iowa tube jig

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Comment by jim cosgrove on January 23, 2014 at 10:46am

your correct vince,the shows and expos always have a couple booths where they sell plastics by the pound.mostly the small stuff.i have a lot of micro tubes but never did too well with em

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 23, 2014 at 10:21am

Vince
I bought a mess of teeny ones from eBay while back, small like you want.
The seller was named "Lubyanka" or something like that .

Comment by Slip Sinker on January 23, 2014 at 10:14am

Jeff I’m glad you’re having good success with this... it’ll give me some incentive and confidence to use this technique. Vertical jigging this rig does look like the way to go. Ive been looking for a source that provides 1.5” and less in size. Vince mentions ½ “ sized baits ... so this started a more intense google search for a source. Anxsious to try this out as soon as im able to get back out on the ice.

Comment by Mark Sleeper on January 23, 2014 at 9:42am

neat idea

Comment by Vince Fusco on January 23, 2014 at 8:55am

I am not sure where he found them but several years ago my friend from IA. got some tiny tube bodies. I think he possibly found them at a fishing expo in the area.These were only about 1/2" long and very soft, so even though they were short they had  good action. He used them ice fishing with good results, tipping them with a wax worm. I tried them on 1/64th oz. jgs and the gills loved them! Wish I had some more of them, or knew where to buy them locally. 

Comment by Jeff Soto on January 22, 2014 at 7:34pm

Forgot to mention that I like the brand Lit'l Hustler tubes by Keeper Lures.  They seem to have the best action without putting them into hot water to soften them up.  Plus their colors are great.

Comment by Jeff Soto on January 21, 2014 at 7:58pm

Darn it!  My secret is out!  I have successfully used a larger version of this rig for bass, called a "Fat Ika" made by Yamamoto Baits, so a while back I thought I would try a small 1" trout tube backwards for Bluegill.  Basically I just pushed a medium sized round split shot down into the opening of the tube bait and then threaded my # 8 circle hook through the opening so the bait would basically just drop or "swim" down on the drop, and open up with the tentacles spreading out and moving around when the lure hit the bottom and on the upward twitches of my rod tip.  The fish love it!  You can even put a little bit of cheese or small bait inside the tube, but it's not needed.  I have done good on all black, natural glitter and white colors. This method is great when fishing straight down in deeper water from a float tube.  Use a light line; 2 to 4 lb test.  I'll try to put up a photo.  Now don't tell anyone about this!

Comment by jim cosgrove on January 21, 2014 at 6:31pm

nice change up,used to reverse a bullet sinker on a texas rig.stirs up the bottom.moves more waterput this on a spinner arm u got a mini spinner bait

Comment by Keith Ritter on January 21, 2014 at 6:25pm

I wish I had thought of it.

Comment by dick tabbert on January 21, 2014 at 6:22pm

Keith sometimes that's all it takes to turn the bite on just little small changes.

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