eugene f collins Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 I am hoping some of you folks having luck with tubes will help me out. Somebody please take me fishing where tubes work. I have yet to catch a fish using a tube. Have tried many times here in the fox, 2 years no luck. Come on what do you say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm M Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 Eugene I just dumped all my tubes. I've caught lots of fish on them but have more confidence in other plastics. If you fish the right places with the correct speed/depth control you will catch fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev-mo Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 I wouldn't get too caught up on trying to catch fish on a tube. I used to feel the same as you and then managed to catch fish on tubes; 2,3,4 and 6 inch models. I'd rather try to catch fish on other plastics but still will carry and throw tubes depending on conditions . Next time you are catching fish on the Fox with plastic change to a tube and see if they'll hit it. Seems like spring was better for smaller tubes and summer for larger but that's just the times I threw them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Manthe Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 When I fish the Green River my best lure is a tube. Some days thats all I can get them to bite on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene f collins Posted September 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 Eric (spider man Combo)= wrong My (Snoopie combo) can outcast your Batman combo Seriously I have no confidence with tubes. I like the idea of switching to the tube, next time im catching. Story to follow when it works. Im headed to Michigan for the weekend to help close a friends cottage. He promises a smallmouth lake. He wants a musky or big pike not sure how that will work. His musky eats my smallie- who gets the picture holding the fish? His lake has big largemouth but no smallmouth. He says he has a plan. Last time he had a plan, It cost us. I am gonna bring all my tubes and die trying. Wish me luck! Norm- you hit the nail on the head, more confidence in all the crawbug. Kevin- I have tried the tube on the fox several different times this year with no luck. Only to turn around with a BEETLESPIN and catch a couple. Or pull out a crawbug and catch a bunch including this years personal best. Ron- sounds like i need to fish down your way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Trybul Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Or pull out a crawbug and catch a bunch including this years personal best. If you have had success with a yum crawbug then you have had success tube fishing. Isn't the crawbug a hollow tube with little extra detail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Seriously? Get a boat and we'll go out to the Calumet River or the St. Joe and catch smallmouth on tubes and nothing else. Texas-rigged with a red Gamakatsu 1/0 wide gap and red bullet weight. Leave the rest of your tackle at home. Set it up and I'll give you the grand tour. You'll burn the rest of your tackle. Mr. Kast- am I lyin? The Kankakee? I won't even tie one on. Only a confidence thing with that though. ....and get some garlic on the hula grub, for crying out loud. ; ) Chompers, baby! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm M Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Garlic and coffee tubes make me gag especially when it's hot. I'd rather soak them in the juice of melting softshells. To me a Yum crawbug looks like the old MadMan craws, both basically tubes with the plastic that hangs off slightly rearranged from the standard tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene f collins Posted October 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Looking at it that way, I have caught fish on tubes. I also throw the Paca craws which are also modified tubes. Mike i will work on that. For now though i think the blue bath tub is small for those waters. Hopefully i will have the new bath tub up and running by spring. Then i can fish those waters, and the lake front. What is a regular tube suppose to imitate ? A cigar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 A tube imitates a crawdad- without the claws. Berkley discovered in their studies that bass like their crayfish without claws more so than with them... so there you have your tube. True story. Garlic and coffee tubes make me gag Norm- quit eating the baits, they are for the fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kast Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Mike.... I slayed them on the St. Joe with my "goddamn white worm"! Though this spring in Door Co. I did quite nicely fishy with tubes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Mike.... I slayed them on the St. Joe with my "goddamn white worm"! Though this spring in Door Co. I did quite nicely fishy with tubes. I forgot about that damn worm. Praise be to Jesus....I'm burning all of my tubes now. (pssst....got anymore of those?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kast Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 I forgot about that damn worm. Praise be to Jesus....I'm burning all of my tubes now. (pssst....got anymore of those?) Get yourself a Yumdinger mold and melt all your tubes down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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