Drop Shotn Tubes for Smallies?

[Fishosophy]

I am planning on trying a different technique this long weekend for Smallies in 25-35 feet of water. I have never used Tube Jigs for Small Mouth or the Drop Shotn technique.
Any pointers at all would be greatly appreciated. I am thinking 4' Tubes but no sure on colour or brand.

Thanks in advance,

Fishosopy

[Chevy Champagne]

i have never tryed yet eather but your picture thouse bass are monsters

[XXXL]

I've never tried using tubes on a drop shot rig but I'm sure it can be done. I usually use smaller hooks for a drop shot like Gamakatsu drop shot hooks or Owner Mosquito hooks size #1 or #2. Nose hooking a tube may be tough and a 4" tube may be a little heavy to get the right action. For drop shotting I usually use smaller minnow baits like Zoom Tiny Flukes, Jr. Flukes or gulp alive minnows. Another good choice is smaller finesse worms or stick baits like a 4" senko.

For the tubes, rig them up a 1/8-1/4 oz long shank tube head and fish them right on the bottom, dragging them slowly with little pops seems to work best for me.

Good luck out there this weekend.

[XXXL]

you got me curious about tubes for drop shot bait... check out the link below. Looks like they are using a smaller finesse tube but mention that they also use bigger tubes with 2/0 and 3/0 hooks.

http://www.bassdozer.com/articles/drops ... land.shtml

[almontefisher]

This sounds like a thread for good ole Dropshtr himself...Mr Steven Harper

[Fishosophy]

Thanks very much for the helpful advice and link XXXL. The more I visit this forum, the more I appreciate the local fishing community.

Fishosopy (a.k.a. the fisherman with training wheels)

[Fishosophy]

Any idea on how to hook the tube jig and manage to keep the tube on the hook without using a bullet style weight? The time I've used tubes its for crappie fishing with a very small bullet style weight.

[almontefisher]

I have heard of people using crazy glue...maybe try that????

[Mr. T.]

Any idea on how to hook the tube jig and manage to keep the tube on the hook without using a bullet style weight? The time I've used tubes its for crappie fishing with a very small bullet style weight.

For tubes, I'm trying Texas rig on the weekend.

http://www.fish-hawk.net/tips/tubes/rigging-tube.php

The past couple of outings, I've used regular tube weights but found it dragged in weeds. I also tried the title shot jigs but had trouble hooking fish.

Still learning myself.

[FishingIsHealing]

I have alot of success with those tiny little tubes..........So I imagine big ones will be good for big fish......

[XXXL]

million different ways to fish a tube as you can see from the link above. I tend to stick with just a regular tube jig head, my faves are the bite me tube heads http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/store ... 0_100-10-6

If you're talking about drop shotting just use a hook big enough to nose hook them like you would a minnow.

[hatterharry]

I have used a tube on the drop shot with some success. It certainly is something out of the ordinary.

As others have noted --- tubes are larger than finesse baits, worms and other traditional drop shot fare --- so be sure to use a wider gap hook if you plan to drop shot with a tube.

[DropShotr]

I have had limited success with dropshottin' tubes. I have nose hooked them with a 1/0 Gamakatsu D/S hook. I have also tried 1/0, 2/0 & 3/0 Gamakatsu EWG hooks as well. Most days I still prefer a 4 or 5 inch single-tail grub.
I also like smaller senko style baits hooked with a Gamakatsu EWG hook.

But lets face it, this is smallmouth stuff, not really largemouth fare.

Who said dropshottin' was only for finesse fishing anyway? Dropshottin' is a bait delivery system, no more.

Think out of the box.


DropShot'r