Stupid Tube Rig

Started by FlatsNBay, January 02, 2022, 02:17:26 PM

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FlatsNBay

Anybody use the Stupid Tube Rig? I saw a YouTube video about the rig and never knew anything about it. Im going to try this type of rig out. I think it would be great for Florida fishing since it's weedless. I used to fish tubes back in the day quite a bit but never rigged them this way.

How about it fellas? Anybody with experience in the Stupid Tube Rig?

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Wizard

Looks like a standard Tex-posed tube rig to me.

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Princeton_Man

I fished it some last year after watching a video by Iaconelli.  I had some success with it.
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FlatsNBay

Wizard, it is a Textpose type of rig with the key being to thread the jighead into the tube backwards through the open end of the tube in order to easily conceal the jighead inside the tube without tearing the front of the tube up (if that makes sense). The special thing about the rig is the jighead is rigged in a backwards kind of way.

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coldfront

Quote from: FlatsNBay on January 02, 2022, 03:40:14 PM
Wizard, it is a Textpose type of rig with the key being to thread the jighead into the tube backwards through the open end of the tube in order to easily conceal the jighead inside the tube without tearing the front of the tube up (if that makes sense). The special thing about the rig is the jighead is rigged in a backwards kind of way.


and the bait retains the ability to spiral on the fall this way.  unlike a t-rigged, pegged tube which tends to more of a gide.

Capt. BassinLou

I have fished the tube rigged that exact same way a few years ago. Caught a pretty nice bass with it. Effective bait, just doesn't do it for me for what ever reason. Weird.

FlatsNBay

Great point Coldfront. I didn't know that.

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D.W. Verts

Guido rigged them like this in the early 80's.

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I never used them, used an internal weight, easier.
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Quote from: FlatsNBay on January 02, 2022, 02:17:26 PM
Anybody use the Stupid Tube Rig? I saw a YouTube video about the rig and never knew anything about it. Im going to try this type of rig out. I think it would be great for Florida fishing since it's weedless. I used to fish tubes back in the day quite a bit but never rigged them this way.

How about it fellas? Anybody with experience in the Stupid Tube Rig?

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That's pretty much the same bait we used for Specks (Black Crappie) in South Florida (Lake Okeechobee and canals). Fish it the same way a fluke, except it skips a lot better.
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RangerAndBass

I've not fished it in FL Flats. I have in Canada for Smallies.

The closed I've come here is using a tube when punching mats.

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Yes I have didn't have any luck with it.
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Steve81

When I still lived in North Dakota, I used it a lot for smallmouths. We had a lot of lakes with grass and this rig came through it pretty well. I felt like there was a noticeable difference in the hook up ratio between this and a standard tube jig, though. In the long run, I decided to stick with the standard tube jig.