The tube n' worm is not any secret and for good cause. Tubes are affordable and may easily be made in your own home. Tubes catch sedentary bass as well as stripers which are aggressively feeding on baits which the tube is not going to mimic.
A tube will work if bass are feeding on large menhaden. A tube will also produce if stripers are feeding on sand eels. Naturally a tube will work if stripers are feeding on two foot long worms. Which leads to the debate around precisely what a tube n' worm rig actually emulates.
I strongly believe bass mistake tubes for ribbon worms and large sandworms which often inhabit New England waters. These worms can grow to a length of four feet. Large sandworms and milky ribbon worms in many cases are reddish-pink or orange in color. Sandworms and ribbon worms also are likely to swim through the water in a gyrating or spiraling motion.
A 24 inch long ribbon worm, swimming through the water, possesses a strangely similar likeness to a correctly trolled 24 inch long red tube.
Should you be a striped bass that is used to chasing speedy pogies and ink filled squid, then catching a worm needs to be about as simple as it gets. It might be the human equivalent of hitting up the drive-thru over investing the energy needed to prepare a turkey dinner.
In such a sense, it is my opinion stripers possess a "why not?" attitude towards tube n' worms. I believe that even if bass are honed in on different bait, they may still consume a big worm because it's so easy to capture.
Capitalizing on Time Spent On the Water
Plenty of time is invested on the water looking for fish, as we discussed last week in Developing a Strategy for Finding Big Fish.
The very last thing I wish to do is waste time tinkering with different techniques and lure options when I ultimately identify an area holding big striped bass. Uncommon are the days that a tube n' worm fails to catch a fish, when trolled through fish filled areas.
This makes it easy to remain confident, understanding that the tube will more than likely be tempting to a passing striped bass, regardless of weather conditions or the presence of a particular bait.
Trolling three different tubes at three different depths through an area holding stripers will quickly let me know what length/color tube and what depth will be most productive. Once a couple of fish are caught, I will have a pretty good sense as to the most productive tube and depth. A quick modification to the other two tubes is all that is required.
A tube will work if bass are feeding on large menhaden. A tube will also produce if stripers are feeding on sand eels. Naturally a tube will work if stripers are feeding on two foot long worms. Which leads to the debate around precisely what a tube n' worm rig actually emulates.
I strongly believe bass mistake tubes for ribbon worms and large sandworms which often inhabit New England waters. These worms can grow to a length of four feet. Large sandworms and milky ribbon worms in many cases are reddish-pink or orange in color. Sandworms and ribbon worms also are likely to swim through the water in a gyrating or spiraling motion.
A 24 inch long ribbon worm, swimming through the water, possesses a strangely similar likeness to a correctly trolled 24 inch long red tube.
Should you be a striped bass that is used to chasing speedy pogies and ink filled squid, then catching a worm needs to be about as simple as it gets. It might be the human equivalent of hitting up the drive-thru over investing the energy needed to prepare a turkey dinner.
In such a sense, it is my opinion stripers possess a "why not?" attitude towards tube n' worms. I believe that even if bass are honed in on different bait, they may still consume a big worm because it's so easy to capture.
Capitalizing on Time Spent On the Water
Plenty of time is invested on the water looking for fish, as we discussed last week in Developing a Strategy for Finding Big Fish.
The very last thing I wish to do is waste time tinkering with different techniques and lure options when I ultimately identify an area holding big striped bass. Uncommon are the days that a tube n' worm fails to catch a fish, when trolled through fish filled areas.
This makes it easy to remain confident, understanding that the tube will more than likely be tempting to a passing striped bass, regardless of weather conditions or the presence of a particular bait.
Trolling three different tubes at three different depths through an area holding stripers will quickly let me know what length/color tube and what depth will be most productive. Once a couple of fish are caught, I will have a pretty good sense as to the most productive tube and depth. A quick modification to the other two tubes is all that is required.
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