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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Fishing Forum :: How do you fish with tubes?
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| tombo131 |
An alternative that I've played around with a few time that has worked well for me is Carolina rigging a tube with a walleye floating jig head inside the tube. Gives it a different action that I feel resembles a crawdad nicely. Basically when you pull or reel in on the weighted Carolina rig, it pulls the tube forward and down. At rest, the floating jig head inside the tube allows it to start drifting upwards slowly. I dunno, but it sure has worked for me when Texas rig tube isn't getting bit. Hangups can be trouble though if the area is especially rocky. |
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| AdamXChicago |
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| Kentucky Mark |
Besides white I use a pumpkin color which is green Good luck |
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| minnesotashooter |
I don't fish tubes too much or at all but I have really gotten to like Zoom Super Flukes. They have an awesome action if fished weightless or you can add weight and fish like a tube or jig. They are deadly on bass and I have caught a lot of walleyes on them as well. http://zoombait.com/trickflukes/flukes/super-fluke/ |
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| Arlo Pankook |
quote Kentucky Mark: "I use tubes often in the BWCA. One of my favorites is casting white tubes onto wind blown points. Often there is a substantial bow in the line since I am using 1/4 jig heads. Hold on the smallest really nail it., Unfortunately the pike end up with several as well. I use 8# mono. On both spinning and bait casting rigs. Pumpkin and white are my two faves! |
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| chipaddler |
quote minnesotashooter: " You can swim them like a wounded baitfish also for active fish ." I don't fish tubes too much or at all but I have really gotten to like Zoom Super Flukes. They have an awesome action if fished weightless or you can add weight and fish like a tube or jig. They are deadly on bass and I have caught a lot of walleyes on them as well. http://zoombait.com/trickflukes/flukes/super-fluke/ " These are one of the first techniques I learned from on site from QueticoMike. Tons of bites. Only problem is my hook up percentage is lower than I'd like. |
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| Basspro69 |
quote gutmon: "Fish them as you would any jig, cast it out, let it drop all the way to the bottom, work it back by lifting your rod tip and then slowly reeling in line as you drop your rod tip back down. Repeat. Tube jigs tend to fall at a slower rate than other jigs and fish often bite on the drop. IF fishing walleye, you'll want to let it fall all the way or near the bottom. +1 p.s. You can swim them like a wounded baitfish also for active fish. |
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| bfurlow |
quote chipaddler: "I'd like to try out tubes this year. Please explain how you fish tubes and pretend like I'm a five year old. I know many of you have success with tubes in BWCA. I'm not a very experienced fisherman, so please break it down. Here is a link to a nice concise article about fishing tubes. Tube Fishing For bass you can fish it like any other jig. Cast, let it sink and hop back to the boat. It's also great weightless if fish are more finicky. Split shot rigs with the bait 18"-24" behind work pretty well for the wally's. Just enough weight to help get it closer to bottom and keep it a bit more in the zone. Enjoy! Brandon |
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| chipaddler |
Setup, retrieve, depths, presentation? I'll be up there around 2nd week of June if that helps. I'll target whatever bites. |
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| gutmon |
Can also be fished under a bobber with or without live bait. Reel the bobber in in short spurts, allowing the jig to fall back to it's maximum depth. |
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| bassnut |
Universal size for BW at that time of year: 3.5in. Rig: Texas style, or jig with lead on shank of hook. With Texas style, pull hook all the way thru, and "skin-hook" it. Sharpen hooks so they will split atoms. In a 3.5in. tube, a 1/0 or 2/0 thin, high quality hook(Daiichi, Gamakatsu) EWG works great. Presentation: this jig-body does 2 interesting movements. First, when it hits the bottom, the tenacles wave around, giving movement while body not moving(dying minnow? crayfish?). Second, when pulled off the bottom(1 to 3ft.) and allowed to freefall back to bottom, it makes a "corkscrew" movement, just like a dying/dead baitfish. Just don't overpower it with too much weight, allow it to fall on a semi-slack line. A 1/8oz. weight will get you to 10ft., 3/16 to 15ft., 1/4oz to 20ft. Learn to be a "line watcher". Color: everybody will have a favorite, but basically the "earthy" colors like pumpkinseed, watermelon. In the clear waters of the BW, a fluorescent color could be construed by the fish as aggressive, and this is a "neutral" technique, meaning it appeals to both aggressive and neutral fish. |
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| MeatGun |
Some fisherman, especially on Lake Erie, like to "drag" tubes - meaning that they get it on the bottom and then reel in as slowly as they can tolerate reeling. The other thing I found with tubes was to not be afraid to set the hook. Smallmouth especially seem to really inhale them. Enjoy! Fishing with tubes is fun and productive. |