Bass Lures

Though I’ve been kind of partial to mister twisters all my life, I’m thinking about changing to the dark side and trying out a tube jig. I saw a lot of people catching some good size smallmouth bass out on Lake St. Clair with them. One guy actually caught a 8 pound pike with one, kind of average, but I was still surprised to see a Pike bight on a tube jig. This means that the lure works really well on all sort of fish, which I like. I’ve been itching to catch some smallmouth at Kent Lake, but have only caught one this year on a beetle spin. Either they aren’t in this year or I’m just not using the right lure. That’s why I’m willing to try a tube jig.

It’s said a tube jig is to represent the look of a crawfish, though I think otherwise, the bass don’t. The smallmouth bass seem to prefer them, along with the largemouth too.

It’s a pretty simple setup, just use a tungsten jig head and slip the jig under the dress of the tube, snugging it tightlly together, just enough to peek the eye lid through the tube. I remember trying the lure once when I was really young, since then I haven’t used them at all.

Since they are to mock a crawfish, many anglers suggest fishing them on the bottom which I gonna have to try out. Draggin them or bounching them off the bottom. After reading one fishing article about them, I guess I can set them up like a drop shot rig also, which I’m definitely willing to try out also.

I also found some other tips on tube jigs. Since they are hollow, you can douse a small sponge with scent then impregnate the tube with the sponge. Making the fish go wild after the tube jig, it’s said to work really well. Others have said Alka Seltzer works really well too, but I can imagine you could through through that stuff like water.

Next time I’m at Lakeside Fishing Shop in St. Clair Shores Michigan, I’m going to have to buy myself a whole batch of tube jigs. I need to try something else on Kent Lake, the lures I’m using right now aren’t catching any smallmouth bass. Kind of pissed off, the lake is known for smallmouth!

I’ve been looking through quite a few tube jig colors, I came across a few that I like. What do you guys think? I like the pumpkin seed colored tube on the left, might have to give that one a try. I’ve read through a lot of fishing forums and fishing blogs, it seems that the pumpkin seed is a real hot color this year in all the lakes. If you have any suggestions, please don’t hesitate to post them down below in the comments section. Thanks!