1) Do not use a rubber grip sinker.
2) Troll the slowest speed the boat will go.
2) Let out 2 colors of lead core line.
3) If the tube hits the bottom reel in a little line.
4) If you think the tube is too high in the water column let out some more line.
5) You want the tube just above the bottom.
6) It will take a little time to get use to letting the line out to the right depth.
8) I adjust the line all the time because the bottom depth fluctuates.
Fishing in 20' of water going against the tide
1) Remember everything depends on how fast the tide is running.
2) This is what fishing the tube is all about getting the tube near the bottom in
all different kinds of circumstances.
3) This is what seperates the great fisherman from the bad.
4) When fishing against the tide and the tide is running really fast you may
have to use a rubber grip sinker to get the tube near the bottom.
5) If the tide is moving slow you don't have to use the sinker.
6) This is where trial and error come into play.
7) To get the tube near the bottom you must ajust the amount of line you have out.
This means in 20 ' of water you may have to let out 5 colors of lead core line or 5 colors plus a 1.5 ounce rubber grip sinker.
8) Remember trial and error.
9) Get the tube down where the big bass are.
Fishing in 30' of water going with the tide
1) Let out 6 colors of lead core line.
2) You should be close to the bottom. If the tube hits the bottom reel in some line.
3) With this technique the tube speed will be 2.5 - 5.0 miles per hour.
4) Every one tells you to fish the tube slow. Going with the tide you fish
it fast.
5) Remember the tube is going to be close to the bottom.
6) As long as the tube is near the bottom the bass will hit it going fast.
7) When using this method you should be taking the boat in and out of gear.
8) If you keep the boat in gear the tube will not be near
the bottom and you will catch no fish.
Fishing in 40'
of water going against the tide
1) Put out 5 colors of line plus a 1.5 ounce rubber grip
sinker.
2) Remember you may have to put out more line if the current
is running fast.
3) With this method you can take the boat in and
out of gear also, but not as often as going with the tide.
4) If the tube hits the bottom frequently reel in some
line.
5) The most important thing is keep the tube near the
bottom where the bigger fish are.
Fishing in 50'
of water going with the tide
1) Let out 6.5 colors of lead core line plus 1.5
ounce rubber grip sinker.
2) You should be close to the bottom. If you hit bottom
reel in some line.
3) The speed you fish the tube at all depends on how fast
the current is moving.
4) You may have to adjust the line to get the tube down
to the right depth.
5) With this method you can take the boat in and out of
gear.
6) If you keep the boat in gear all the time you will
not be near the bottom.
Fishing the slack
tide
1) This is when the tide is not running at all.
2) The slack tide sometimes produces a lot of fish.
3) When the tide slacks you will have to let out less
line because the tide will not be moving.
4) Remember adjust the line to the situation and you will
catch stripers consistently.
5) Get the tube to the bottom where the big fish are.
The
whole idea here is to adjust to each different situation while fishing the tube. This will make you a top notch fisherman.
Keep the tube near the bottom and you will catch stripers consistently.
