I want to try fish grubs more this year, especially on a Carolina-rig from the bank. What are some of your favorite colors and brands for grubs? Myself, I've done well with Kalin's. This question is for bass and other game species. Thanks in advance!

Zoom Fat Alberts are my favorite...well I'm lying they are my brother's favorite.  I have a few packs of them in various colors but I don't use them that much.  He uses white or pearl with the tails dipped in red JJs.  This color combo really gets them good for him, especially around the time of the bullfrog mating.  Bass love tadpoles!

I don't use grubs all that often but I like 4" Berkley power grubs.  I'll throw smoke or green pumpkin for smallmouth.

I have always used Grubs as a go to bait whether a paddle tail or curly tail, and I never really felt that brand mattered. I would use Mister Twister, Zoom Fat Alberts, and Kalin's were usually my favorite, but I also would buy Gander mountain brand and do just fine.

 

With that said, a few years ago I purchased a bunch of Yamamoto Grubs in 3-6" when they were 1.99 per bag, and ever since using the GYB grubs, I now believe they seem to work the best as the tail moves so easily. The GYB grubs are super salted like a Senko, I would say the XPS Grubs that Bass Pro makes are pretty similar but they do not have the colors that GYB offers.

 

I tend to use the same colors I use for all soft baits, but I do have 2 colors I love when it comes to curly tail grubs fished alone - White Ice, and Smoke with Copper flake. I also like to use solid Black as well, and for stained water I like a pearl/Chart grub.

 

If you can find the GYB stuff on sale, I would say they have the best options, they get torn up quickly, but I am pretty convinced that they are the best grub, but I have not tried all brands, the key is the design of the tail, and the taper. I also notice that some grubs come bent and I never thought that matters, but now I go through bags and remove baits that have twisted tails since they fall funny.

 

I think the Gander Mountain 5" Fat Grubs are actually Big Bite, they are a good grub for whatever reason and they come with a hook and price is really good. A Split Shot Grub/C-Rig is one of the best ways to find fish in new water.

Mister Twister Fat 5" grubs are my all time favorite

I like Zoom Fat Albert grubs.  Since I mostly use them as trailers I try to match the color of the bait I am using them with.  Usually white, shad, or green.

I never had a lot of luck with grubs on a Carolina rig .  I have caught a few with  5 inch Kalins in brown and chartreuse . I  think it was called Witches Brew .

Kalins.. mister twister back when I was a kid and it's all I could afford. I could find em in discount bins real cheap, and they caught bass for me. 

 

Kalins are actually reasonably priced though... 

 

The rage menace grub is sweet too. Rage also has single tails but kalins has enough action I don't have to pay rage tail prices (which are almost double the price of kalins) 

 

The menace is nice tho. T rigged, drop shot. Or my favorite on a swim jig 

 

Colors... Pearl, chartreuse, smoke, and June bug. 

 

I'm also a fan of dipping In the j.js

 

 

I don't fish grubs all that often, but when I do it's normally Zoom fat alberts in green pumpkin or pearl.  

i've used a lot of grubs over the years - Powerbait, Yamamoto, Fat Albert, Kalin's, etc and they all work.  As for rigging, I'm almost always using them as a trailer or just swimming/hopping them on a ball jig.  I can see a C-rig working, but it's far from my first choice for grubs.  As for colors - grubs, to me, are primarily a clear to stained water bait, so I fish natural colors or natural colors with a dyed chartreuse tail 90% of the time.  The exception, for me, is if I'm fishing them as a trailer on a spinnerbait, swimming, chatter bait, etc and I want contrast between the skirt and the grub.  In that case, I may go all chartreuse or with something dark in stained water. 

Green Pumpkin Fat Aberts

I fish grubs regularly - either on mojo rig or on a small jighead.  I fish a lot of stained water my preference tends towards chartreuse pearl and white colors.  For smallie fishing in clean water, nothing beats a blue pearl salt & pepper color.  

 

The Kalins and Mister Twisters have been my favorites so far.

Excellent responses so far. Thanks all.

 

Stupid question.......I picked up some Kalin's grubs in 'clear hologram' and was wondering if that transparency will be a 'one-size fits all' color for various water colors? If it's really that clear, wouldn't that particular grub match the same color tint as the pond?

47 minutes ago, Yeajray231 said:

Kalins.. mister twister back when I was a kid and it's all I could afford. I could find em in discount bins real cheap, and they caught bass for me. 

 

Kalins are actually reasonably priced though... 

 

The rage menace grub is sweet too. Rage also has single tails but kalins has enough action I don't have to pay rage tail prices (which are almost double the price of kalins) 

 

The menace is nice tho. T rigged, drop shot. Or my favorite on a swim jig 

 

Colors... Pearl, chartreuse, smoke, and June bug. 

 

I'm also a fan of dipping In the j.js

 

 

I've been eyeing those Rage grubs too, but that price? The coffee-scent is effective as I discovered that with their Strike king bitsy tubes.

 

I fish a lot at night, so I'm going to have to try that junebug. Surprisingly, pearl white grub as been effective for me at night. You would think black would be the ticket bc of the silhouette effect.

I have a couple of the clear versions and they all work well... And yea I passed on the rage tail single grubs.. a few of their products I wouldn't want to go without though..

 

I have probably 10 different colors...And they all catch.. from bubblegum to green pumpkin. 

Smoke red flake Kalin's soaked in JJ's chartreuse. It looks perchish and the smallies eat em up.

Fat Alberts and Rage in Green Pumpkin or brown.Smallmouth love em

If for just a trailer or bottom hopping, the Zoom & Kalin's are perfect. But if I'm swimming it or slow rolling on the bottom, it has to be the Rage Tail.

Another vote for Fat Alberts, one of my favorite colors is Margarita.

Gander Mountain store brand. They have average action but they're nice and tough.

 

For smallmouth bass I'm partial to 'Smoke Hologram'.

 

For largemouth bass it depends on the depth zone.

When fished near the surface I favor the light colors such as 'White';

in mid-depth water I prefer the mid-spectrum colors like 'Watermelon'.

but when fishing on or near the bottom I like dark grubs such as 'Black'.

 

The Kalin Lunker Grub is my favorite, it has a very thin ribbontail that remains active to a standstill.

For 'spoon trailers' I prefer Mister Twister grubs which are made of tougher plastic

 

Roger

 

Berkley power grubs

I use a variety of grubs. I like choppers twin tail in root beer green as a football jig trailer. Also like the GYCB twin tails for the same. I use their single tail in baby bass color on a darter head to swim in the winter. The zoom fat Alberta are my go to on swim jigs. Finally the rage menace is good when you want a little more action. 

Power Grubs. 

Kalin's and Yamamoto. I use several colors, but smoke no flake is my favorite. 

I fish curly tail grubs about 50% of the time I am on the water. I really like the Yamamoto (GYCB are by far my favorite and if they made a smoke metal flake they would be the only ones I would use) and Vic Coomer brand ones(a local guy from my area). As far as color goes smoke metal flake (Coomers as GYCB doesn't make this color) and green pumpkin are by far my favorites in a 3-4 (4 inch in GYCB and 3 in the Coomer) inch size based on baitfish in the area (I will on rare occasions go up to a 5 inch normally when fishing at night in a black with blue tail color). Also I always fish them on jig heads so for c-rigs I might choose something slightly longer and with a bulkier body due to the type of hook you would be using.

 

I really don't think brand matters nearly as much as action and profile. Find a profile that imitates the bait fish and a tail that moves even when retrieved extremely slow and you will be good to go. It should also be noted I fish a fairly shallow, fast moving, and clear water river where I am trying to imitate darters and shiners so I don't use the bulkier baits that one might use for imitating shad.