best tube color

[n2b]

IYO what is the best tube color. I am new to tubes so i dont now, and another thing how do you rig one, can you rig it like a tex style worm. and one more thing how do you work it and what is the best place to use it.

ThanX

[Bassin_Dude]

the color depends on the water color like everything else. my favorite color is watermelon seed. i am also new to tubes. i rig them weedless/weightless. then cast them past weed piles and reel them on top of the weeds. most of my fish on tubes have come from the fish busting the tube as it goes over the pile of weeds. my favorite are the mizmo big boy tubes.(thanks PNJ)

[profishermenkid16]

Mr Big, In my opinion green pumpkin is the best color for tube baits & Mizmo Big boy tubes are better than any other tube brand that I have ever used.I also like a Eagle Claw HP hook or a Mustad ultra lock Â*3/0 hook. I use 12-17 lb test and a 1/16-1/8 oz.tungstun weight that I prefer to leave sliding free instead of pegged.If I want the weight pegged I use a Gitzit glider weight that is an internal weight that locks in through the hook.I will post a link to the weight . http://www.nbswebstore.com/cgi-bin/w...ITZIT%20GLIDER I hope this helps. P N J

[mike0062466]

I rig tubes Texas-style with an internal weight of 1/16 or 1/8 oz. and usually work it in a lift-and-drop style in the shallow weedy water I'm usually fishing in. Sometimes when I'm in open water, I'll rig it with an internal jighead, hook exposed.

There are many colors that work very well. Like my other soft plastics, I'm using black or pumpkinseed much of the time.

[TheBassMan]

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[VinCic]

i WENT YESTERDAY AND CAUGHT 8 ON BLACK NEON[BLACK RED FLECKS]sorry about the caps

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[Bassin_Dude]

PNJ, are those tubes you sent me in pumkinseed? cause i was thinkin that was watermelon seed if they are pumkin seed, then that is my favorite color.

[profishermenkid16]

007, You got the green pumpkin color tubes. I hope they work in Florida as well as they work here in NY. ;D P N J

[largemouth76]

My favorites are black neon and smoke w/ red flake. I fish them Texas rigged just like I fish my worms and lizards. That way I can use one pole and have three options of different baits. I have also used the Shaw Grigsby hooks (can't remember the brand) with the clip and they work well.

Kevin

[Bassin_Dude]

i've caught a few already on them.wernt big tho. i was fishin it to shallow. should of got out alittle deeper and probally would have got some bigger bass. but when summer rolls around, i think i will tear them up. i've had most of the success riggin the t-rig/weightless, and rollin them over grass beds.

[Bassin_Dude]

only bad things about those clip hooks is the tear the soft plastic up big time.

[profishermenkid16]

007, They do tear the baits up when you set the hook , but not if the fish doesn't have it in their mouth. kevin , they are the Eagle Claw HP hook. I think they are a great hook for the money. P N J

[jglassguy]

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that color is hot here, this one is a Gitzit, but there are many brands that get the job done

[bronzebackguy]

imho my favorite color is pumpin or motor oil, i was just out fishing a 4" pumpkin tube weightless, kinda using it like a senko and i was slaying the fish, my biggest was a 4 and a half pound smallie

[bassmaster1983]

Clear water when bluegills are the primary forage, use a blue tube. Dark water watermelon seed. Rig as previously mentioned. Match the forage.
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Bob