rattlin tube jig

sandy · Post by **sandy** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:42 pm

how do you bait a rattlin' tube jig??

johnnie crain outdoors · Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:03 am

Sandy, look up Dan Galusha on the Illinois pro staff and e mail him, he's one of our expert tubers. Johnnie

ukey28 · Post by **ukey28** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:44 pm

Dan's an expert potato???? :p

MMT · Post by **MMT** » Sat May 01, 2004 7:02 pm

slip in style

johnnie crain outdoors · Sun May 02, 2004 5:42 am

Frank, is that what y'all call taters? Tubers. My apologies to Dan and "tubers" everywhere. LOL-Johnnie

dansfishntales · Post by **dansfishntales** » Tue May 11, 2004 6:09 am

Sandy,
There are different ways to rig a rattling tube. One of the easiest is with a new sinker that has a built-in rattle.

This sinker goes inside the tube, and the hook (I use an XGap style) is Texas rigged, with the point of the hook passing through a slot in the sinker. The offset area of the hook ends up in this slot, thus holding in the sinker. You are taking care of two things at once with this rig (sinker and rattle).

Another way is to use a Copperhead style hook, which has a spring style fastener that screws into the tube's head. Then the rattle is fastened to the hooks shank. For this us use one with some sort of shrink tube, usually with a glass rattle, such as the P&P rattle.

Hope this helps.

Best of fishing,
Dan