Grub colors...Uh, oh!

[dtrs5kprs]

6 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Yep. That weird feeling plastic like the Yum. Not much salt in it, which increases durability.

Think the smoke pepper are $4/25 or so, 4" and a bigger 5".

Also tough enough they don't deform as easily in the bag.

Normally, I use Zoom grubs or Chompers, save the GYCB for days when they are super touchy.

[mixermarkb]

GYCB for me, with superglue. I'll still lose a tail or three, but since I started flying them ala Ned, I use half the grubs I used to. 

[dtrs5kprs]

4 minutes ago, mixermarkb said:

GYCB for me, with superglue. I'll still lose a tail or three, but since I started flying them ala Ned, I use half the grubs I used to. 

Works with tubes too. Glue your head in, and they won't split or fly up the line.

[dblades]

3 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Lot of truth in that, but you do have to allow for local flavors. Some lakes are "color Y" lakes. 

Smoke red grubs have always been one of those deals. Enough that they make Chompers 5" in the ugly smoke with minimal large red flake. Basically just for the Ozarks, or so I've been told. At one time they didn't even have specific labels for those. They were bagged with another color on the label, and marked over by hand with a Sharpie.

Smoke red gitzits were excellent 30+ years ago. Have not done as well with it in other colors. That includes swim baits, which should have worked given the grub deal.

I should add I've also been told it doesn't matter, except when it does.

[Ham]

6 hours ago, vernon said:

Man, I don't know how you guys do it (which is why y'all catch way more fish than me).  I'll try two maybe three colors of any given bait but after that I just figure that it's the bait that ain't right and move on to something else.

I kinda "know" when it's grub time. I'm likely catching them on every color, but looking for the color that's going to catch them best. 

Like almost anything else, I start with a color based on water color, available light, and assumed aggressiveness of the fish. I tweak from there. 

[Ham]

Here's what ruined me on grubs. Assault lures got out of the bass market. Somehow I got lucky and got in on the hoardfest. 100 count grubs where $10. 120 count Hulas where 10 bucks also. 

Next best deal was Wave Worms. Tiki Grubs. $1.00 for 10. I don't like em quite as much. Have to pull them faster to get tail kicking. Bigger profile. Still bought 100's. 

BPS had all their Zoom stuff 50% off one Black Friday morning. I got a lot of Fat Alberts

I will look into the Big Bite stuff in a few years. 

[*T*]

Mentioned this before but the 4" Yamamoto Single Tail Grubs have a very thin connector between tail & body.  Fish can easily tear tail off. 

5" version has thicker connector so does not have this problem.   Still will need replacement after number of fish but not nearly as bad.

Haven't bought any in a while, but that's how they used to be.

[abkeenan]

I've always been loyal to Kalin's. That's all the man who got me fishing threw (Grandpa), so that's all that I throw.

[Smallieguy87]

I like the rage grubs in green pumpkin and pearl. I will us the Kalins grubs a lot and always have luck with you guessed it....Green pumpkin. I do love their Avacado colors as well. Never seemed to have the same luck with most smoke colors. Zoom Fat Alberts are nice and i would like to give the zman grubs a try.

[Champ188]

One of the best fishermen I've ever known (leading career money winner in the old Central Pro-Am and Heartland circuits) once told me the only grub color you ever need on Table Rock is the Kinami/Yamamoto natural shad. It's sort of a cloudy smoke color with small flake in black, silver and gold. He lives in Hollister so TR is his home lake.