Anyone here go tube fishing? I have one but I havn't really fished out of it yet. I will probably try it this next season, alough I have the jitters about dropping my rod  . And whats the deal with swiching lures? I guess you try and fish with one the whole day, but I dont know how that would work. Especially when I get snagged alot. ???  ;D

Mike

I have never tried it but my son uses a float tube frequently.  His has all sorts of pouches and pockets including a rod holder.  He changes lures all the time and has yet to drop any equipment (so he says!)

I want to try that myself sometime.  The  cost isn't to bad either.  I have a lot of ponds in the area that you can't take a boat onto and a tube would be just great to fish from.  

I'd like to try that sometime. Anybody got any tips on how to do it.

I am scared of putting my feet in the water because the state record carp are in my home lake and are big enough to bite my feet off......sounds like fun! LOL

I have fished out of a tube for about 10 years now. I go out about twice a week with it. It is fantastic!!!! Stealthy!! I catch many more fish from a tube than a boat. I bring 2 rods usually, sometimes 3 if I am going to make a day out of it. I lay the poles across the tube TO ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER (there is a meshing that straps on pretty tight like a shelf across your lap). The reel goes on the meshing, the rod lays over the water. I have NEVER lost a pole OR a lure OR pliers (at least that I know of).

Put the rod tip (the part that hangs out over the water) to the side you are casting to. If not you may hit the rod tip with the rod you are casting with on the backstroke (hello backlash). Baitcasters are easier to lay on the shelf due to the low profile. GET A U-SHAPED TUBE!!! NOT A ROUND ONE!!! To change lures is simple. Open the bail and change the lure in front of you with the reel on the mesh shelf. The WORST is when you get twisted at your rod tip. That is always tricky...good luck, havent figured a good way to reach the tip it without putting the rod across the back of the tube and bending the heck out of the pole. WEAR NEOPRENE CHEST WAIDERS!!! I am going out tomorrow. The water temp is about 42'!! Usually in the winter, you can only stay out an hour or 1 1/2 hours. I cant take the boat b/c I have a tourney Sun. and dont want to have to recharge the batteries and reorganize the boat. Get BIG flippers too. Tubes are very very easy to handle in the wind too (most people think you would get blown around), but I have more control over my tube than my boat with my foot pedal. BIG pickerel are spooky, so are turtles!! I hooked a MONSTER turtle on braided line while I was in my tube. It surfaced like a whale, the line wouldnt break that easily b/c everytime I pulled, the turtle got closer to me. I had to cut it with a scissors, lost a ton of line, shreiked like a girl and paddled (flippered) across the lake in a panic. Also, a beaver swam by me about 10 ft. from my tube. Scared the hell out me. I didnt know it was there until it was practically in my lap. Anyway, I recomend a float tube. They do dry rot rather easily even if you deflate them during the off-season (I have been through 4 of them (Browning hooked me up when I called them. I wasnt looking for a new tube, I just wanted to buy another bladder from them instead of the whole kit. Instead, they sent me a new one. Go Browning!) The Gunnison Classic Float Tube model "trout unlimited" is the one I got this year. I havent had it out yet, but it looks cheap compared to the others I had. I have had another Trout unlimited one that was great (I thought I was buying the same one that I have now when ordering...guess not or they went to a cheaper float bladder and cover). Good Luck.

fishing out of tubes is great until you hook into a northern thats over 20 pounds pulled me around the lake for 45 minutes an every time i got it close to the boat it would run between my legs and the rapala wa hanging out the side of the mouth scary but i would do it again in a second what a rush ;D

no need for me to even try tubin i live in florida and ain't no gator gonna have me for lunch ;D ;D ;D

LOL that's no joke Bassinjack!!!!!!!

I think fishing out of a tube is great. Never dropped a thing as long as the apron is on. My problem is getting around. I don't like flippers because I don't like to go backwards. The front kicks that I have used are good but hard for me to control. Still well worth it.

I will probably try it this next season, alough I have the jitters about dropping my rod

You might be able to attach one of those coiled type ropes to the bottomof your rod.  Kinda like the line you attach to your wrist to the kill switch on a personal watercraft.?. ???