Tubes are extremely popular for bass fishing. Most bass anglers think of tubes as a great smallmouth bass bait, but these baits are also great baits for largemouth bass.

What Sizes are Best for Largemouth Bass Fishing?

There are so many awesome tube baits in a variety of sizes. For action, try using tubes in the 3.5 to 4 inch range that are not super thick. To target bigger largemouth bass, use the thicker tubes in the 4 to 5 inch range and you’ll catch some quality fish.

How to Rig Soft Plastic Tubes

You can use tubes by themselves or as a trailer on a bass jig. To rig them by themselves, you can several options. Tube jigs work great. You can also use a variety of different jigheads. The Texas rig works great as well.

Best Techniques

Flipping & Pitching Around Cover

Tubes work great when fished weedless around wood, vegetation and other types of cover. With the heavier cover, you may want to add the tube to a bass jig or use a Texas rig to help you avoid snags when fishing around cover.

Hop Them Along the Bottom

The most popular way tubes are fished are by hopping them along the bottom with some pauses mixed in. Use a steady consistent hopping motion or use erratic jerks and twitches. Both techniques will work. Just make sure to pause the bait as most of your bites will come on the pause.

Drag Them Along the Bottom

Another great technique is to just slowly crawl the tube along the bottom to mimic a crayfish that is just slowly moving along the bottom. Do not pause the bait. Just slowly wind it in and you will get plenty of bass to pick up and eat the tube.