up..
Bass_Akwards reply :
The Ika obviously isnt a tube, but rig that sucker weedless and rig it backwards and it's as killer of a lure as any tube if not more so.
topwater.va reply :
I fish tubes for LMB and it works really well for me. just hop it across the bottom
wisconsin heat reply :
i like tubes alot, one of my favorite baits for catching them, i really liked fishing them weightless with an exposed hook, t-riging them with an EWG hook works wonders too. i cant belive that u dont have success witha tube! 
Hammer 4 reply :
Quotei like tubes alot, one of my favorite baits for catching them, i really liked fishing them weightless with an exposed hook, t-riging them with an EWG hook works wonders too. i cant belive that u dont have success witha tube!
If you mean me...try fishing where I fish.. 
NewKidInTown reply :
QuoteWho uses tubes for LMB??? I always read about tubes for small mouth but never for large mouth. I know that they catch LMB occasionally for SM users but who uses them exclusively for LMB? GYCB Ika resembles a tube which works well. Thoughts?
The Tube is a classic bait. Tubes are a staple in Bassin. I like Berkley Original Power Tubes 4" Green Pumpkin. I wouldnt think anyone uses them exclusively for LMB. They are a crawfish imitator which both species eat very willingly.
EastTexasBassin reply :
I really want to catch lmb with tubes, but I just haven't had any luck with them.
I probably haven't given them a fair chance, but after a few pitches to a nice laydown and no hits...its hard not to drop it and go for the jig. Especially when the jig gets the hit. Too many times I've fished a tube without any success, then switched to a jig and done well. I don't have any confidence in them.
flippin and pitchin reply :
Flippin tubes are a staple. I love em around buck brush. They have a unique type of fall. There are days when a tube is THE bait and other days when a creature bait with bumps, ridges, arms, tentacles and stuff work better. They are great in warm water. Give them a fair try and you will be surprised.
smbrule reply :
Fish tubes a lot for LMB. For a drop bait jigs and tubes tie. Jigs primarily in brush and tubes in more open cover.
I fish Boom Boom 4.2 tubes primarily with a 3/16 oz. weight inside the tube. Skipped under docks and let fall they are deadly. My perception is that with the weight inside the tube the circular fall is enhanced.
Jig Man reply :
I never go bass fishing without at least one tube tied on. Right now I have 2 ready to go in the boat for today's trip.
I make my own and try to keep the colors simple smoke, green pumpkin, pumpkin seed, black neon mainly.
River Rat316 reply :
Tubes can be deadly on LMB, I have mopped up in areas where everyone was pitching jigs to woodcover, and I came in behind them and pitched a tube instead
soccplayer07 reply :
How are you guys rigging them? Are you fishing it like a jig?
ww2farmer reply :
QuoteHow are you guys rigging them? Are you fishing it like a jig?
When flipping heavy cover: texas rigged w/pegged sinker,weight dependent on cover/depth/etc........ A tube is one bait you DO NOT want to flip on a straight shank flipping hook like the BMF, an EWG is a must because of the tubes bulk, it will ball up on a straight hook and cause alot of missed hook sets. Go with a big of a hook as you can, for a 4.5" tube I go with AT LEAST a 4/0, most times a 5/0 EWG super line hook.
roadwarrior reply :
Tubes have always been a staple for me.
I fish Micro Munch Tackle El Gordo, Mizmo
5 1/2" Grandes, 3 1/2" Small Jaws and the
original Gitzit (Baby Diaper Yellow).
One of my best tips ever was a few years ago
on Bull Shoals. For two and a half days, my
partner and I never went fifteen minutes without
"Fish On!" We were fishing the Gitzit exclusively.
8-)
Stringjam reply :
I love tubes - in any season.
When water gets up in the pre-spawn, I always have a 5" Gambler Hibdon flippin' tube on.
I rig with a 5/0 Mustad Ultra-Lock, and either a bullet or an internal weight.
Internal weights cause the tube to fall much more erratically (spiral), but when you're flipping heavy cover it makes it a little more difficult to get through the branches.
Gitzits are staples here in the Ozarks. Everybody uses them and everybody catches fish on them. Spots, smallies, and largemouth.
Fishes in trees reply :
I have issues with pitching tubes. I'm using decent gear and rods, 4 1/2" tube, 3/16 or 1/4 internal weight (sometimes with rattle and sometimes not) 4/0 or 5/0 wide gap hooks ( I switch brands sometimes, but the usual brands, Mustads, Gammies, Owners, etc) I get bit, but I land maybe 1 of 6. I try to hit them instantly. I try to let them run for a second or two, it doesn't seem to matter. Roughly 1 out of 6 is my ratio with tubes.
It is to the point that, last year, I only threw one once I'd proven to myself that creatures and beavers and paddle tail worms , essentially everything else didn't work.
It is a mystery to me. I know, compared to a lot of other fishermen, I suck, yet other baits that I get bit on, I stick a much higher percentage than 1 out of 6.
I think this year, again, they will be a bait of last resort.
ww2farmer reply :
QuoteI have issues with pitching tubes. I'm using decent gear and rods, 4 1/2" tube, 3/16 or 1/4 internal weight (sometimes with rattle and sometimes not) 4/0 or 5/0 wide gap hooks ( I switch brands sometimes, but the usual brands, Mustads, Gammies, Owners, etc) I get bit, but I land maybe 1 of 6. I try to hit them instantly. I try to let them run for a second or two, it doesn't seem to matter. Roughly 1 out of 6 is my ratio with tubes.It is to the point that, last year, I only threw one once I'd proven to myself that creatures and beavers and paddle tail worms , essentially everything else didn't work.
It is a mystery to me. I know, compared to a lot of other fishermen, I suck, yet other baits that I get bit on, I stick a much higher percentage than 1 out of 6.
I think this year, again, they will be a bait of last resort.
Internal weighted tubes work best on a jig head with an open hook. If your pitching tubes texas rigged into cover ,use a bullet weight, the weight inside the tube is preventing the tube from fully collapseing, and thus the poor hook up %. I speak from expierance on this, I had the same problem when I tried the internal sinkers t-rigged. Went back to a bullet weight............much better hook ups, and they bite the tube just fine rigged this way.
Siebert Outdoors reply :
I would never throw a tube. Nor would I fish it on a jig head or c-rig. I definately would not T- rig one. I cant stand chompers tubes, bps flippin tube, or some local dipped tubes.
PS, I would never throw green pumpkin either. That is a horrible color.
;D
Crestliner2008 reply :
Gman got a chuckle out of me! ;D I read somewhere awhile back that tube were originally designed and used for LM bass....not smallies! True or not, I have no care. The are great LM producers.
I like rigging them Texas style with an internal weight (1/8 - 1/4 oz.) & rattle. Twitched along the bottom they can be dynamite. Last season was the first for me using those LONG tubes - 5"+. I've had moderate success with them. Give me the ole' standby, the 3 1/2 - 4" tube in GP.
roadwarrior reply :
The story I have heard:
The Gitzit was "born" in Arkansas. It was designed
to be a "do nothing" lure and fished when nothing
else was working. Cast it out, light a smoke and drink beer!
;D ;D ;D
jignfule reply :
Tubes have always worked great on LMB for me.I did run into a big problem with "coffee tubes" one day. I finally had to de-barb my hook cause the bass were devouring them so deep. Did not have that problem with any other brand that day. ;D
BassThumb reply :
I grew up fishing tubes for SMB and still fish tubes quite a bit for LMB when the bite is slow or fish are suspended above the weeds. I generally use 2.5 - 3.5" finesse tubes rigged with 1/16, 1/8, and 1/4 oz light wire jigs and swim them like I would a curly tail grub, letting them contact the weed tops and gently ripping them free.
Sometimes I rig the larger tubes with 1/2 and 3/4 oz tube jigs and snap-jig them, with hard 2 to 5 foot snaps followed by that deadly spiral that you get from tubes. Thats a Great Lakes smallie tactic that I started doing last year for LMB. Killer!
Subtle colors like smoke with red or purple flake and watermelonseed seem to work best when I swim them, but a bright white tube with some red highlight is what I use for snap-jigging.
fishermantony reply :
I had success with them on two occasions for largemouth last year. The spawn and late fall fishing it around rock.
Josh Bassman reply :
QuoteHow are you guys rigging them? Are you fishing it like a jig?
I love fishing tubes. I use tube jigheads with an exposed hook(work it like a craw). I also will tex-rig it with a split shot(work it on bottom like a minnow). In both cases, I used the lightest weight and gear possible. On my lake in open water, I use 6lbs fluorocarbon.
Tubes are my goto bait when the bite gets tough.
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