I was approached during the recent Lake Champlain event about what my favorite bait was for that lake. It was an easy answer for me – a Strike King Coffee Tube. The great thing about a tube is that you can fish it a variety of ways. You can Texas rig it and flip it in the grass for big largemouth or you can put it on a jighead with an exposed hook and catch big smallmouth with it. When I’m fishing grass I prefer the 4.5” Flip-n-tube. I rig it with a tour grade tungsten weight, somewhere between 3/8 and 1 ounce for fishing heavy grass, or 3/16 to 5/16 for fishing around shallow cover. On the smallmouth rig, I throw the 3.5 inch regular pro model. On both baits I usually start with green pumpkin and go from there. For my money, the tube is still a player anytime you are out on the lake
2020 Bassmaster Angler of the Year
2020 Bassmaster Angler of the Year It is hard to put in to words how it feels to have the greatest accomplishment of my career occur in the context of the most chaotic year of my life, and I imagine many of yours too – 2020. But in the midst of all the chaos, my job, while disrupted for a few months, resumed after a few months thanks to the efforts made by B.A.S.S to provide a full season for us. I am so appreciative to them and my fellow anglers for pulling together to make this happen. And … Read More...
