Rigging The Tube
Unlike other soft plastic lures that use the popular Texas and Carolina rigs, a tube bait is primarily meant to be used with a jig head--a hook that has a weight built into it. Typically you want a weight that is somewhere between 1/8 oz. to 3/8 oz. and a hook size that is somewhere around 2/0. When you have selected the jig head that you are going to use, you want to push the eye of the jig head--the part that you tie on to your line--up through the hollow part of the tube and out of the head. You can now tie the tube onto your line and the barb of the hook should be hidden in the lure's tentacles. Spinning reels with 6-foot to 6.5-foot rods are ideal for fishing a tube bait.
How to Fish with Tube Bait
When fishing with tube bait, the location of your cast is of utmost importance. Trying to cast onto underwater structure--rocks, logs and other items in the water that provide shade to bass--is paramount to creating the best presentation of your tube bait. After your cast, pull the tube bait off of the structure by jerking your rod tip and let it fall to a deeper part of the lake. Your line should be slack and the tube should be falling naturally. After it has hit the bottom, reel in the slack and jerk the rod tip again one or two times. This will give bass the illusion that your tube is a dying bait fish. With any luck, your line will feel strange, you will be able to set your hook--by jerking your rod tip towards you--and pull up a monster bass.
Other Tips
When fishing vegetation with your tube bait, it is important to ensure that the lure remains weedless. Using a hook with offset, as well as embedding the tip of the hook into the body of your tube, can help keep you from getting snagged. Heavier weights also help to keep the lure from getting caught up in thick vegetation. Aftermarket scents can help attract even more bass to your tube bait and also make bass hold on longer when they bite. This means that you will bring in more bass and lose less to missed hook-sets.
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