Do you twitch it? Bounce it? Or just reel it in?

All of those,Try different methods till the fish tell you what they want.

Do you have any other techniques you use with grubs?

all them that you said and just varying speeds

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They can really be fished any way and my best advice is to search the entire water column with the bait at varying diffeent retrieve speeds. Also yo-yoing the bait can be very effective!

Hope this helps!

I find dragging it along the bottom with a horizontal sweep gets bit well and let you feel what's on the bottom really well. Helps a lot for deep structure.

Now to some folks, the term "grub" refers to a stubby, flat tailed piece of plastic, like a beaver tail. To others - myself included - a grub means a 3" - 5" curly tailed worm. I fish both about the same way; slow rolling them in close proximity to the bottom. I tend to let the beaver type grubs touch down more often on the retrieve though.

_{1/4oz jig head with a 3in curly tailed jig worm, toss it out, let it drop, reel in SLOWLY, pop it once in a while.}

I fish mine on a darter or mushroom head jig with a Kalins Lunker grub. Cast it out far! Let it hit bottom and slowley crawl it back. We have a lot of snaggy areas so I don't stop it. For what ever reason this works well for me.

cast out and reel in slowly, no hops, no jerks, just straight retrieve. That's what works best for me but sometimes putting one on a heavy jighead and snapping it off the bottom will trigger reflex strikes.

You almost can't fish them wrong as long as they are in the water.

Mike

1/4 oz jig with a kalin 5" grub slow rolled across spawning flats for smallies here on lake Erie has been the ticket this spring.

Where I fish (mostly rivers and streams, not lakes), it seems to depend on what the fish are feeding on at the moment, I think. If it's mostly crawfish, then the occasional quick hop is better than a long slow drag since it looks more like a crawfish swimming back down to the bottom. If the fish are being opportunistic feeders, or if they are being a bit skittish, then the slow drag may be the better approach. Once you catch a fish or two, try to see if there's anything in it's throat. If you see crawfish, then I'd hop the tube.

Whatever you fish, when using soft plastics it works best to "pop" it occasionally and let the sinking action drive those fish crazy.

Grubs are probably one of the best overall bassin' lures around. Swim it any way you want, just go with what works best that day. I have had a lot of luck on yo-yo type retrieves as well as straight reeling it in fast or slow. Or fish if like you would a skirted jig.

Change jig heads to create different movement. One of the easiest lures to fit a given situation.

In the creeks and rivers, I float it in the current, letting it bounce off the rocks, once I am out of the "strike zone" where I think I will get bitten, I use a slow retrieve, its amazing how many times the bass will "hunt" it down and hit on the retrieve.