I make tubes... anybody here use them??

I wouldn' mind knowing how to make'm.

Is that you T-man.

Tony they don,t fish well ,,on the bottom from shore:D

Naw....my legs get tired when I gotta run up and down the beach to troll em'!:laugha:

I just wraped a 4 peice 16 footer for throwin tubes, its the hottest new thing out there:hee:

Hi Rocketman.... yes it's me. This is a cool sight!

#$%^%&&*javlin:(

I pulled tubes in college:rolleyes:

I am interested. Last year on Billingsgate they slaughtered the bass on them and a coupke of my best friends troll them out at Scorton ledge. What do you use and what length, color and weighting do you suggest?

Flaptial,

It all depends on the depth you are fishing. A lot of the tubing I do is in very shallow waters of 12 ft or less. In those situations I use an un-weighted tube around 15" in length and about 3/8 to 1/2" outside diameter. The key is trolling very slowley around rocky structure and shoreline at 2MPH or less. This method is so effective you won't believe it. Even though you will catch your share of smaller fish you will also score many keeper size fish. Waht I like best is it is very effective in the middle of the day even with a high sky and gin clear water!!

hmmmm got kayak?

what colors are you using? Red??

Scarlet is my favorite... pink next.... followed by black & purple.

Thanks, sounds like the method to use along the Elizabeth Islands if I can ever break myself away from throwing Dannys into the rocks!

Originally posted by Flaptail
Thanks, sounds like the method to use along the Elizabeth Islands if I can ever break myself away from throwing Dannys into the rocks! yeah, send your dannys to me and start trolling tubes! :think:

Big tubes on wire in deep water takes big fish... but isnt much fun to me...

Now mid morning trolling smaller tubes on mono in shallow water:humpty:

RIROCKHOUND,

Ahhhhh.... you get the picture. I use fairly light action rods with abu 6500c3 reels loaded with 30lb Powerpro. The braid is much better for trolling. Let that tube out about 100ft troll slowly around the rocky shoreline or isolated rockpiles and you would be very suprised at the many 35-40" stripers that you can yank our of 3-10ft of water. Nice way to kill some time between tides and also a great way to put inexperienced or younger anglers on some decent fish with LOTS of action.;)

AHHHHHHH!

Eliz Islands and Squiby +Danny's = Bass Thumb

Is it late spring yet?:smash:

do you put a worm or a piece of eel on the end of that tube ??

In my opinion the best bait to tip this tube with is a sandworm. Nightcrawlers and thinly sliced squid strips work well also.

try an eel sometime,,last a lot longer

try a piece of eel sometime,,last a lot longer,,cheaper