Of Grubs and Bass

Soft Plastic Grubs are Great Tools for Catching Bass in Many Situations

By: Colby Simms
http://www.SimmsOutdoors.com

The highly versatile grub was designed many years ago, but yet it still catches fish today, and lots of them. Grubs are great lures for a variety of species from bluegills to muskies, walleyes to stripers, crappies to pike and many in between. Bass can be caught on grubs too, and in fact, grubs are great lures for bass in a variety of situations. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass and all other black bass species can be taken with grubs throughout the year and throughout their range.

Rigging

There are several different styles of grubs available to today's angler. Curly tail grubs, strait tail grubs, reaper tail grubs and twin tail grubs are the most popular and some even come in skirted models with a collar of tube like tentacles extending from the head of the bait about half way down the body of the grub. My favorite is the most commonly used grub out there, the un-skirted single curly tail grub. This little piece of soft plastic is effective when fished in many different ways. Grubs can be texas rigged, carolina rigged, split shot rigged or used on a drop shot rig. They can also be fished weightless.

Jigs

My two favorite ways to fish a grub is to rig it on a jig or a spinnerbait. Both are popular and highly effective ways to fish this soft plastic lure, probably the two most effective. When most anglers fish grubs, they thread them onto a jig. I really like the X- Change Jig from Lindy Fishing Tackle. The X-Change Jigs feature a big wide bite hook that means more fish in the boat. The hook and head of this special jig are separate, and a different head can be snapped onto the special hook without retying the lure. This allows anglers to quickly and easily change head colors and weights to perfect a pattern faster than ever before. These red hot new jigs are great when matched with the soft plastic grub.

Spinnerbaits

Grubs also make great trailers for spinnerbaits. The versatile spinnerbait is one of my favorite lures for bass and these have produced some of my most memorable catches of all species of bass and other fish as well. Grubs are tremendous trailers for the back of a spinnerbait. Slide the grub on either the main or trailer hook of the spinnerbait. Grubs add extra bulk and vibration to a spinnerbait. They also produce a different action than other spinnerbait trailers. A soft plastic grub can also be used as a trailer for buzzbaits, spoons and other lures.

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