Discovered this by accident. I'd been catching a few on a Berkley craw, T-rigged. I dug into my craw bag for a different color, and came out with a GYCB Hula Grub. Don't know how they got mixed in with the craws. I don't remember putting them in there, but there they were. I'd bought a couple of packs to try out at Table Rock last year. I planned on fishing them on a jighead, but did a lot better with the Fat Ika, on that trip. I'd forgotten all about the Hula Grubs.

Anyway, I decided to try one on the T-rig. Five casts, four bass, one nice fat three pounder, then broke off on a tree. I retied and proceeded to catch nothing. Upon reflection, I realized that i had used a different hook, trying to better. match the size of the hook to the bait. So i retied using the original hook, and started catching fish again. The larger, heavier hook was the key to this rig.

I used a 1/16oz Ultra Steel weight, Ultra Steel clicker, and a 3/0 G-Lock worm hook. this hook is stouter, and heavier, than the 3/0 EWG's. With the weight unpegged, when you lift or hop the bait off the bottom, the weight slides down the line, and the grub drifts down behind it. The lighter EWG hook brought th grub down slower with no tail action. The heavier G-Lock hook brought the bait down just fast enough to get the twin tails of the grub wiggling on the slow fall. I know this is very specific, and it sounds like I had a plan in mind. I did not; it was a lucky accident. I've been using this rig for about a week now, on  my short, after work trips, and it's been very good. Just as an experiment, I tied on a jighead, dressed with the grub, and caught nothing. Went back to the T-rigged grub and started catching fish again. I think it's all about that slow fall and the tail action.

Now the good news. Cabela's has these baits on sale, right now, for $2.88 a pack. I'm using the 4", not the 3".

Cheers,

GK

Yup - - - hula grubs are hella good!   8-)

gammy G-locks and hula grubs are one of my fav combos as well!

hey Ghoti if you like the hula grubs take a look at the chompers hula grub ..... chompers grubs just seem to out fish the yammy hula grub ...... and chompers stink of garlic ,,,, right out the bags ..... just a heads up if you ever see the chompers twin tailed grub ,,,, try it they are like 3 bucks a bag and i believe they are better then the yammys .....  ;D. i like the watermelon peper

You should try small jigs like 5/16oz or smaller and trim the skirts a little where they are even with the hook, then apply a Fat Albert twin tail grub as the trailer.  The bait acts much like the rig you were using.  I prefer Ekins jigs with a spider hook(?).  That jig has a wire for the weed guard and it looks more natural in clear water.

The little tails on the grubs just drive em' nuts!  Flip it, drop it, swim it, or drag it fast.  The little tails do the action and if you get a good color combination, they will catch a lot.