Did my first tournament on Saturday morning, and we didn’t get skunked!! Only caught three, but using Tactical Tips, it was a good day!!

The tube is one of my all-time favorite baits. It's tied on EVERY outing. It's the secret weapon that's no secret at all. Most anglers know about them but very few seem to throw them.

Northland Tackle makes a Short shank tube head that is absolutely 100% perfect fit for the small 2.5 coffee tubes and other small tubes plz look into them

Whenever people talk about tube fishing I get selective hearing. Until someone show me on video targeting largemouth with tubes I will dedicate to getting tube tackle. Everything relating to tubes is always fish I don't have in my area smallmouth. Great vid Matt 👌🏿I do have tubes because of T.B but I really would like to some vid dedicated to tubes catching largies

Sadly every time I watch this channel I'll go out an spend $100.00 dollars on lures an baits 😆😆😆 love the channel these guys very informative they've helped me alot with fishing 🎣

MI resident here, been fishing tubes 30years.... you freeeeking nailed it. Great info. And ya..... sand based colors.... money... thanks for the vid.

Yes, my favorite is tube fishing!. I finished all those techniques pretty much but here in the north west. Especially the snake river. It’s rocky rocky and more rocky. You get snags all the time. The best for me like I said, for me. For the most part I use tournaments style tubes, on a 1/8 ounce or a 3/16 oz. Rugby VMC jighead. I can hook it weedless and it goes through the rocks good and I just nail ‘em. I don’t lose any fish either. Pro bass shops used to make some tube weights that were hollow in the middle with a hole on the side that you can put a hook through with no visible weight. I don’t think they make that anymore. But that worked well also. The Rugby jighead, it’s still the best way for me though!

Good thing I just ordered more STH Finesse tubes right before you guys posted this video...I'm sure they'll be out of stock soon.

Tubes are my favorite go to bait when it's tough fishing. Love the smoke and sparkle gitzit and stain the tail end with garlic chartreuse dip.

This is a great video explaining tubes. I live by the great lakes, and man. People who haven't fished the great lakes for smallies r missing out. And what matt and Tim talk about up north, its true. One thing that I do different with tubes, is throwing an eagle claw jig hook. The crappie jig heads, those work great if u know how to fight fish.

My Dad taught me to throw the gitzit in the late 80's. He won a lot of local tournaments with it. I still throw it. It's one of my favorites.

I litterally just started throwing a tube again this weekend and sure enough your video comes out ! Love when life works out like that lol.

Matt , Thanks for all the information , You guys are great and truly show people how to be better fisher people !! Great video Matt I end up spending a lot of money with tackle warehouse when I see stuff that works in Minnesota .

Matt, the way you feel about a tube is how I feel about the 3" and EVEN 2" twister tail grub.

Love fishing the tube. Growing up with my grandfather we used to slay small amount at the river on a tube. Headed out right now tell Erin a leg for our next tournament definitely going to be throwing it to

I thank you for your videos you’ve helped me so much 80% of what I know about fishing came from you

Wow !! Lil mama with the nice smally !! Love It man. You are blessed , Wifey fishes! Now the Princess !!

Yesterday I was scouting a new spillway with 2hrs of play time. Managed to get one smallmouth on a zman chartreuse chatterbait with a 4in white keitech. I was popping and letting fall. In my head in telling myself today I'm pretty sure these fish were pressured. So I threw something I thought was different. I managed but it's crazy that the tube is a forgotten bait. Going to load up on tubes because I don't have any and it should crush them.

Great video Matt. I grew up an avid fisherman over 50 years ago and tubes were not common back then. I left the US over 30 years ago to work overseas and then returned to the US six years ago and took up fishing again so I missed out on the early tube craze. Here in Florida they are not common except for saltwater fishing where they resemble squid. I will definitely try them out for bass fishing and let you know the results. Great detailed tips as always. Keep it up!

I always thought the best part of Tubes is it attracts multiple species. Maybe not a huge bait for the bass crowd up in the Great Lakes, but lake trout anglers swear by them. I'll cast out tubes near to grass lines in the afternoon, or vertical jig white tubes at sunrise/sunset nice and deep for lakers. It's a very versatile bait!

Love a tub here in Michigan I have one tied on every time I am out

Shh, not supposed to talk about the secret not so secret bait Matt! Great video. I'm guilty of throwing the ned rig all the time myself, tube jig is still one of my favorite lures ever.

Good timing. I'm headed to Wisconsin to fish on Lake Michigan for smallies Saturday. I'll give it a shot.

If I’m running a tube setup, I agree, use the best/most sensitive rod you have. Smallies in Michigan are just animals to fight back to the boat. Smallest line I personally used was 8, typically running 10.

Ive had tubes in the bag forever. Favorite rigging is weightless texas rigged with a jig rattle in the head. Swim it like a jerk bait over weeds, skip docks etc. Salt n pepper flippin tube.

I got the HFX 7'6" M spinning rod and I absolutely smashed them this spring after I saw your last tube video little cheaper than the victory but it is perfect

Love seeing kids horsin in a fish!!!

Hey Matt I throw tubes all the time and I catch as many largemouth with tubes as much as I do with senkos. That sandy color is my best color, I dip the tail in chartreuse and they eat it up. And that gobi style works great on largemouth too. And I always fish it with the exposed hook.

Most of my life I fished in lakes or ponds for largemouth, panfish and catfish. For bass I Used lizards, trick worms and buzz baits mostly.fished a creek by my house with panfish and spots that loved 1-2 inch crawdad baits. I went fishing in a creek I heard had smallmouth, didn't catch anything fishing like I did for largemouth, caught a good few on the tiny crawdad. Just looking on eBay I saw 2 3/4 fat tubes pearl with silver flake. Thought that looks good. I caught over 20 smallmouth the first day I used them. Weightless on a 2/0? Straight Worm hook, sometimes a small sinker in swifter water. Consistently caught fish with that bait for a year till I moved

My jig of choice is the exposed hook 1/4 oz stand up jig with a single wire weed guard,,90% of the time the tube will stand up on the jig head and the tentacles will have a beautiful action and that's when they inhale them...

Just want to add a couple things going with the tubes is also very versatile bait. Trout and walleye love tubes big trout especially! Nothing beats a bait that you don't know what you might catch. Also you can tip your tubes with a bit of nightcrawler and you will get more bites.

Thanks, for the info I’m love throwing tube but don’t have a lot of luck. Keeps the videos coming

Awesome video, Matt! Thanks for the great information as always!

Tubes aren't talked about much here in Florida - unless we're floating down a river in one. :-) Thanks for another great video, Matt; wishing you and yours a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend.

Never fished a tub before yesterday and was out at our pond and decided to fish a tube . 10 pound braid no weight with ewg hook (what was I thinking) and a white tube. Clear water so I could see this bass; wouldn't take anything I put in front of it until the tube. Cast it out twice and she ignored it, but the third time..... BOOM. Wish I could add a pic; 22" small mouth. Yeehaw! Think it's the only one in the pound.

Just caught a 4:15 Smalley this morning on a green pumpkin purple copper fleck three and a half inch too on my second cast. :-) I think the biggest thing I struggle with when fishing a tube is whether I should be cracking a tube or dragging a tube. When are the best times to do each technique? Lastly, if you're looking for a great little finesse tube head, I came across the new company called Great lakes finesse and they have a really small tube head built for the two and a half inch finesse tube with a super stout hook and a really cool jig head style to it, but I think fishes those finess tubes really well. You should look into that tube head because I think it fits what you like about the inhaler which is it's got a really stout hook on it. Thanks for the video and tight lines.

They’ve always been a staple here on Lake St Clair for getting on those world famous smallies here. These will definitely help catch them💯! When are you guys coming out to LSC to film an episode?🤔🎣

JUNEBUG TUBE BABY. A big lake beauty

Love you guys , Thanks for the videos!!!

Was funny I went fishing 🎣 on Sunday found the bed by shore line loaded with baby bass. I tried different flavored trout eggs because the bass are small. Some nibbled on trout eggs but most didn't touch them. Then I tied on a drop shot an used a strike king zoo too an the baby bass flocked to it. Sadly the bait bigger then most. I caught 1 but as I set the hook on the drop shot because bass was too small to get zoo too drop shot bait into his mouth

The $625 rod is not in stock… Good now I can pay my rent…lol

Why do you do this?! 😆I really appreciated this staying forgotten...and honestly it's not flashy or new, so maybe people will stay away from them.

Thanks for this video Matt I really need to gain confidence in a tube for our smallmouth lakes

Useful information as always thank you. Keep up the good work

Dude Max caught his first fish off a tube aka Squid(Max named it) Learned some stuff hanging out with Ninja for the day on Lake Oroville

I like that video that you just showed me you were there little girl that was so cute to call her first call her first pass

Awesome video !!! Thanks buddy

Guys! When do you pick the tube over the ned rig? I fish primarily for Great Lakes smallmouth and just curious for your opinion. LOVE the video. Like them all🤣

Smallmouth love tubes!

I love the smaller bite-me with a rattle in an xtreme tackle drop shot tube. I fish it pretty fast over the rock up here in michigan.

Tubes are so overlooked in the south.

I was fishing a tube in Sparrow Lake here in Ontario. A bass hit it hard and I reeled in a 3 to 4 lb. smallmouth. I threw the tube back into the same area and wam another hit. No bass a pike. Got it in the net then the line broke, tube in the water, hook in the pike's mouth, pike in the net.

Try the northland tackle short shank for the 2.5 baby tube i promise it works better than the one you use

Great info Matt, thanks for sharing

Love when y’all make a video and it out of stock in less than a day

Old School, that's for sure!!!

The tube is also great for pike in the Adirondack’s because the tube mimics a dying fish or crayfish.

Damm you Savage Gear for making the Goby Tube!!! I have wayyyyy too much tackle and now I want these :(

Love the tube videos!

Mustard color with green metal flake in a 3 inch tube. Always have one tied on for river smallies. But they catch everything in a smallie river.

They work great for lake trout on lake Michigan I jig up Lakers on a 1 oz jig and 3 to 4 inch white tube they eat them like candy 🍬 🐟👍

It seems like tubes are making a comeback. They were all the rage on the great lakes 20 years ago, I threw tubes for years but moved on. I used to do really well on salt and pepper dark brown tubes. If you can find purple and black tubes? Absolutely deadly

Hell yeah, fish on.

This is a great spinning rod segment that more rod companies should focus on. 7'2" to 7'4" or 7'6" . When it comes to swimming small swimbaits and tubes for those pig smallmouth. Angler needs that longer rod to have some leverag against that fish.

Can you guys review the Hudd rod, it's a rod made by Huddleston specifically for Huddleston baits and I'm really interested in purchasing it. I don't see any reviews on Google or like the swimbait underground, would be cool if you guys reviewed it.

A tube will get bit, but I miss a ton of fish when flipping it. Getting a hook in those fish is really tough some days.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the new 6th Sense Crube.

Out on the water this morning early and thought about rigging a tube. If I saw this before I left I would have rigged one up

I love your videos! I’m a serious bass fisherman in northern Indiana and I was wondering if you could make a video focused on fishing the banks when there’s grass and weeds? I see huge bass right up close and I can walk to about 2ft away and they’ll stay there, my problem is that I’ve thrown every weedless lure from frog, Texas rig senkos, jigs, flukes, swim baits, I’ve tried every color but it seems the really big ones don’t bite, any advice? I hope this reaches you well. Thank you

Thank u so so much

When showing your jigs and tube could you show them off to the side, they are hard to see when shown in front of your face. great video, i learned alot thanks. Jim VT

Matt can I use the bright color braid or should I just stick with dark green braid

Great video I have a question I am a co-angler in the Washington DC area I fish a lot of grass lakes and pounds what would be your setup from the back of the boat thanks

I listen to you guys all the time. I bought a Plano box full of color tubes. Never caught anything on them. Would it be practical to Drop Shot them?

Little off subject, but I’ve been hearing great things about Jewel rods. You got a opinion?

Do you ever recommend line to use with different baits like 8-12 lb line or what not

Matt if I could get a timely answer,wanting to fish weedless tex rig,net bait sth 2.5

I'm sitting here pondering wether or not you've tried the cover scat/free rigged for smallies yet. Half of me says yes...the bait junkie couldn't resist. The other half says...no he thought it was too dumb. Either way it slays em. Who knew all you had to do was feed em a turd. I peg it in reverse order though. Weight then peg. It's replaced the tube and Ned rig for me all together.

Hey Matt, great video. Any suggestions for a tube color for stained water?

Matt do you fish the stupid tube at all. Bassmd

After watching each of your video i just got one conclusion which is ok I’ll pay for it.

I may have missed it in the video. What leader length do you use, and preferred connection knot for spinning rods? I have a 7'6" dobyns champion for my tube rod and I hate the way the knot goes through the guides.

I need some help right now! Bass are spawning in my pond but it’s muddy and can’t see them! Caught a few w a Deps Zero 120 in gill and buzz bait but come up dry to often!

Could you use a crank bait casting rod to do this or is it just spinning gear

Are you guys still using 15-30ft of leader on spinning tackle?

When would you recommend a dark sleeper over the gobi tube and vice versa?

What type of bfs setup would you throw a tube on?

Work when it came and still works

What is it about high end spinning reels that produce longer casts?

The secret for tubes up north is when they arnt biting use a 1 inch tube… lots of by catch, but it works

Can we get some underwater tube footage?

Everybody check out magnum baits new tube. Biggest tube on the market. He restocks constantly.

Whole bunch of Amish and others were catching smallies and keeping em on tubes. Apparently I suck at slow rolling a tube.

Sandy colors up north…. Is this regardless of whether or not a Great Lake/Gobie Lake? Does a smaller bluegill lake in Michigan still call for sandy color?

Would the tiny tube work on a 1/4 ned head

Don't forget about their ability to catch Northern Pike!! 🤨

When we getting the SA videos?

How long of a leader? What knot? (I'm guessing Blood?) If so, how many twists per side?

What are your thoughts on the stupid tube rig?

i still always have a tube tied on and its usually a gitzit lol