Tube baits?

[panger]

Has any one seen any tubebait available in oz? I'm after 2.5 to 3 inch models in natural colours.

I've had a fair bit of success mucking around with Pad Tues and want to try some other types. I have one 3 inch one that I got out of an assorted plastics kit, which I recoloured and caught fish on but its getting a bit ragged.

[Mad fisho]

Hi Panger,


Ecogear has introduce Tube into Australia last couple of weeks too! They are about 2.5' as well. We have done a bit of test and they work well on bream just like Pad tue.

Here is the photo

ive got a couple of packets of the Ecogear tubes. Unfortunately I havent had a chance to test them due to uni commitments.:mad:
They look real sexy though. Some guys in melbourne use them and are quite successful, so get out there and try some!:D

Dave

[panger]

They sound great. Can't wait to get a hold on some. I think they'll come in handy in summer when the blowies are about. The hollow body and the masses of tentacles should make it much harder for them to ruin.

[shoey]

i'm heading down to East Gippsland next weekend and was going to give the pad tues a try for the first time. I was just wonderring, do you rig them with the jig inside them? I assume you cut the claw bit off to make it look a bit more like a prawn?

Shoey.

[Mad fisho]

Hi shoey,

You only have to thread jighead from the other side and cut a little for the eye of jighead tie on the leader.

You don't really have to cut the tail, just cast out. Let it sink. do a sharp jerk every 3-5 sec. And let it drop to the bottom again.

Bream will hit it hard if they are there :)

Pad Tue works very well for me in this kinf of technique.


happy fishing

[shoey]

Thanks for that info. I'll let you know how I go.

[pete s]

kalins tubes are available in various colours in 1 inch, 1.5 inch and 3 inch sizes. gamakatsu also make a tube jighead in 1/32 oz size 2 and 1/4 oz size 1.

hers a pic of the 1.5 inch size

[pete s]

and the tube and jighead

[afiedler]

I have gotten some Kalin's tube baits from softplastics/com/au , they have a good range and also the tube jigheads are good quality that can be purchased off their site(gamakatsu). Got a decent range of colours but a few more wouldn't hurt,

cheers,

Aaron