I love using the tube! I even fish it top water and suspended. Now that I’ve caught your attention lol. Let me explain I stuff the tube with an ear plug with a small treble snugged up the centre. For suspended I’ll add split shots between the ear plug and the treble. Depth depends on the size of split shot. I use this for bass and pike. Pike seem to prefer the white colour
I live in Utah and we were fishing Gitzits in the mid to late 80's. Since Bobby Garland lived in Utah they were in every tackle store here before I ever saw them in a catalog. I caught the same fish off a bed twice in the same day with the same Gitzit.
Not just bass... I've caught decent pike on a 3" tube as well. I've also modified the bait by inserting an old school Berkeley craw inside the tube, giving it added bulk and a more complex profile with the protruding claws. Fished on an external football jig. Works great.
@@jrcfishon7362 he fished the ny federation for years and then I believe fished with jersey fed. I remember him vividly being too gun in late 80s in nys fed
@@vrt1032 man that guy could skip a jig! He used a big ol Calcutta and was a master with that thing! Shared a boat with him one day and he taught me a lot.....nice guy to boot!
@@jrcfishon7362 he still fishes and guides. He was the guy to beat on Hudson River also with a big white single will hammer blade spinner bait if I remember right
Another great video.! I've been using the stupid tube for a while and love it. One of the best things about it, other than its weedlessness, is how well it skips!
I prefer tube jig heads that have a teardrop shaped lead weight because it seems to make the tube spiral better. I prefer the tube hooks with a line tie that is horizontal to the hook. I don’t know why but it works better
I used the stupid tube technique earlier this year, and really liked it. The only negative is having to retie every time you need to put on a new tube, but it definitely catches fish!
Absolutely slayed on tubes this year. Mostly shallow flats and grass. I dedicated so much time to it pretty much 75% of my fish came off the tube this year. How weight affects fall rate and different heads affect how it falls, when to go light/heavy. The fall you get from a 90 degree line tie vs a 60 degree vs flat eye. They are every bit as versatile as a senko. There are very few situations you can't modify a tube to work in.
Yaaa! I caught you in the afternoon. I've fished the Stupid Tube some and had some success with it. Back 20 years ago when we were fishing tubes more, I used some weight from Lindy that went up inside the tube. The have two holes in them that you threaded a OWG hook through and then T-rigged it in a similar fashion to the Stupid Tube. I don't know it they still make those or not, I still have some. They made the tube spiral down real good. Thanks for reminding me of a great technique.
Matt, another great piece of information, and a true motivator for me to go out and try it. That rig makes sense to me. I love your realization that most of us don't fish on a lake with a perfect clean, hard bottom. Anyway, thanks 1 more time!
That's the reason why I never really gotten into fishing a tube -- because it is so snaggy and at a $1.25 a jighead it could cost a fortune if you're fishing on snaggy bottoms like I do on a regular basis. I have always looked for a way to fish the tube without an exposed hook and now I found it. So, thanks for uploading this video! I have inserted a bullet weight into the tube and used an offset hook to rig the tube Texas style so that it would be less snaggy, but it doesn't work because the weight get in the way of the hook and prevent the hook from reaching the top of the tube. This wide-gap tube jigheads solved my problem! Thanks!
They make cylinder type weights that go up inside the tube and one side has a large opening to Texas rig the tube. They don’t get in the way it is completely weedless but I do miss a few fish here and there. They still spiral on the fall.
After your last video about tubes, I decided to give tubes a try. I was going to try to catch some smallmouth on one river, but they were removing on of the dams, so everything was closed off. I switched and went to the spillway at the local reservoir even though there isn't any smallmouth there. I left the tube on just for the heck of it. I ended up catching 4 channel cats in about 20 minutes.
Hey have you checked out the Trokar Tube hooks? They are awesome and I bet you would love them, what i like is you don't haveto retie when you change tubes
I recently showed Randy this setup and gave him one to try. My friend Terry invented that setup and almost won the Classic with it but lost on final day. He got the term because he was always outfishing his buddy and the guy one day said “I suppose you are using that stupid tube again”. It’s a very popular technique here in central Indiana.
After seeing a video on the stupid tube about 3 yrs ago, I went to the lake to try it out for the 1st time. I was bank fishing an area with with some moss down in the water and it worked well. I was using a medium light spinning rod that i took my drop shot off. I got the 1st one hooked but he came off about halfway. I did catch 2 largemouths after but i hammered the hook set and that probably worked. I think i need to use a medium fast rod next time. Stupid tube was a success!
Great video! I just rigged a tube with a EWG hook Texas style…. I put a 3/16 tungsten bullet out in front and pegged with a bobber stop. I put a foam earplug in the back behind the hook and the tail of the tube stands up and dances around in the current. You can twitch the rod and have the weight “pecking” the rocky bottom for sound. Also, you can slide the bobber stop up however far you want and it will float up and suspend off bottom sort of like an adjustable Carolina Rig. 👌
I use this set up but with a shaky head jig with the collar cut off and a Victory (sickle style) hook. I pour my own jigs. Typical weight is 1/16 or 3/32. It’s a killer.
I use ewg swimbait hooks on Zman tubes all the time in salt water, sometimes drop shot, sometimes t or c rig, but never with weight in the actual bait. They naturally float so I take advantage of that, if you skip the weight along the bottom you get great action, you can let it suspend and twitch, lots of options. Another advantage of just an ewg hook is it pulls the bait straight from the nose, so way less snags than having the eye on top of the head. I will give this rig a try though, honestly wasn't aware of these, there are definitely times a jighead is the best option.
Don't take this wrong great job explaining and showing how and what to do but while you are talking it is hard to see how and what you are doing and done because you don't hold it still long enough to take it in but great job and things that you show and teach to do thanks
Looking forward to trying this out. Tube fishing is what I turn to in the late fall fishing 30 feet down on a rocky bottom on the Columbia River here in Washington state. It would be great not to get hung up as much. Thanks.
Way back in the day I used to use the gets it and we used to take a tiny bit of Alka-Seltzer and put in the tube Alka-Seltzer got a little salt to it and it bubbles ways to knock the crap out of a
Good info, first heard Tom Monsoor talk about this a few years back. Ive found if i try to use bigger than a 1/8 th oz. tube lead hook its hard to rotate inside the tube cavity. 1/8 works great 1/4 creates problems. Cool twist on a great bait, thanks for the vid.
Thanks for the description on how to rig it. I had tried this but did not do a good job of locating the location of where the hook needed to exit the head of the tub so my attempts made a really messy presentation and I wasted a bunch of tubes in the process. I was trying to exit the hook too high up in the tube head and when I went to rotate the head inside the tube I'd tear the head. Now I have a better understanding and will be using this in the future.
I fish them several ways.. I use a darter head sometimes with the head out. I have my tricks with them. I still have some of Shaw’s hooks and weights. That the original way I started fishing them. It’s always rigged in
Doug Garrett showed me 12 ways to fish the Gitzit or mega tube or tube bait, whatever you wish to call it. He used it to win back to back Mega bucks. I'm glad people have forgot about it. Matt this is your bait to take you to the Elite Series
I love these, after I watched this I got some Secret Lures jig heads and I use them pitching in cover and they work great! I fished tubes a ton as a kid but now it's weedless and I fish them alot now!
I started fishing the tube back in 86 when they call it the fat gitzit. With a 1/16 or 1/8 the killer spiral fall was deadly. I would fish the dock first with the jig and pig, and often follow it up with the tube. I still always have on tied on., Always
I tried the stupid tube. Recently I tried the trokar tube hook with a tungsten weight in front of the tube. I like the trokar hook plus I Recently saw a video about slitting the side opposite the hook so you get better penetration like a swimbait with a belly slit.
Ppl in the south fish these differently- we're lazy and don't like having to retie to put on a new tube so we just Texas rig or Carolina rig them I like to push a piece of a senko into the head to give my hook more plastic to bite into and hold it in place- helps it not tear out if you start cracking the tube. Or- we take the end off a set of foam ear plugs- I'm sure everyone has hear of this trick- soak it in scent and push it up into the head- now the tube wants to float a little, it's soaked with scent, and your hook as more to bite into. Really I shouldn't make it sound like I have a lot of personal experience with this- I've seen guys do it a ton though. It works, they catch a lot of bass doing it.
I’m heading out tomorrow. Probably last trip of the year. A River with tons of wood. I’ve got the same stupid tube heads and will have them tied on. Actually almost forgot I had them. Great video
Honestly a tube done up the right way tears up largemouth where I live in North Carolina. Nobody throws them anymore so it’s something else that they haven’t seen that much
I always liked the Shaw Grisby HP Eagle Claw hook with the weight placed inside the tube. It was a special weight, I don't remember who made them. Anyhow it made a nice presentation.
I’ve watched this video several times. Great information. As I read through the comments I see the foam earplug trick? If I threaded an earplug up on the shank of the hook and pushed it up the hook shank wouldn’t I be filling up the gap on the wide gap hook and making the EWG hook less effective? It’s amazing how many modifications fishermen come up with to catch more fish.
It would fill the gap and can interfere with the hookup, but in my experience doing it theres not enough lost fish for me not to consider doing it. I have a video coming out in a few days on ways I fish a tube.
Great video brother, my brother is a Ned fishing fanatic. I started using the stupid tube and he said it would never work and I’m a jack ass for believing in it. Our home lake is crystal clear and the fish are very finicky. I can tell you first hand that he got his ass kicked bad the day I started using the stupid tube and possibly may never live that day down. Thanks for the great video and keep them coming can’t wait to watch more.
Great video Matt! Tube on a Carolina rig was my confidence bait 20 years ago. Got back to it again this past year after allowing myself to get distracted with newer baits. What is old will be new again.
The trouble I have with the stupid tube jig is thin walled tubes that tear to easily when setting up the jig itself like Berkley powerbait, I find that Strike King tubes are a perfect soft plastic tube for this presentation
I always thought tubes would be great for saltwater because they look like a little squid. I tried them a little without luck but I bet they would work still when squid are around.
Awesome video man!!! I love fishing for smallmouth and always from the bank.... so weedless presentations are a staple for me... and that was y I hesitated on throwing tubes. Thing of the past now lol thank you
The flying lure video got me thinking - maybe drop some small tungsten down in a tube with some superglue and pinch the tube flat while it drys - might be like the old flying lure a bit 🙂
I think the Stupid Tube is far superior to a Texas Rigged Tube. I’ve only fished it a few times, but the action is so much better. I learned about this rig from Zona. I kicked myself for not figuring it out on my own. Once you see the rigging it’s obvious. Thanks Matt.
Love the videos, keep them coming! I'm yet to try the stupid tube (will some day, you'll convince me), i have pegged a T-rigged tube and my bites went way down. An unpegged T rigged tube is hard to beat if you haven't tried it.
Matt, What size, colors, brand tube you recommend for all around fishing in north Alabama creeks and rivers? And for middle tennessee smallmouth? I creek wade a lot but I do plan on using the canoe I bought on the Piney River in Nunnelly Tennessee and on Elk River in Alabama and Tennessee. Thanks for all the advice. Love your channel.
I need to spend more time with the tube, one of those techniques that I've managed to overlook and just never really delve into. I from the southeastern US which doesn't help- it's not very widely used down here- not even for smallmouth. But I have several packs and several different types of head- including the stupid tube heads. I caught some nice large mouth on them drifting them in creek mouths a couple seasons ago but- that's the only tube fish I've ever caught.
I do like this rig. Any tricks to fishing it deep with a 3/4 or half ounce weight besides Carolina rig? I just bought about 500 Yamamoto tubes for practically nothing. So i will be fishing tubes for largemouth and smallies for the next 20 years.
Love your videos. With winter almost upon us, I'd love to see your take on winter storage for summer fishing gear. I recently decided to make rod storage for the wall and there are so many options, both verticle and horizontal. I prefer verticle as I feel it is less stress on the rods than hanging with 2 contact points horizontally. What are your thoughts? What about gear storage for those who don't have a dedicated room in the house just for fishing? (Such as only a small corner of the garage or shed)
I will ALWAYS utilize my tube box;and have developed what I call,"clik-clakkin" a tube ,centered around the Trokar TK190 tube hook,2 pegs bout 4inches from the line tie,& depending on depth.either 3/16th or qtr oz tungsten worm weight and a carolina bead.Ive done episodes onnit;and the tube doesnt discriminate against ANY predator species.Simple,but very versatile and DEADLY...#TubeThrowinAngler#SpeciesSmasher
Matt. I purchased a few tubes of different colors. I want to take two tubes, cut them in half, and mix them to end up with a hybrid “frankenstien” tube. What can i use to glue them back together?
@@MattStefanFishing I started using that rig along with a Stupid Tube more after reading Jim Roots book. My local lake, Brookville Reservoir in SE Indiana, doesn't have any grass though. Rocks and timber are about it.
@@MattStefanFishing those hooks are very nice with a belly weight that slides into the tube. Love them but they’re not available at most local tackle shops, so I order online
I fish a stupid tube almost exclusively. I live on the Susquehanna and those smallies absolutely love tubes.
Very cool!
Tubes will be on the menu this weekend. Thanks for the reminder.
good luck!
I love using the tube! I even fish it top water and suspended. Now that I’ve caught your attention lol. Let me explain I stuff the tube with an ear plug with a small treble snugged up the centre. For suspended I’ll add split shots between the ear plug and the treble. Depth depends on the size of split shot. I use this for bass and pike. Pike seem to prefer the white colour
the ear plug/styrofoam trick is a good one!
Thanks Matt. Thought I’d share my little trick. By the way your channel is great very informative keep up the good work
Been fishing tubes with ear plugs for 30+ years. The plugs also hold scent very well.
I live in Utah and we were fishing Gitzits in the mid to late 80's. Since Bobby Garland lived in Utah they were in every tackle store here before I ever saw them in a catalog. I caught the same fish off a bed twice in the same day with the same Gitzit.
nice!
Ive been SLAYING huge trout with big tubes on my local reservoirs
awesome!
Not just bass... I've caught decent pike on a 3" tube as well. I've also modified the bait by inserting an old school Berkeley craw inside the tube, giving it added bulk and a more complex profile with the protruding claws. Fished on an external football jig. Works great.
Thanks for sharing
Ed Cowen almost won the classic on that bait years ago. Federation angle from Alabama. Man those were the days.✌️😎
Thanks for sharing!
Ed was from PA. Fished the NJ federation.
@@jrcfishon7362 he fished the ny federation for years and then I believe fished with jersey fed. I remember him vividly being too gun in late 80s in nys fed
@@vrt1032 man that guy could skip a jig! He used a big ol Calcutta and was a master with that thing!
Shared a boat with him one day and he taught me a lot.....nice guy to boot!
@@jrcfishon7362 he still fishes and guides. He was the guy to beat on Hudson River also with a big white single will hammer blade spinner bait if I remember right
Another great video.! I've been using the stupid tube for a while and love it. One of the best things about it, other than its weedlessness, is how well it skips!
Totally agree!
I prefer tube jig heads that have a teardrop shaped lead weight because it seems to make the tube spiral better. I prefer the tube hooks with a line tie that is horizontal to the hook. I don’t know why but it works better
thanks for sharing!
I used the stupid tube technique earlier this year, and really liked it. The only negative is having to retie every time you need to put on a new tube, but it definitely catches fish!
Yeah thats tubes in general unfortunately
Absolutely slayed on tubes this year. Mostly shallow flats and grass. I dedicated so much time to it pretty much 75% of my fish came off the tube this year. How weight affects fall rate and different heads affect how it falls, when to go light/heavy. The fall you get from a 90 degree line tie vs a 60 degree vs flat eye. They are every bit as versatile as a senko. There are very few situations you can't modify a tube to work in.
Agree completely
Yaaa! I caught you in the afternoon.
I've fished the Stupid Tube some and had some success with it. Back 20 years ago when we were fishing tubes more, I used some weight from Lindy that went up inside the tube. The have two holes in them that you threaded a OWG hook through and then T-rigged it in a similar fashion to the Stupid Tube. I don't know it they still make those or not, I still have some. They made the tube spiral down real good. Thanks for reminding me of a great technique.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
Matt, another great piece of information, and a true motivator for me to go out and try it. That rig makes sense to me. I love your realization that most of us don't fish on a lake with a perfect clean, hard bottom. Anyway, thanks 1 more time!
You bet!
That's the reason why I never really gotten into fishing a tube -- because it is so snaggy and at a $1.25 a jighead it could cost a fortune if you're fishing on snaggy bottoms like I do on a regular basis. I have always looked for a way to fish the tube without an exposed hook and now I found it. So, thanks for uploading this video!
I have inserted a bullet weight into the tube and used an offset hook to rig the tube Texas style so that it would be less snaggy, but it doesn't work because the weight get in the way of the hook and prevent the hook from reaching the top of the tube. This wide-gap tube jigheads solved my problem! Thanks!
thanks!
They make cylinder type weights that go up inside the tube and one side has a large opening to Texas rig the tube. They don’t get in the way it is completely weedless but I do miss a few fish here and there. They still spiral on the fall.
After your last video about tubes, I decided to give tubes a try. I was going to try to catch some smallmouth on one river, but they were removing on of the dams, so everything was closed off. I switched and went to the spillway at the local reservoir even though there isn't any smallmouth there. I left the tube on just for the heck of it. I ended up catching 4 channel cats in about 20 minutes.
Sounds like fun! Everything eats a tube!
Hey have you checked out the Trokar Tube hooks? They are awesome and I bet you would love them, what i like is you don't haveto retie when you change tubes
ill check them out!
I recently showed Randy this setup and gave him one to try. My friend Terry invented that setup and almost won the Classic with it but lost on final day. He got the term because he was always outfishing his buddy and the guy one day said “I suppose you are using that stupid tube again”. It’s a very popular technique here in central Indiana.
probably here i learned about it. spent a ton of time fishing northern indiana lakes when i was younger.
After seeing a video on the stupid tube about 3 yrs ago, I went to the lake to try it out for the 1st time. I was bank fishing an area with with some moss down in the water and it worked well. I was using a medium light spinning rod that i took my drop shot off. I got the 1st one hooked but he came off about halfway. I did catch 2 largemouths after but i hammered the hook set and that probably worked. I think i need to use a medium fast rod next time. Stupid tube was a success!
Thanks for watching!
Great video! I just rigged a tube with a EWG hook Texas style…. I put a 3/16 tungsten bullet out in front and pegged with a bobber stop. I put a foam earplug in the back behind the hook and the tail of the tube stands up and dances around in the current. You can twitch the rod and have the weight “pecking” the rocky bottom for sound. Also, you can slide the bobber stop up however far you want and it will float up and suspend off bottom sort of like an adjustable Carolina Rig. 👌
Awesome!
I use this set up but with a shaky head jig with the collar cut off and a Victory (sickle style) hook. I pour my own jigs. Typical weight is 1/16 or 3/32. It’s a killer.
very cool!
I use ewg swimbait hooks on Zman tubes all the time in salt water, sometimes drop shot, sometimes t or c rig, but never with weight in the actual bait. They naturally float so I take advantage of that, if you skip the weight along the bottom you get great action, you can let it suspend and twitch, lots of options. Another advantage of just an ewg hook is it pulls the bait straight from the nose, so way less snags than having the eye on top of the head. I will give this rig a try though, honestly wasn't aware of these, there are definitely times a jighead is the best option.
thanks for sharing!
Don't take this wrong great job explaining and showing how and what to do but while you are talking it is hard to see how and what you are doing and done because you don't hold it still long enough to take it in but great job and things that you show and teach to do thanks
Sorry about that I’ll do a better job in the future
Thanks Merry Christmas
Looking forward to trying this out. Tube fishing is what I turn to in the late fall fishing 30 feet down on a rocky bottom on the Columbia River here in Washington state. It would be great not to get hung up as much. Thanks.
Good luck!
Way back in the day I used to use the gets it and we used to take a tiny bit of Alka-Seltzer and put in the tube Alka-Seltzer got a little salt to it and it bubbles ways to knock the crap out of a
Yep!
Good info, first heard Tom Monsoor talk about this a few years back. Ive found if i try to use bigger than a 1/8 th oz. tube lead hook its hard to rotate inside the tube cavity. 1/8 works great 1/4 creates problems. Cool twist on a great bait, thanks for the vid.
Thanks for the support!
Thanks for the description on how to rig it. I had tried this but did not do a good job of locating the location of where the hook needed to exit the head of the tub so my attempts made a really messy presentation and I wasted a bunch of tubes in the process. I was trying to exit the hook too high up in the tube head and when I went to rotate the head inside the tube I'd tear the head. Now I have a better understanding and will be using this in the future.
Glad it helped
I fish them several ways.. I use a darter head sometimes with the head out. I have my tricks with them. I still have some of Shaw’s hooks and weights. That the original way I started fishing them. It’s always rigged in
Ive caught a lot of fish on shaws old eagle claw HP hooks
Doug Garrett showed me 12 ways to fish the Gitzit or mega tube or tube bait, whatever you wish to call it. He used it to win back to back Mega bucks. I'm glad people have forgot about it. Matt this is your bait to take you to the Elite Series
Its a good one!
I love these, after I watched this I got some Secret Lures jig heads and I use them pitching in cover and they work great! I fished tubes a ton as a kid but now it's weedless and I fish them alot now!
Nice!
I started fishing the tube back in 86 when they call it the fat gitzit. With a 1/16 or 1/8 the killer spiral fall was deadly. I would fish the dock first with the jig and pig, and often follow it up with the tube. I still always have on tied on., Always
Awesome!
Just picked up some of these recently. Looking to use them on Lake Cumberland for smallmouth and largemouth.
they will work great!
Have a great Thanksgiving, Matt, with your beautiful family. Great video, again
Happy Thanksgiving!
I tried the stupid tube. Recently I tried the trokar tube hook with a tungsten weight in front of the tube. I like the trokar hook plus I Recently saw a video about slitting the side opposite the hook so you get better penetration like a swimbait with a belly slit.
Good tip
Thanks for this I've heard people talk about rigging this but without the details!!
Glad it was helpful!
Ppl in the south fish these differently- we're lazy and don't like having to retie to put on a new tube so we just Texas rig or Carolina rig them I like to push a piece of a senko into the head to give my hook more plastic to bite into and hold it in place- helps it not tear out if you start cracking the tube. Or- we take the end off a set of foam ear plugs- I'm sure everyone has hear of this trick- soak it in scent and push it up into the head- now the tube wants to float a little, it's soaked with scent, and your hook as more to bite into. Really I shouldn't make it sound like I have a lot of personal experience with this- I've seen guys do it a ton though. It works, they catch a lot of bass doing it.
Thanks for sharing!
I’m heading out tomorrow. Probably last trip of the year. A River with tons of wood. I’ve got the same stupid tube heads and will have them tied on. Actually almost forgot I had them. Great video
Good luck!
Honestly a tube done up the right way tears up largemouth where I live in North Carolina. Nobody throws them anymore so it’s something else that they haven’t seen that much
Tubes work everywhere!
I always liked the Shaw Grisby HP Eagle Claw hook with the weight placed inside the tube. It was a special weight, I don't remember who made them. Anyhow it made a nice presentation.
I loved them as well. Eagle claw made the wright that connected to the HP hook
Nice Info! The days of losing exposed hooks is over! Nice MS!
No doubt!
You can also cut the screw type keeper in half that will allow the bait to release easier
agreed!
I’ve watched this video several times. Great information. As I read through the comments I see the foam earplug trick? If I threaded an earplug up on the shank of the hook and pushed it up the hook shank wouldn’t I be filling up the gap on the wide gap hook and making the EWG hook less effective? It’s amazing how many modifications fishermen come up with to catch more fish.
It would fill the gap and can interfere with the hookup, but in my experience doing it theres not enough lost fish for me not to consider doing it. I have a video coming out in a few days on ways I fish a tube.
Gotta use that more on the CA Delta.
Give it a try!
Great video brother, my brother is a Ned fishing fanatic. I started using the stupid tube and he said it would never work and I’m a jack ass for believing in it. Our home lake is crystal clear and the fish are very finicky. I can tell you first hand that he got his ass kicked bad the day I started using the stupid tube and possibly may never live that day down. Thanks for the great video and keep them coming can’t wait to watch more.
Awesome!
Great video Matt! Tube on a Carolina rig was my confidence bait 20 years ago. Got back to it again this past year after allowing myself to get distracted with newer baits. What is old will be new again.
What goes around comes around it seems!
Great river bait . Nice job last night.
Thanks 👍
Been catching the mess out of them all season long with a stupid tube.
Its a well kept secret
Thx
No problem
Thanks Matt. Appreciate all the info.
You bet!
The trouble I have with the stupid tube jig is thin walled tubes that tear to easily when setting up the jig itself like Berkley powerbait, I find that Strike King tubes are a perfect soft plastic tube for this presentation
i actually prefer thinner tubes for better hookups IMO
I love the tube. I’m definitely doing that!
Good luck!
I use that rigging all the time. Works great for me with Smallies. Works great at Chequamegon Bay. Enjoyed the video.
Good to know!
It's one of my favorite techniques to fish , If i could only have one soft plastic, it would be a tube .
awesome!
Great tip!!!👊🏻 I think I've seen Mark Zona show the stupid tube. Going to put that into my arsenal for sure!! Stay Safe & God Bless!!
Right on
I always thought tubes would be great for saltwater because they look like a little squid. I tried them a little without luck but I bet they would work still when squid are around.
sounds good
Doug Garret won plenty with them including the Red Man All American and two Bassmaster MegaBucks tournaments in the 1990’s.
yep!
Yo, Randy and the dudes are exposing the secrets of tubes + chatterbait as we speak. I told yall tubes are best swam through the water.
yep i saw it. Ive talked about this before as well.
Thanks big MATT!!!
you bet! thank you!
Great video Matt thank you split the bottom part of the tube also😉
Good tip!
I tried that. Caught a nice Large mouth. 1st cast pulling through grassy bottom on the susquehanna River.
Good stuff!
I quit fishing the tube years ago, because of most times the fish swallowed the bait deep, killing the fish.
I definitely have not experienced that
Awesome video man!!! I love fishing for smallmouth and always from the bank.... so weedless presentations are a staple for me... and that was y I hesitated on throwing tubes. Thing of the past now lol thank you
Go for it!
Would you mind telling us the brand, the size and weight of the hook that you would pair with a 3.50 inch and a 4.5 ?
I use these in size 3/0 and 4/0 www.tacklewarehouse.com/Secret_Lures_Stupid_Tube_Jig_Heads_5pk/descpage-SLTJ.html?from=MSFG
Great rig , I like
Glad you like it
@@MattStefanFishing thanks bro
Thanks for the video
thanks for watching!
Fishing a tube as weight on drop shot rig is great
yep! That and a ned rig!
Have you ever made it out to the north west? The Columbia River is one of the best smallmouth fisheries in the nation.
I have but did not get to fish the columbia! I will one day
The flying lure video got me thinking - maybe drop some small tungsten down in a tube with some superglue and pinch the tube flat while it drys - might be like the old flying lure a bit 🙂
O, then thread it on a straight shank 🤔🙂👍🏼
interesting!
Another quality video! The hits keep coming! Thanks, Matt!
Glad you like them!
I think the Stupid Tube is far superior to a Texas Rigged Tube. I’ve only fished it a few times, but the action is so much better. I learned about this rig from Zona. I kicked myself for not figuring it out on my own. Once you see the rigging it’s obvious. Thanks Matt.
agree completely
Love the videos, keep them coming! I'm yet to try the stupid tube (will some day, you'll convince me), i have pegged a T-rigged tube and my bites went way down. An unpegged T rigged tube is hard to beat if you haven't tried it.
will do!
Stupid tube are great bait for erratic action. Do you ever split the bottom portion for better penetration?
yep
Matt, What size, colors, brand tube you recommend for all around fishing in north Alabama creeks and rivers? And for middle tennessee smallmouth? I creek wade a lot but I do plan on using the canoe I bought on the Piney River in Nunnelly Tennessee and on Elk River in Alabama and Tennessee. Thanks for all the advice. Love your channel.
I love the ISG intimidators and mini intimidators
@@MattStefanFishing thanks for replying. I can't imagine how many comments and questions you get.
I need to spend more time with the tube, one of those techniques that I've managed to overlook and just never really delve into. I from the southeastern US which doesn't help- it's not very widely used down here- not even for smallmouth. But I have several packs and several different types of head- including the stupid tube heads. I caught some nice large mouth on them drifting them in creek mouths a couple seasons ago but- that's the only tube fish I've ever caught.
Id say give it another try
Great video again! What line, rod, and reel setup do you use with this technique? Thank you in advance.
depends on the conditions
Do you have to cut them off everytime to re rig if the tube falls off? How would you put another tube on when its on the line?
yes
You said to poke your eye out. Now I can’t watch your videos. 😂
Thanks for this tip, I love tube fishing and I will be trying this out.
Haha!
I do like this rig. Any tricks to fishing it deep with a 3/4 or half ounce weight besides Carolina rig? I just bought about 500 Yamamoto tubes for practically nothing. So i will be fishing tubes for largemouth and smallies for the next 20 years.
i like snapping a tube in deeper water.
Won my first tournament on Big Green lake Wisconsin with 17.5 bag with all Smallmouth 👍
Awesome thanks buddy
Great job!
Brilliant!! From 1 to 10ft, How heavy of a jig do u use? THANKS
light 1/8 oz to 1/4 oz
@@MattStefanFishing Thanks
caught a lot of fish on just a plain white tube
White tube works great!
Always good stuff.
Thanks again!
Thanks Matt I appreciate the tip happy thanksgiving 🙏
Happy Thanksgiving!
My river system is full of Boulders and laydowns so Snag city, I will for sure try this out. What is prime water temp for tubes?
tubes are great year round.
Love your videos.
With winter almost upon us, I'd love to see your take on winter storage for summer fishing gear. I recently decided to make rod storage for the wall and there are so many options, both verticle and horizontal. I prefer verticle as I feel it is less stress on the rods than hanging with 2 contact points horizontally. What are your thoughts? What about gear storage for those who don't have a dedicated room in the house just for fishing? (Such as only a small corner of the garage or shed)
Good suggestion. As for rod storage. I hang them on my ceiling using to curtain rods. Ive got them about 4 feet apart and have no issue with that.
Love the info. Happy Thanksgiving to you and family.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m trying to follow along with this and I totally don’t get it. How do you spin the weight around inside the tube? Is this magic? I am so confused
haha you can do it
I will ALWAYS utilize my tube box;and have developed what I call,"clik-clakkin" a tube ,centered around the Trokar TK190 tube hook,2 pegs bout 4inches from the line tie,& depending on depth.either 3/16th or qtr oz tungsten worm weight and a carolina bead.Ive done episodes onnit;and the tube doesnt discriminate against ANY predator species.Simple,but very versatile and DEADLY...#TubeThrowinAngler#SpeciesSmasher
thanks for sharing!
Just caught a 4lb smallie on a puke yellow tube
Awesome!
Stupid tube is awesome been using it for years. Awesome vid Matt 👍 thank you
Thanks!
The tube is definitely a great Lakes secret bait. Any smallmouth fisherman worth their salt fishes a tube.
its a good one!
Hope You and family had a terrific Thanksgiving! Very good tutorial on the stupid tube rigging.
Happy thanksgiving!
I remember the tube days. Great video. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family Matt.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Matt. I purchased a few tubes of different colors. I want to take two tubes, cut them in half, and mix them to end up with a hybrid “frankenstien” tube. What can i use to glue them back together?
Melting them works the best, but there are plastic glues like mend-it that will work.
@@MattStefanFishing thank you and a wonderful Thanksgiving 2021
Do you ever fish a tube Texas-rigged on a hook with a bullet weight?
if im pitching grass with it
@@MattStefanFishing I started using that rig along with a Stupid Tube more after reading Jim Roots book. My local lake, Brookville Reservoir in SE Indiana, doesn't have any grass though. Rocks and timber are about it.
Blast from the past!
Yep!
Thanks Matt I use a tube all the time in boat everytime from Ohio
Right on!
Great video and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Great video as always. Hope you and your family have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
That giant weedless treble Japanese tube tho. Get em at Hook Up Tackle.
ill check it out
I throw Gitzits on an Owner Phantom hook
Very cool!
@@MattStefanFishing those hooks are very nice with a belly weight that slides into the tube. Love them but they’re not available at most local tackle shops, so I order online