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I have a few Tubes 16"-24" for slow trolling for striped bass here in the north east.
My question is about the "Worm"?
Do I tip the hook with a blood/sand worm?
Do I tip the hook with a squid strip?
Do I just troll the Tube? and they call it Tube & Worm for no good reason?
I am sure most know the simple answer.
Thanks in advance,
Craig
Sand Worms... slow as you can go... I tie my line to a 3-way swivel and on a 6" leader I put a Bucktail for weight and on a 36" leader I put the Tube... T-Man tubes are what I like and Spro Bucktails...
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I like sandworms the best, I usually just hook them on whole worm. I have used the gulp worms when I have ran out of the live ones. they work but not as well as the real thing. I troll with leadcore line and/or the tman system.
When trolling with lead core and tube and worm. Go as slow as you can. While you are traveling you want to make your boat do a lazy S pattern. Which will make the tubes drop and rise on different sides of the boat. As far as bait. Nothing beats a live sand worm. But if you can not locate them. Then by all means use artifical ones. Besides useing worms. You can also use different types of baits. Such as a strip of red pork rind, or squid strips and strips of mackeral.If useing mackeral fillet the mackeral and then split it in half again length wise. Hook the strip on the tail section. The meat will stray on longer. Only problem with useing squid and mackeral. Is if there are any dog fish around they will find you.
I have always had better luck with sand worms - but with the increase in price of the worms I will be more likely to try the squid & mackeral in 2009. Like stated beofre you need to go SLOW - I like 1.7 kts. We have caught several large bass with the T&W.
Must use the sand/clam worm. I ususally go for the biggest ,but last year I got a few strikes that took half the worm only. these worms were the size of small eels. So Im not so sure the biggest is the best. I troll with lead core also going as slow as my outboard will allow . Usually just under 2 kts.
I have caught using Power Bait worms in a pinch.
I get a lot of double hits with the full worms. the fish will hit the worm, get the taste and come back for it and get hooked. I know a few guys who swear by pork rinds, but i have never tried them. everyone says speed is the key. I run as slow as my boat will go. I have tried dragging buckets, my swim ladder etc. to slow the boat down(<2knts), in the end I just let out more line out to compensate.
Usually troll between 25 -40 feet. In my favorite spots I troll both inside and outside the lobster pots. I have a couple of marked areas that are within a few hundred yards apart that I use as a guide.
amchevy - 2/21/2009 12:32 PM
Usually troll between 25 -40 feet.
Are you using dredges or deep swimmers? Lead core isn't going to fish a tube in that deep water. You need ten colors (300') of leadcore to get a tube down to even 30'. For me anything over 20' is best for wire. I will use lead line in 12-16' but that's about all. Something tells me you catch a lot of blues-fish and smaller bass.
Tube and Worm question? 
