3" Grub - What To Do

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Some of you may remember, I've been trying out float tubing for a while. The one negative is I try to limit my tackle gear. So I've been studying around for good multi-purpose items. Lately, I've been really looking at the 3" grub which seems to have falling out of favor, but seems to be a really versatile.

One... anyone ever burn a grub in shallow water to use almost like a wake bait. I read about that, and sounds like fun.

Two... anyone use them on dart heads? Do they walk underwater with jerks... like a zara spook on top.

Three... How many ways do you use them for pond/lake base (or stream), and what are your favorite brands and colors.

[Wayne SW/MO]

You can use them in multiple ways. Sometimes the weight, or lack of it, can make a big difference. I haven't looked lately, but at on time BPS had evry color imaginable.

[fishinwrench]

I used to be a grub freak back when I hiked/sneaked into strip pits. Never tried the unweighted waking thing but had a lot of success using them in the following ways....

On a jighead (round head and darter).

On a splitshot rig.

As a jig trailer.

On a spinnerbait (no skirt, just grub).

Behind a Johnson silver minnow spoon.

Clear Salt&Pepper was always my hands down favorite unless I was using it as a jig trailer in which Pumpkin pepper or Melon pepper got the nod.

Caught my biggest strip pit bass ever on a 1/4oz. brn/orange Arkie jig w/a pumpkin 3" Kalin grub on it.

[MOPanfisher]

One of the best skinny water uses I have found is to simply twist off the curly tail so nothing is left of it and fish it sort of like a ned rig. Don't know why but can often increase number of hits that way. I like the brown and green pepper flakes. Also have caught fish burning it pretty fast is shallow water when fish are pretty active.

[Al Agnew]

It is definitely one of the most versatile lures you can use, since, depending upon how much weight you have on it and how fast you fish it, you can cover the entire water column. Having said that, I never use them except as trailers for my various spinnerbaits and buzzbaits. However, I wouldn't be without pearl color and black curly tail grubs for those trailers. I've often wondered whether I could use the grub on my homemade twin spin without bothering to tie on bucktail, since I often use a particular twin spin until most of the bucktail is worn off, but it's still catching fish because of that grub. I've also wondered if I could use just a bucktail swimming jig with the curly tail and burn it just below the surface the way I usually fish the twin spin, and catch just as many fish without those twin spinners.

[Kcdangler]

Rivers twin tail pumpkin pepper Zoom.

[LittleRedFisherman]

I can tell you they still work. I to have never fished them much, but I've been a couple times with a friend that throws them almost all day. Here's one he caught last week while fishing with me. He out caught me in numbers a little bit with it to, he was using a 3 inch grub on an 1/8 oz head I believe. Pretty much pumpkin coler with some black flake. The grubs come from a local company in Thayer Mo called Jennybugs bait Co. that color was called "Riverbilly". He basically was just throwing it and steady retrieving it back, we even flipped them into some summerged wood under the boat and caught some, very versatile bait i'm going to start using more myself..

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Thanks everyone. I'll try to update this thread as I try them out. I'm trying all new with darter heads and (new to me) Kalin's grubs. I'm to try out smoke hologram, pumpkin with green flake, and cotton candy (don't ask why, just seamed like a fishy color). I also got some BPS double tale for hoping the bottom in root beer with black flake.

I'm going to take away all my crutches, and only fish with these four and some jigs in a local pond.

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Here is a really good article... on grub fishing. I like the tailless spook thing for heavy weeds. http://www.bassdozer.com/articles/grub-fishing.shtml

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Try number one. Small farm pond know for its bluegill not its bass. Warm day, cloudy. Bluegill were biting on worms under a bobber. Expectations: Low. I tried it all.

I did catch one on a three inch smoke with black metal flake just as I started a retrieve. Nothing after that.

Tried much of everything else, but nothing worked.