The grub: not used by very many anglers any more, but heavily used and depended on by those who do use them. It use to be a very popular and reliable lure so why do some many people forget about them now? Just because it looks simple and boring compared to all the new, modern fishing technology lures does not mean that it cannot still catch fish. Fish have not changed just the industry. Old lures that caught bass 100 years ago still work, and good too! I'm not saying that the new lures can't catch fish, just saying that the older ones can too. Sometimes less is more, and in the grub's case, that is very true. I absolutely love the grub and have used it almost every time I have gone bass fishing for my whole entire bass fishing life (7 y/o to now 15). So what are you guys' favorite grubs? And by asking that I don't mean the new strike king menace and z-man goat style grubs, I mean the simple curly tail ones. I have tremendous success with grubs and actually, even though they are small, usually tend to catch bigger bass on them. I use them with lots of success for bed fishing. I have caught around 100 bass over 4 pounds on them and about 5 bass over 7 pounds just within the past 1 year! I believe that this is a classic bait that we should and hopefully start seeing more people come back to. It is the most versatile soft plastic and still just flat out catches bass! So let me know your favorite or few favorite grubs!  Thanks!

 

Mine are:

Zoom fat albert- chartreuse and green pumpkin colors

Berkley power grub- black and firetiger colors

Johnson swimming grub- bullfrog and merthiolate/chartreuese tail colors

 

I like a little range in colors - dark, light, and either a natural and a bright or two naturals..so

 

Mr Twister 4" - Smoke Flake, White Pearl, Pumpkin Pepper, Chartreuse

Zoom Fat Albert Twin-Tail - Black, White Pearl, Green Pumpkin Purple, Rootbeer Pepper Green

 

That pretty much covers my grubs...

#1 Kalin's just about any color. Thinnest tails out there. 

 

#2 Yamamoto 

 

I've had success with Berkley's and Rage tail grubs but nothing near to those two. 

My grub arsenal consists of Kalin's, Zoom Fat Alberts, and Big Bite Finesse Grubs, ranging from 3"-5" in size. i keep colors simple, Blue pearl salt/pepper, couple variations of green pumpkin, and a couple of variations of watermelon........I LOVE GRUB FISHING!

Frankly I'm good with the rest of the bass world moving on from grubs and am a little reticent about posting my favorite (and recently "only") curly tail grub is a 6" MaxScent Lunch Worm cut back 1 1/2".

 

oe

The mister twister 3" meeny and 4" curly-tail were the first artificial lures I ever learned to use, and when I fish with first-timers and novices, a curly-tail grub in that size is what I tie on for them to try first.

 

These days I still pull out the grub for river smallies, and have been using Kalin's and Yamamoto grubs in addition to the old MT's.

We always called paddle tails “shad grubs” back before everyone started calling them swim baits. Sassy shad is my favorite grub if it still counts as a grub 

A better mouse trap:  Rage Tail Menace

I use them a lot for jigging for walleye but I’m not sure why I don’t cross that over for bass fishing. It’s the same concept as a swimbait or should I say the swimbait is the same concept as a grub? I don’t know. I’ve been brainwashed by marketing. 

 

The Mr Twister 3” and 4” are my favorites. They’re extremely popular here, but grubs in general are. If you take a walk in many of the riverfront parks here, I’d say the majority of people are fishing with a twistertail. It’s Easy for people who are just occasional anglers or young children to work the bait, because there’s no wrong way to fish them. Go as fast or as slow as you like. And some of us bassheads think we are too good to be using a plain old grub ?
 

I like vibrant colors like white, chartreuse, pink but I do own a few packs of some more natural colors. Gonna try the more natural colors this season in place of a TRD. 

Only traditional grubs I use are 2 and 3 inch white twisters for crappie and walleye...I catch plenty of bass by accident and 5 inch big bite bait grubs for swim jig trailers. I guess a also use yamamoto double tails for finesse jig trailers.

1 hour ago, roadwarrior said:

A better mouse trap:  Rage Tail Menace

Yep.

1 hour ago, roadwarrior said:

A better mouse trap:  Rage Tail Menace

Come on man... play by the rules as outlined in the OP's 1st post above.

 

oe

Zoom, Berkley, Slider and Kalins. They all have their place. 

1 hour ago, OkobojiEagle said:

Come on man... play by the rules as outlined in the OP's 1st post above.

 

oe

Okay, that's fair.

 

I quit fishing traditional grubs when I found what I consider better alternatives

in the same category. First was the Hula Grub. Initially I fished the double tail,

but when GYCB introduced their single tail, that was the winner. For a couple

of years this was the hottest soft plastic on the Tennessee River.  Another

GYCB alternative that I still use is the Kreature. 

 

I still have a Plano box of Kalin  & GYCB grubs. You or the OP are welcome

to them for free.

 

 

Kalin's salty lunker grubs and sometimes Bass Pro curl tail chartreuse silver flake.

I never stopped using them as trailers. If they don't work with the tail turned down, try it turned up.  

48 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Okay, that's fair.

I quit fishing traditional grubs when I found what I consider better alternatives

in the same category. First was the Hula Grub. Initially I fished the double tail,

but when GYCB introduced their single tail, that was the winner. For a couple

of years this was the hottest soft plastic on the Tennessee River.

 

I still have a Plano box of Kalin  & GYCB grubs. You or the OP are

welcome to them for free.

 

 

welcome to them?? wym? i can have them?

Charlie Brewer’s sliders.  They are good for lmb, smb, spots, eyes, and whites.  They are super when fished on windy days.

Zoom fat albert

Zoom Fat Albert or Berkley power grub

I've probably used Case watermelon grubs to catch more river smallmouth than any single other lure for me.  That said, I don't even have a pouch of them now.  They didn't sell them much at tackle shops in GA when I lived there, and so I got some Zoom and Big Bite grubs that worked about as well in my estimation.  I still have what will be a lifetime supply of them at the rate I've used them lately.  Grubs are great river smallmouth baits, the Case ones for sure.

Kalins lunker grub. Fairly durable, a lot of colors, and relatively cheap. Sometimes also used as a trailer on a spinnerbait or chatterbait.

37 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Kalins lunker grub. Fairly durable, a lot of colors, and relatively cheap. Sometimes also used as a trailer on a spinnerbait or chatterbait.

Seems like the Kalins grub has stood the test of time.

I like the Zoom Fat Alberts in green pumpkin, watermelon seed, chartreuse pepper, and rootbeer pepper green. I use the Zoom twin tail grubs for a jig trailer. I bought some Kalins grubs in bluegill color but haven't had a chance to use them yet.

I like to use them as a spinnerbait trailer, but that’s about it.  Kalins or Mister Twister are the best- haven’t used them but I’d imagine the traditional strike king grub is pretty good.  Thought they were all the same but I got one model from TW this past year that the tail barely moved on- can’t remember which model but I wanna say big bite baits or something like that...

4" Yamamoto smoke no flake

I’m a grub junkie! 
 

3” Kalin’s Lunker Grub (Ron’s Craw)

3” Powergrub (Pumpkinseed)

Zoom Fat Albert (Junebug) night fishing 

3” Zoom Grub (White) 

4” GYCB Grub (Natural Shad & Baby Bass)