What's The Best Style Of Grubs To Use

[dwiebenga]

I use a 3/16 oz to 1/4 oz head (darter or round) I like the BPS single tail grub. I use the 4 inch when bit is smaller or I want a reaction bite as it pendulums down the 45 degree bank. I like the 5 inch one for a slower fall. I will "scrub" the grub on the gravel points or let it fall on taunt line on the steeper banks with my rod tip up. Always using a slow reel. I prefer the color of smoke pepper, watermelon red, or smoke with purple fleck. Keep it simple. Great way to catch good numbers and an occasional solid 3-4 pound fish this time of year. Best wishes.

Dave

[dtrs5kprs]

Single tails. Smoke pepper is hard to beat, plain smoke for bright days (make sure you don't rub them or get them wet the night before to "milky" them up ). Smoke/red is pretty traditional at Table Rock. The watermelon colors are overlooked during the spawn. Might throw pearl in too. Works in super clear water, or with some color. Would have to say you do need both sizes, the 4" and the 5". Big difference in tail size. Fat Albert is basically a bigger and tougher version of the Kalin's grub. GYCB and Chompers are also good. GYCB tears up terribly.

For some reason they will sometimes eat one better than others.

Have to play with how they want them. Slow scrubbing along the bottom usually works, but some days they will want it just swimming along a few feet deep. Dart heads work, but sometimes a round head will come through stuff better. I use a lot of single wire guards, seems like it is more efficient with no big drop in hook ups.

[*T*]

My thoughts on grub bite at Table Rock.

Have fished darter and round heads from 3/16 to 5/16 depending on what I'm actually doing, mostly 1/4 oz. In extremely clear water conditions, I have much confidence in minnow shaped heads with realistic eyes.

Often I will have 2 different colors tied on and ready to go, smoke/lg.pepper and clear with large silver flakes, all 5" Yamamoto. When fish are very aggressive, chasing shad or the wind is up pretty good, I go with silver. Can be a very hot bite. When bite is slower, more difficult or there is flat water, I go with smoke/pepper.

Different approaches to fishing these are scrubbing, vertical jigging, casting to chasing fish or, one of my favorites, doing the old "crappie swing" along side and through, cedars and pole timber. That is casting beyond the target tree and just letting the bait swing back with slow winding of reel handle. Sensitive rod is the key here as bite may be just a tap or a bit extra weight on your line. You can load up on fish at times with this technique.

Good luck. This is an excellent year-round bait if ever there was one and one that a novice can catch them on. When I take the family out, this is often what they are casting. White bass, walleye, goggle-eye, crappie, catfish, SM, LM & spots all love 'em. Caught some giant stripers on these same grubs over at Norfork.

[balsabee]

_{I've always thrown a 5 inch Kalins smoke pepper on cloudy days and a 5 inch Kalins smoke with no flake on sunny days. I've also been using a 4 inch Kinami natural shad the last couple of years with really good luck. I always throw them on a homemade 1/4 oz. round ball head with a single clear 80lb test weed guard with a 4/0 hook. 6lb test Trilene XT green.}

[Chunk Rock]

Bull shoals will either like you or hate you,it hates me also,very tough lady to figure out. good luck on the Bull

[exiledguide]

I like the BPS smoke copper and red flake on a Chompers Rock Walker Jig

[dtrs5kprs]

I like the BPS smoke copper and red flake on a Chompers Rock Walker Jig

BPS smoke /copper/red will flat catch them, especially when they are close to bottom.

[exiledguide]

BPS smoke /copper/red will flat catch them, especially when they are close to bottom.

Mike Webb put me on that color a couple of years ago and it catches fish. the 4' size is good in the upper James River almost but not quite as good as the 3" Chartruse Gulp Alive minnow

[Jeremy Rasnick]

Single tails. Smoke pepper is hard to beat, plain smoke for bright days (make sure you don't rub them or get them wet the night before to "milky" them up ). Smoke/red is pretty traditional at Table Rock. The watermelon colors are overlooked during the spawn. Might throw pearl in too. Works in super clear water, or with some color. Would have to say you do need both sizes, the 4" and the 5". Big difference in tail size. Fat Albert is basically a bigger and tougher version of the Kalin's grub. GYCB and Chompers are also good. GYCB tears up terribly.

For some reason they will sometimes eat one better than others.

Have to play with how they want them. Slow scrubbing along the bottom usually works, but some days they will want it just swimming along a few feet deep. Dart heads work, but sometimes a round head will come through stuff better. I use a lot of single wire guards, seems like it is more efficient with no big drop in hook ups.

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Where can u find smoke/red. I can't find them any more. I'm not a fan of the kailins

[dtrs5kprs]

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Where can u find smoke/red. I can't find them any more. I'm not a fan of the kailins

Easiest is probably direct from Chompers or GYCB. Chompers is 5" only, GYCB has a couple of versions of the color. I usually try to stock up when I am down at the lake, if Mark has any left by the time I make it down.

http://chompers.com/shop/single-tail-grub/