Sorry to ask a dumb question but when people said they fish with a tube, what are they talking about?

http://www.***.com/Tube_Baits/catpage-SBTUBE.html

There's no dumb questions

Oh...I have one of those in my tackle box...lol! Thanks!

http://www.***.com/Tube_Baits/catpage-SBTUBE.html

There's no dumb questions

Nice to be on a forum with nice people. I spend time on a lot if other forums and I see a lot of d-bag answers. Good to see. Hopefully it rubs off on more people.

To learn how to fish the, start here: http://www.bassresource.com/fish/tube-baits.html then click the links at the bottom of the page for more information.

Good luck!

Thanks a lot guys! Very helpful!

To learn how to fish the, start here: http://www.bassresource.com/fish/tube-baits.html then click the links at the bottom of the page for more information.

Good luck!

I don't agree the tube baits can't be worked back on the bottom and only should be used as a drop shot bait.You are missing out on some great,great fishing if that's how you only work a tube. Tube can mimic a crayfish or even a goby and we work our baits on the bottom.Probably one of the more popular baits in Michigan is the tube bait.

Try a weightless tube in calm water and jerk that back to you. I think you might be surprised at the results.

Iv always draged them or worked like a jig throwing into holes looking for a bite. If ur near a river with good current tossing em and letting the river do its thing has paid big in smallmouth for me and requires no action on ur part just let it drift

It is supposed to mimic a bluegill.

Give it a try.

I don't agree the tube baits can't be worked back on the bottom and only should be used as a drop shot bait.You are missing out on some great,great fishing if that's how you only work a tube. Tube can mimic a crayfish or even a goby and we work our baits on the bottom.Probably one of the more popular baits in Michigan is the tube bait.

Try a weightless tube in calm water and jerk that back to you. I think you might be surprised at the results.

Totally agree with you man. Anyone learning to fish a tube from that article is missing out on a lot of options and probably fish. To the OP ignore this article . I don't see how bassresource could even publish it.

Totally agree with you man. Anyone learning to fish a tube from that article is missing out on a lot of options and probably fish. To the OP ignore this article . I don't see how bassresource could even publish it.

If you read the whole article it is pointing out that the Gitzit tube was designed for dropshotting but the further down it explains how tubes are used to bounce off the bottom etc.

Some of you guys need to go back a re-read that article, and this time read it

"S L O W L Y"

The article says "It's designed to be used as a drop bait". Notice the lack of the word shot anywhere in there. Even the instructions on how to fish it talks about inserting a 1/16 to 1/8 ounce jighead into the bait.

Of course most of the old timers on here can remember when Bobby Garland came out with this bait. He even had jigheads designed for use with the Gitzit. And you fished it basically as the instructions in the article stated. When you casted it out and let it sink on a slack line, the bait spiraled down to the bottom much like a dead baitfish might sink. My favorite colors were a medium smoke color with either blue or green metal flake. 99% of the hits came on the initial fall, and if you were good at watching the line you would see the bite even on that slack line. I remember one tournament I was in where I caught 17 keepers in 17 casts using nothing but a smoke/green flake Gitzit.

Since those early days, fishermen and bait companies have adapted this type of lure to many other uses.

Why are they called tubes? Because Bobby Garland made the mistake of getting a trademark on the name Gitzit, but never got the patent on the design. So today, only the old timers may remember the original name of these baits.

You cannot fish a tube wrong....understand that first off. I've caught fish on them "every which way but loose"! I've even jerk-retrieved them on the surface for some explosive strikes. The only problem I see is that having "one" is not an option. I have a couple of boxes of them; which I wouldn't leave home without!

Funny thing is, no matter how many times I try to drop shot them, I'm never successful. As soon as I switch to a tiny fluke, I start catching. But I keep trying.

That article doesn't mention "drop shot" once. It talks about the tube being a "drop" bait, meaning the allure of it is on the fall. Change the jig weight to affect the fall rate, and trigger a bite. I do think that the article is a bit close minded, though. Tell a guy on Erie that you can't fish a tube deeper than 10' or so, and he'll laugh and tell you about a six pounder caught in 40 feet of water. Tubes can be dragged, hopped, and swam back to the boat as well. You also never want to try t-rigging a tube, that will never work, LOL.

We cross posted Crestliner...

You cannot fish a tube wrong....understand that first off.

DING DING DING!!!! Thanks for that.

You guys are right. I probably should have read it more carefully. My apologies.

You guys are right. I probably should have read it more carefully. My apologies.

I have been fishing tubes with a keel weighted hook, different presentation for the fish to see and hopefully bite!

Does anyone use Zoom small tubes? I've been waiting to take a few bags of them down to the lake and was wondering the best way to rig them and work them. Thanks!

Hey guys, there's no single article that will ever cover every single way to fish a lure, lake, river, piece of structure, C-rig, etc.

That's why I said:

then click the links at the bottom of the page for more information.

You'll see the other articles cover additional tactics.

That said, if you feel an article is lacking with information, we're always open to article submissions! Here's how to do it:

http://www.bassresource.com/fish/article_submission.html

Thanks!

Glenn

Easy guys, grimlin just celebrated his 36th birthday the other day, he just had a senior moment, that's all...

Gitzit are great grow up fishing in creek for smallmouth. And all I ever done is just slow roll it and had really good luck I'm going to have to try these other way never thought about that. And were I'm from we call gitzit because they gitzit Hung up whether it a rock or a bass your going to get something almost every cast.