1 hour ago, Michigander said:

Don't feel bad, Gitzits never got me a nibble either. If you want to go cheap off the shelf, the Berkely Havoc tubes do well.

When I use tubes these days, it's strangely enough on a Carolina rig with a little salmon corkie stick inside to make it float.  Maybe it's just something the fish don't see often, but it seems to work where a Powerbait worm or lizard doesn't.  But a tube will last a long time fished like this on a Shaw Grigsby hook, and I don't break out the Carolina rig all that much, so unless I get on a really hot bite one day, the tubes I have may last into the next decade.

2 hours ago, CountryboyinDC said:

I have a bag of Gitzits that have never caught me anything.

 

2 hours ago, Michigander said:

Don't feel bad, Gitzits never got me a nibble either. 

Funny how things can vary from one place to the next. My dad is far from a tube fisherman but when he decides to throw one when the bite gets tough it's always a Gitzit Chub Tube in brown craw salt and pepper and quite a few times he's slayed 'em. I'm a Dry Creek Outfitters fan and have had really good luck with their drop shot and tournament tubes.  

29 minutes ago, NorcalBassin said:

 

Funny how things can vary from one place to the next. My dad is far from a tube fisherman but when he decides to throw one when the bite gets tough it's always a Gitzit Chub Tube in brown craw salt and pepper and quite a few times he's slayed 'em. I'm a Dry Creek Outfitters fan and have had really good luck with their drop shot and tournament tubes.  

Well, if there was only one that was best, everyone would just use that.

 

Regional differences are fascinating to me, too.

45 minutes ago, CountryboyinDC said:

When I use tubes these days, it's strangely enough on a Carolina rig with a little salmon corkie stick inside to make it float.  Maybe it's just something the fish don't see often, but it seems to work where a Powerbait worm or lizard doesn't.  But a tube will last a long time fished like this on a Shaw Grigsby hook, and I don't break out the Carolina rig all that much, so unless I get on a really hot bite one day, the tubes I have may last into the next decade.

I like it. I mostly flip tubes, Texas rig them, or rig them stupid style. Corkie stick like a bobber or a dog treat? I Googled that and I wasn't sure what I was looking at. 

Edited February 8, 20206 yr by Michigander

7 hours ago, Michigander said:

Corkie stick like a bobber or a dog treat?

They're a float.  I used to fish with a guy who was a huge tube fan.  He'd stick Alkaseltzer inside them (that never did anything for me), drop shot them, and other things I don't see many people do.  I just put one of these inside, and the tube floats behind the Carolina rig.  You can get these things at Walmarts out west, here I have to order or go to Cabelas.

https://www.fishusa.com/Wordens-Lil-Corky-Floats-25-pack

14 hours ago, CountryboyinDC said:

They're a float.  I used to fish with a guy who was a huge tube fan.  He'd stick Alkaseltzer inside them (that never did anything for me), drop shot them, and other things I don't see many people do.  I just put one of these inside, and the tube floats behind the Carolina rig.  You can get these things at Walmarts out west, here I have to order or go to Cabelas.

https://www.fishusa.com/Wordens-Lil-Corky-Floats-25-pack

Interesting....What size do you think to float a 2.75 tube?

Some people may not see the damiki hydra as a tube but rather just some sort of creature bait, but in my eyes it is totally a tube. I think the Damiki Hydra is the best tube out there, the way the appendages move is unlike anyother bait. When this bait really shines is when your bed fishing. Most tubes are too long and the bass just picks up the end and drops it off the bed. The Damiki Hydra is shorter and entices them twice as well.

I use these for a 3 1/2" tube.  I thought they might have the diameter on the label, bit they don't, sorry.  It may be that you want to go down a size, or these may work.  They're about 5 or 6 bucks for 25.

21 minutes ago, heavyduty said:

Interesting....What size do you think to float a 2.75 tube?

 

On 2/4/2020 at 3:30 PM, Michigander said:

I second Snack Daddy Tubes. Excellent tubes compared to most every other tube I have ever thrown for my waters.

Certainly is, but the definition of what is better will vary from person to person, day to day, and lake to lake (or river). ??

 

The real question is what are you looking for in a tube? If we know that, we can pair you with a product that matches your specs.

Mostly skipping docks in tributaries and marinas off the Ohio River...for slotted bass.