The FORGOTTEN Lure You Need To TRY! (Epic Day Of Old School Bass Fishing!!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ธ.ค. 2024
- We're spending an entire day fishing an old school technique that has all but been forgotten! Come along for an awesome day of grubbing for Smallmouth in a clear water fishery! We're swimming grubs on light line and even adapting it to modern BFS gear for even more fun!!
The single tail grub is about as retro as it gets. Young anglers have no idea how to do it, older anglers around about to wonder why they stopped using them! The concept is simple, the gear is cheap, and the fish catching ability is amazing! Let's go grubbing!
Below you'll find links to the grubs and other gear we used throughout the day. We've included all our favorite colors, sizes, components, etc... as well as the rod and reel combos we fished them with. All the links go directly to Tackle Warehouse where you can see detailed photos and descriptions of each item.
THE HEADS...
•Gamakatsu Round Ball Jighead: bit.ly/2dJAhec
Sizes: 3/16 oz - 1/4 oz
•Owner Darter Jighead: bit.ly/2nvNGxp
Sizes: 1/8 oz - 1/4 oz
THE GRUBS...
•Yamamoto Single Tail Grub: bit.ly/2kFzGPZ
Sizes: 4" and 5"
Colors: Baby Bass, Cinnamon Lrg Blk, Smoke blk flk
•Kalins Lunker Single Tail Grub: bit.ly/44F7v4D
Size: 5"
Colors: Avocado, Avocado Green Salt and Pepper
THE SPYBAIT...
•Spro Spin John 80: bit.ly/3ycTg9o
Colors: Herring Pink
MATT'S BFS COMBO...
Rod- Cashion Icon Bait Finesse 6'10" ML: bit.ly/3mLIIes
Reel- Shimano Aldebaran BFS Casting Reel: bit.ly/3ryXKpR
Line- Daiwa J Fluoro Hidden (7 lb): bit.ly/3ILKXH0
MATT'S SPINNING COMBO...
Rod- Shimano Zodias 7'6" Medium: bit.ly/2jOUXAO
Reel- Shimano Vanford 2500: bit.ly/2gu84t7
Line- Sunline SX1 Braid (12 lb): bit.ly/2tn8EzQ
Leader- Sunline Super FC (10 lb): bit.ly/2p7fxju
COBI'S SPINNING COMBO...
Rod- Megabass P5 7'2" WindBuster: bit.ly/2B7NyFj
Reel- Daiwa Exist G LT 2500 XH: bit.ly/453vyds
Line- Power Pro Braid Yellow (10 lb): bit.ly/3Yd17Px
Leader- Sufix Advance Fluoro (10 lb): bit.ly/3pF7HBK
BUDGET SPINNING COMBO...
Rod- St. Croix 7' Medium Light: bit.ly/3O8zBye
Reel- Shimano Miravel 2500: bit.ly/3QZnwL5
Line- Sunline Super FC (8 lb): bit.ly/2p7fxju
TACTICALBASSIN LURE DESIGNS (AND APPAREL)
We have a variety of custom lure designs and apparel available! Everything from Swimbaits and crankbaits, to hats and hoodies! Its all available direct through Tackle Warehouse with fast shipping. See it here...
TacticalBassin Lure Designs: bit.ly/38YpPIz
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*MAJOR EQUIPMENT WE USE DAILY...
Trolling Motor- Minn Kota Ultrex 112: bit.ly/2vFQypW
Electronics- Humminbird Solix 15: bit.ly/35HuPRY
Anchors- Minn Kota Talons: bit.ly/2F0QBSP
Camera- GoPro Hero 9: bit.ly/2KQ0VEI
*FAVORITE TOOLS AND GEAR…
Favorite sunglasses: bit.ly/3cLH0kl
Favorite Pliers: bit.ly/3xJFwTu
Favorite life jacket: bit.ly/2odXXIP
Favorite Scale: bit.ly/2f7QgQ9
Favorite Lure Retriever: bit.ly/2TLTJc6
Favorite Braid Cutters: bit.ly/35KSp3O
Favorite Split Ring Pliers: bit.ly/2fT4Qw0
Favorite Storage Box: bit.ly/3U9y4cl
Favorite Net: bit.ly/3kdZ3kA
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#bassfishing #grubs #smallmouth
Just saw a commercial on TV at work at 3am (I work in a hospital) it was for The old BANJO MINNOW!!! Great idea for your next video for forgotten baits!!!!! 😂
Old school technique videos that still work would be an awesome series! I'd bet that most of us still have some of the discontinued baits laying around. 🤙
I'M DOWN!!!🙌🏻🎣👍🏻
Never forget the grub!!!
I've been fishing grubs for 30 years man it's nice to see that somebody actually still uses it. I have always have them in my box😊😊
HOLY COW! Grub fishing for big smallies in crystal clear water!?!?! That's like a day on the water in MY neck of the woods!!!
Yeah buddy!
@tacticalbassin Matt buddy, I have learned so much from Tim and you over the years. But wow, is it gratifying to see that such a smart elite modern angler like you can still smash bass with techniques I have employed since I was a kid in the 80's. Old tricks still work with new dogs, and it's awesome to see!🤜🏻🤛🏻
Old school fishing techniques series would be a great idea...keep the good work
Where is your hat from?
Grubs are much more versatile than swimbaits.
Zoom Fat Albert grub was our bait of choice on Dale Hollow fifty years ago.👍😎❤️🎣
IMO Fat Albert grubs are definitely on the Grub Mount Rushmore!
He actually nailed that age range perfectly cuz I’m 32 and swam a twin tail grub back in the day
Right!?!? I almost felt called out.
Another great honorable mention grub for Great Lakes smallmouth is the Powerbait 4-inch Power Grub. If you REALLY want to kick it old school, go with original Pumpkinseed, that brown with black flake DESTROYS, but it's almost as forgotten as the grub itself.
No joke, that color almost doesn't exist anymore. It's incredible how trends shift over time!
Swimming a 2" mr. twister curly tail was the first way I learned how to catch bass consistently. Still fish with curly tails today, catches anything that swims. It's a timeless technique.
I can't tell you how many hundreds, if not thousands of fish I've caught on a grub. That's a secret little weapon of mine. I usually use them for fishing for walleye but I've definitely tangled with some nice bass and everything else. My largest northern pike ever came on one. I love em. They also work really well for inshore fishing for flounder and trout. Great video guys.
That’s how we did it just 20 years ago. I still have some Kahlin Grubs from those days ! 🤣
Thanks for Another Awesome Vid Matt💪
Yes!!! Forgotten techniques series please!!!
If I were stranded somewhere and could only have one bait, the grub is it! Slow roll, faster retrieve, hop, creep across bottom... one way or the other, it will ALWAYS work. And catches literally everything from walleye to any strain of bass, crappie, catfish. Any time of year. Truly a meat getter!
Yes! Please do a forgotten techniques series.
That’s Cobi Pellerito 🔥Dudes a Smallie hammer legend 🙌🏻 And of course Matt is too ! It awesome to see you guys smashing on grubs.
Hilarious between this and the hula grub lately you've got me back in my younger days out here in the west 😂 I love it
Series of forgotten techniques… I’m so down for that 🤙
I really enjoyed this video. It made me feel old, but not in a bad way! It's funny, some older baits, like hair jigs and blade baits, seem to never have gone out of fashion. Others you rarely hear about. I still fish grubs all the time. I also fish inline spinners, the old F series rapala minnows, mud bugs, jitterbugs, twin spins, silver minnow spoons, and do well enough to keep throwing them. They are probably not always ideal, but there are certain situations where I will reach for an inline spinner or silver minnow, not out of nostalgia, but because my experience has taught me that it is genuinely the best tool in that particular situation.
I start breaking down a new lake in the morning- already got the truck packed and ready. Just got to get some sleep now- I have trouble sleeping when I know I'm going fish the next morning- I'm excited. It's aggravating, but the day it stops is the day I probably stop- that's what it's all about- the excitement, anticipation, getting on the water right before the sun comes up. Sometimes it looks like you're sitting on a big piece of glass- hard to tell where the water stops, and the sky starts. I love watching the dragon flies skim the surface- and that rice crispies noise you hear from the mats- time to get the frog out. LOL- Last season I was sitting out there at sunup- working my frog- hadn't been bitten all morning and was sort of half asleep- BOOM! one blew up on my frog right by the boat- I kayak fish- splashed water in my face. I missed the fish but- still a cool way to be woke up huh? Got get some sleep- wish me luck fellas.....
Good luck this morning!!
@@tacticalbassin Thanks- I got 2 but- more importantly- I found the fish. Had a really hard time getting them to bite, but I found them. That's the important part- now to figure out what they want to eat. Never seen bass so picky as these- I threw wacky rigs, ned rigs. spinners., swim baits, shaky heads, T-rigs- nothing. They acted like they were scared of it. I finally got a couple to hit a popper but- that was it.
My biggest smallmouth to date (7 lbs 3 oz) came out of lake Erie on a 4" grub on a 3/16 oz ball head. Its really one of my favorite things to throw here because no one does it anymore.
I’m really glad you touched on the softer bait having better action in the colder water. I bought several packs of Kalin’s and threw them at my local pond last winter. I didn’t catch any fish but switched to an easy shiner on the same ball head and started smashing them. I’m going to give the Kalin’s another shot this weekend in this hot summer water.
Fished a youth Bass Masters tournament in Richmond Va. back in 76 and got second place using a smoked Mann's grub w/lead head. Great bait, thanks Matt for bringing back the past!
Agree, I haven’t opened my grub box in yrs! I need to again. Plus I fish some at night, so thinking to try a black or white grub if I wanted something a little more finesse. 👍
Old school I like it!! It’s nice to watch someone catching smallmouth, and not looking at the electronics the whole time don’t get me wrong. I love doing it just don’t like watching it. Lol
That dog stepping and bumping into the rods makes me nervous 🤣🤣
I’ll never forget my first bass over 5lb as a kid was swimming a fat Albert grub back in the 80s :)
Yes, more of the forgotten techniqyes and lures please
okay guys little secret of mine, get clear grubs then get bleeding dye type plastic worms mix in . ( you get translucent read or translucent blue) I won countless tournaments on Clearwater lakes for smallmouth
I've been using this random pack of 2.5in grubs I had lying around on a zman flashback and it's been some of the most fun fishing this year!!
I did not forget about the trick with you with the big grips I really love those big rub so I do the same thing you do they do catch besides Bass
Growing up all I fished was a weightless grub on a standard size 1 or 2 hook, with a 3/8th split shot 8 or 9 inches above. Caught all kinds of smallies.
Beautiful water you guys were fishing!
Pretty cool to see an old way of fishing still working now!
I have used the Kalins for decades now. That is until I started following you almost a decade ago and was introduced to Kietech and other paddle tails swimbaits thanks to you. Still always have a couple bags of curly tails to fish when I get low on paddletails also for smoke color my clear water go to color.
Just took a trip to Texas. At your recommendation, purchased and brought along the Valkyrie World Expedition rod. It was excellent! Had a blast! Thanks as always Matt and Tim!
That's so good to hear! Travel rods are so important because so often there is no backup plan. I'm glad you invested in a good one!
Matt, great video. I still remember fishing with the original grub - the Mister Twister - back in the 1970s and early 80s. I found Mister Twisters come back out recently at started occasionally throwing them a couple of years ago and have also used Yamamoto single and double tail grubs - all work great. It brings back memories of old-school baits like jitterbugs and hula poppers 😉
I still have Plano boxes stuffed with Mister Twisters, and other grubs, too. I still regard the 3" Mister Twister Single Tail Grub to be the best spinnerbait trailer for 1/4 oz. spinnerbaits, and 4" Mister Twisters for 3/8 oz. spinnerbaits.
Love to see a series on old-school lures like Dare Devil, Johnson's Silver Minnow, Lazy Ike, Lucky 13, Hula Popper, Jitterbug, Beetle Spin, etc. All or most have modern equivalents, fun to A/B them.
my original confidence bait on the lake I grew up on was grub on a Road Runner jig head. Would always catch something.. bass, pickerel, perch..
I still fish them every time i go out. I even use them with an under spin and they smash them. Catch large crappies on them too.
The old school Mister Twister. Black and chartruse chartreuse. The Fat Albert also. Please do some more old school technics. Thanks for all the lessons yins are great!!
After watching this video I feel confident enough to try to use a grub in my arsenal again. Thanks for shining some light 🚨 on this forgotten technique.
A series of forgotten baits would be some amazing videos. Thanks for sharing and teaching us new and old techniques that Truly work… like to see some south eastern water tactics Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia waters… tight lines
Glad to see you on a spinning rod. Recently made the switch to more finesse techniques on lighter tackle. Still pick up the bait caster but it’s so much fun.
Matt, we fish the fat albert A LOT here in my home province in South Africa. We have a lot of grass in our dams but the grub and other soft plastics works always. We rig it weightless rexas rigged but the fat albert is always the one we bevin with after our early morning top water fishing.
I always take my 3 inch green pumpkin curly tail grubs to Canada 🇨🇦 in the fall for smallmouth they also catch nice walleye 👍🐟
Great video. Definitely wanna see you showcase some more old techniques 👍🏻
Thank you Matt
Watching this made me think of putting a grub on my BFS Texas rig set up in place of the TRD bug for a weedless presentation.
Kalin's smoke with copper flake is killer on the snake river when the water is clear. Yamamoto clear with red flake is a close 2nd.
A day of fishing with nothing but the old school lures would be awesome. Jitterbug, hula popper, old rapala jointed, rapala floater, torpedo, spook. Maybe some old giant worms. I’d watch that all day
Cool to see you guys fishing w the dog. I wish my dog would go out with me but he's been afraid of fishing rods ever since he got accidentally hooked in the nose as a puppy :(
Steelefish grubs smoke copper penny my all-time favorite
I've been using a small curly tail grub on a finesse swim jig, and it's amazing how hard the fish hit it. Even if they don't commit, I've been seeing largemouths running that thing down for several yards. Something about it just gets them riled up!
This. Caught my pb smallie on that combo
I’m tossing 3/16 and 1/4oz heads for river smallies and having a blast doing this. Looking for something a bit more high end, try: Steez UL 1/8-5/8 and either a Tatula 70sv or Steez CT. It’s a lot of fun!
I use to fish those as a kid with my dad on a split shot. Super effective. Don't know why we ever stopped!
Definitely grew up grub fishing (or in a pinch a cut off curly tail worm tail). Just hard to even find grubs in tackle shops around here these days. Might just have to order some 😂.
Would love an old school bait video series!
I usually use the grubs in streams and rivers.i use the size 2 do it wacky hook with a small owner screwlock for the jum or mister twister 3in grub and use the mustad 91768 30degree jig hook with screwlock with the 4 in fat albert or yamamoto grubs
Beetle spins is a great one also
A "Forgotten Baits" series would be awesome!
Are used to throw the Kalins MOGAMBO in June bug! I still would, but can’t seem to find them. Are used to use them flipping around wood. Of course Texas rigged. What an amazing bait!!
It’s funny you posted this.
Every year on my birthday (aug 26th) I do a little challenge that I call “birthday baits”. I buy 2-4 baits that I’ve never used or seen or maybe I’ve always wanted this bait and it’s just alittle high in price.
I picked up 2 packs of grubs because I havnt seen them in a long time. This must be a good sign!
Damn, your giving up my secrets! Lol. Grubs just plain get bit when swim baits won’t anymore. Learned about swimming grubs from the late great Tony Bean himself
My pb smallie was on a pink grub, I was walleye fishing and wasn’t expecting a 5 1/2 pound smallmouth
Sometime simple is better. Thanks for the awesome vids always looking forward to them.
Mister Twister makes some affordable grubs in 5" and smaller. Some of their packages come in small quantities so you test out the color to see if it will work for your water body.
Single and Double-Tailed Grubs (especially Hula Grubs), Tubes, and Scroungers. Certainly the signs of the Old School, older bass fisherman who has 'been around the block'!!!!!!!
Not completely forgotten. I still use big single tails on jigs for river walleye in Gin clear Arkansas rivers. I use at least 1/2 ounce though because the current is crazy strong, many times, more weight.
I’ve a forgotten about pack of Kalins that will soon see some action. Were y’all primarily throwing a 1/8 head? Thanks for sharing.
Right on re: "Mister Twisters" 62 and caught a ton on them. How about Mepps/ inline spinners? 👍
I always switch to a grub on heavy pressured waters. Those fish have seen every new bait from BPS/Cabelas/Scheels. Throw something they haven't seen and BAM
Great content been fishing Grubs since they first came out, still catching fish on them.
Also...
I love Dogs have had numerous dogs in my life. However, I just don't understand why people bring Dogs on Boats filled with Hooks on expensive Rods.
One of my Fishing Buddies Dog got a self inflicted face full of Treble Hooks and went ballistic breaking 3 or 4 G.Loomis Rods and knocked another 2 or 3 in the water before he was able to hold her down and remove the Hooks!
Dog was OK. However, his tackle took a several thousand dollar hit.
He loves his Dog. But, he doesn't take her on the boat anymore unless it's just for a boat ride with no gear on deck !
Tough lesson learned...
Robert
It's a mistake to limit the grub to a swimming retrieve. I've always found it even more effective on a bottom bouncing/dragging retrieve. I would often alternate between a bottom hoping retrieve and a swimming retrieve back in the day, and there were plenty of days that I never picked up another style lure, because I just kept catching them on the grub.
My wife swears by a twin tail grub. And she catches many good bass with them. She started using them after stripper fishing below Wilson Dam on Pickwick. She keeps near the top of her tackle box.
My brother and I fish a grub often. It's the first bait my brother grabs.
Im 19, a 3-4" white grub is 100% my confidence bait 24/7 365, caught my top 3 biggest bass ( biggest was around 7ish, didnt weigh it) all have came on a white grub with a little arkie like clip of spinner bait wire
Back in the day we were taught to rig the 3 and 4” Yamamoto grubs with the tail down to prevent fouling the hook. Not sure if that really made a difference though. Wish they bring back the 3” crappie series
🔥🔥who remembers (Mister Twister)?? First thing that came to my mind 1980 when I was 10 ❤❤
love the series idea!
Thanks.
I'm back! It's Friday! TB is not like me, they are consistent and I love it. Looking forward to today's lesson. Let's go!
Hi Matt, I remember fishing grubs way back in Early 80s. I like your idea of Show casing some old school lures. I found an old box of "Flying Lures" Be happy to give you those to try.
Well, additionally, i'm fighting back against that cancer. Treatments are making it unable to fish anymore "for now".
Put my Z21 Up for sale as I was only able to To use it about ten times Since I bought it 3 years ago. Anyway, I love your show Continue to pray for me.
Hey what about roland martin's helicopter lure. Heck I don't know anybody who's ever fished it.
Fished both the flying lure actually worked. The helicopter lure wasn't successful. Love Roland but not his helicopter lure lol. Keep fighting and you'll be back on the water.
Thanks for the reply. I apologize but I meant that Comment for Matt. I will keep fighting. Tight Lines
Hey Matt,
Back in the day, it was always recommended to rig it with the curl in the opposite direction of the hook so that when it's casted, it doesn't get hooked on itself. Can you share why you suggest the opposite?
Great video, as always 🤙❤️
Agreed, rigging the grub tail to curl in the opposite direction of the hook bend was an Al Lindner/In-Fisherman recommendation from back in tbe day.👍🏻🎣🙌🏻
This is simple the way we've always done it and it works well. I've seen both done, just never seen a reason to switch. One benefit, particularly with the longer tails, is the hook is more inline with the tail and less likely to have a short strike.
Thanks for taking the time to reply! 👍❤️
Do a series on forgotten techniques like split shotting Texas rig Carolina rig deep cranking like Paul Ellias “kneeling and reeling”, “bumping the bark” spinnerbait fishing that Ken Cook these two came up with to win Bassmasters tournaments with,
I wonder whether a grub paired up with an underspin would work. Are grubs and paddletails interchangeable?
We used to Texas rig them unpegged for largemouth
We don't have smallmouth where i live. Largemouth and spotted bass a lot.
Yes I would like to see the old school technique. Bassmd
I’m curious what lake you’re on. It looks so pretty, would love to check it out
That owner head I use with my Keitech in cold water and pin glum and reel it back to the boat
We fished the grubs by flipping them in brush just like a worm or jig. They were an under sized Twister worm to us. Here in Texas you had to stand in line to get twister worms they were the sensation . They were so scarce we would light a cig so we could weld them back together when they were torn.
what lake was that, it looked beautiful!
Thought grabbing your rod above the handle on the shaft makes it easier to break... Just see Matt do it quite often with really pricey rods ever break one?
Looks like northern Michigan. It’s amazing how them smallies eat better with chop on the water StClair is always better with the wind blowing. With that smallmouth spitting up a crayfish it makes me wonder if a tube would have been better.
Go up to DHL and throw the float and fly in the fall. I feel like that's one of the few places that still does it and smashes.
I always reach for a single tail grub on a tough day... which always results in catches. don't let the secret out! ;-)
Small hack here - use a Zman Grubz and it can double a ned rig as it will stand up with the buoyancy.
Matt that darter head with a kalins grub was the deal for 30 years for me .(put a big red glass bead on that thing if your shallow) But the boot tail catches bigger fish hands down thats why i switched ten years ago.I have used the bead rig all summer because of preasure and you are correct the fish have never seen it and kill it.
That's such a great idea! I can honestly say I've not thrown the bead rig.
Matt the bead on a grub or fluke type bait looks like gills or blood. It gives just enough weight to glide your bait .You have given me years of tips.this one is big trust me. @@tacticalbassin
My favorite small grub is the gulps at Wally world. They are cheap and I've caught bass walleye and trout on them casting and slow trolling thru weeds
I keep a me in all tackle boxes they work great with a small piece of worm tooo
Matt or Tim, when trying to stay in contact with a solid rock bottom in current, what grub head is least likely to hang up?
I haven't used grubs in 4 years. Berkley power grubs in a pumpkin seed color is no longer available here in Fredericton New Brunswick. I have caught more smallmouth on them than any other softbaits
Loved it, always used grubs, what's your reasoning for rigging tail up over tail down??