Topic: Do your weightless tubes float? (Read 496 times)

revolutiontime95 · « **on:** May 30, 2012, 12:28:03 PM »

So I like using tubes, but it seems like every time I rig one weightless (which is my absolute favorite way to rig soft plastics as long as I can get away with it) they float! This is not always a bad thing, but I don't always want the tube to float...I'd rather get that slow, erratic, spiraling fall that tubes have...But my tubes just float. This has been happening with a variety of tubes, including the bass pro shops magnum flippin' tubes, strike king bleeding tubes, and berkley powerbait power tubes. Are they supposed to float? What am I doing wrong? I am using 50 lb power pro braid, if that makes any difference.

bassmaster893 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 30, 2012, 12:59:42 PM »

i fish tubes a ton. i use a 3/16-1/4oz tube jig but i do go weightless as well. i think the problem your having is theres air inside the tube. id try going to like 10-15 pound fluorocarbon. or try a bigger hook? i like a 5/0 EWG hook when i go weightless. with flouro and a 5/0 you should be all right. if not tho. take a couple cotton balls and soak in your favorite sent. then push them into the tube. help it not trap air as bad and gives off good sent. good luck!

revolutiontime95 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 30, 2012, 01:07:46 PM »

Quote from: bassmaster893 on May 30, 2012, 12:59:42 PM

i fish tubes a ton. i use a 3/16-1/4oz tube jig but i do go weightless as well. i think the problem your having is theres air inside the tube. id try going to like 10-15 pound fluorocarbon. or try a bigger hook? i like a 5/0 EWG hook when i go weightless. with flouro and a 5/0 you should be all right. if not tho. take a couple cotton balls and soak in your favorite sent. then push them into the tube. help it not trap air as bad and gives off good sent. good luck!

Yes, I had been doing that but with sponges instead of cotton balls..it helped a little bit bit didn't totally fix the problem...I think maybe I need a bigger piece of sponge. See, I love tubes, and bass do too...(which is the main reason I love them, LOL) and I want to fish them without adding a weight because when you add a weight, the tube's spiraling fall is lost or reduced.

bassmaster893 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 30, 2012, 01:25:50 PM »

i like to put a 1/4 oz tube jig inside and rig it with the eyelet in the middle of the bait, the farther forward you rig it the tighter the spiral. maybe try a little split shot and crimp it to your hook?

revolutiontime95 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 30, 2012, 03:05:59 PM »

Quote from: bassmaster893 on May 30, 2012, 01:25:50 PM

i like to put a 1/4 oz tube jig inside and rig it with the eyelet in the middle of the bait, the farther forward you rig it the tighter the spiral. maybe try a little split shot and crimp it to your hook?

For what I have been doing lately, I need it to fall as slowly as possible, a 1/4 oz is too heavy...but maybe a small splitshot will work. Perhaps I could put that inside the tube. I just need it to sink. As long as it sinks, that's what matters...I will try some weightless today on the top and see if I can use them like a jerkbait/popper...But I'll probably do better if I weight it somehow. Using, like, the smallest weight possible, just to make it sink. I'm working in usually less than two feet of water. The bass are finicky, but not THAT finicky. Plus, I absolutely love fishing weightless rigs...They are my favorite rigs ever...

bassbmx · « **Reply #5 on:** May 30, 2012, 07:01:19 PM »

I like texas rigging them on 1/16oz Elite Tungsten worm weights they fall really slow but you don't have to worry about them not sinking.

jocko · « **Reply #6 on:** May 31, 2012, 10:34:27 AM »

The sponge you are putting in them along with the heavy braid is going to cause these tubes to float. I've never had a problem with air trapped in my tube - but if that's the case - how about shoving a peice of a senko up into the tube? If you use a big enough EWG - it shouldn't hamper the hook set.

If you don't want to use weight, I would suggest switching to flourocarbon, using a heavy hook, and perhaps using scent that doesn't require a sponge, like smelly jelly or mega strike that you can just ooze some into the tube cavity. I only use scent in the dead of winter and really find it not necessary at other times.

You can use a small internal weight or shove a split shot up inside the tube and such a slight amount of weight will give you a slow spiral fall and not a drop. It won't effect the fall at all.

But the braid and sponge is gonna keep the tube bouyant.

Good luck.

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I am using 50 lb power pro braid, if that makes any difference. Logged Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for The Lord your god will be with you wherever you go. -Joshua 1:9 bassmaster893 Smallmouth Location: Michigan Offline Gender: Posts: 155 "The Kid" Re: Do your weightless tubes float? « Reply #1 on: May 30, 2012, 12:59:42 PM » i fish tubes a ton. i use a 3/16-1/4oz tube jig but i do go weightless as well. i think the problem your having is theres air inside the tube. id try going to like 10-15 pound fluorocarbon. or try a bigger hook? i like a 5/0 EWG hook when i go weightless. with flouro and a 5/0 you should be all right. if not tho. take a couple cotton balls and soak in your favorite sent. then push them into the tube. help it not trap air as bad and gives off good sent. good luck! Logged Kal-Valley Member revolutiontime95 Smallmouth Location: Wisconsin Offline Gender: Posts: 246 Re: Do your weightless tubes float? « Reply #2 on: May 30, 2012, 01:07:46 PM » Quote from: bassmaster893 on May 30, 2012, 12:59:42 PM i fish tubes a ton. i use a 3/16-1/4oz tube jig but i do go weightless as well. i think the problem your having is theres air inside the tube. id try going to like 10-15 pound fluorocarbon. or try a bigger hook? i like a 5/0 EWG hook when i go weightless. with flouro and a 5/0 you should be all right. if not tho. take a couple cotton balls and soak in your favorite sent. then push them into the tube. help it not trap air as bad and gives off good sent. good luck! Yes, I had been doing that but with sponges instead of cotton balls..it helped a little bit bit didn't totally fix the problem...I think maybe I need a bigger piece of sponge. See, I love tubes, and bass do too...(which is the main reason I love them, LOL) and I want to fish them without adding a weight because when you add a weight, the tube's spiraling fall is lost or reduced. Logged Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for The Lord your god will be with you wherever you go. -Joshua 1:9 bassmaster893 Smallmouth Location: Michigan Offline Gender: Posts: 155 "The Kid" Re: Do your weightless tubes float? « Reply #3 on: May 30, 2012, 01:25:50 PM » i like to put a 1/4 oz tube jig inside and rig it with the eyelet in the middle of the bait, the farther forward you rig it the tighter the spiral. maybe try a little split shot and crimp it to your hook? Logged Kal-Valley Member revolutiontime95 Smallmouth Location: Wisconsin Offline Gender: Posts: 246 Re: Do your weightless tubes float? « Reply #4 on: May 30, 2012, 03:05:59 PM » Quote from: bassmaster893 on May 30, 2012, 01:25:50 PM i like to put a 1/4 oz tube jig inside and rig it with the eyelet in the middle of the bait, the farther forward you rig it the tighter the spiral. maybe try a little split shot and crimp it to your hook? For what I have been doing lately, I need it to fall as slowly as possible, a 1/4 oz is too heavy...but maybe a small splitshot will work. Perhaps I could put that inside the tube. I just need it to sink. As long as it sinks, that's what matters...I will try some weightless today on the top and see if I can use them like a jerkbait/popper...But I'll probably do better if I weight it somehow. Using, like, the smallest weight possible, just to make it sink. I'm working in usually less than two feet of water. The bass are finicky, but not THAT finicky. Plus, I absolutely love fishing weightless rigs...They are my favorite rigs ever... Logged Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for The Lord your god will be with you wherever you go. -Joshua 1:9 bassbmx Smallmouth Location: SW Michigan Offline Gender: Posts: 449 Re: Do your weightless tubes float? « Reply #5 on: May 30, 2012, 07:01:19 PM » I like texas rigging them on 1/16oz Elite Tungsten worm weights they fall really slow but you don't have to worry about them not sinking. Logged jocko Charter Member Location: Milton, GA Offline Gender: Posts: 1,437 Re: Do your weightless tubes float? « Reply #6 on: May 31, 2012, 10:34:27 AM » The sponge you are putting in them along with the heavy braid is going to cause these tubes to float. I've never had a problem with air trapped in my tube - but if that's the case - how about shoving a peice of a senko up into the tube? If you use a big enough EWG - it shouldn't hamper the hook set. If you don't want to use weight, I would suggest switching to flourocarbon, using a heavy hook, and perhaps using scent that doesn't require a sponge, like smelly jelly or mega strike that you can just ooze some into the tube cavity. I only use scent in the dead of winter and really find it not necessary at other times. You can use a small internal weight or shove a split shot up inside the tube and such a slight amount of weight will give you a slow spiral fall and not a drop. It won't effect the fall at all. But the braid and sponge is gonna keep the tube bouyant. Good luck. « Last Edit: May 31, 2012, 10:37:59 AM by jocko » Logged Print Pages: [1] Go Up « previous next » Bass Fishing Forum > General Bass Fishing Discussion > Bass Fishing Techniques, Presentations and Lures (Moderators: Swede, javelin225ho) > Topic: Do your weightless tubes float?	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