Trout Fishing: Tube Fishing

My favorite trout fishing technique of all time is tube fishing for trout. Tube jigs are small plastic skirts that you tie directly to your main line with 4 lb test. You must use a long rod with heavy action. The heavy action is how bouncy the pole is when you shake it. The more shake, the heavier action the rod is. A heavy action rod is important when tube fishing for trout because you can shake the rod and the jig will shake lightly.

Mini Tube Jigs

The best jigs to use are the 1/16 oz jigs green and white colored Power Bait brand. The official name for the jigs are Atomic Teasers. The green jigs should be used when the sun is bright and high in the sky and the white jigs should be used during low light conditions.

White Jigs Power Bait brand

Green Jig Power Bait brand

Jig retrievals include slow falling retrievals, fast darting retrieval, jerking and pausing retrieval. The slow retrievals usually work best during very cold and very warm water temperatures when the trout are less active and the faster retrievals are good for cool water temperatures when the , but experimenting with retrievals is best to figure out the speed the fish prefer for that respective day.

To enhance your jig's action and scent, add worm trailers which come in various colors as shown rigged on the tube jigs above. I never fish without the worm trailers. If the fish are finicky, sometimes the only way to catch the fish on the jig is with the worm trailer.

Worm trailer for tube jig

Jigs are a great way to catch trout and it can be very fun to fish them. I encourage everyone to try jig fishing for trout if your feeling confident in your ability. Sometimes jig fishing can be frustrating, but it is my favorite way to catch trout. Good luck!

Brandon Lynch