Will Your Chub Make the Cut?

[Old_Coot]

[quote akammerman]Do you put the bait on in addition to a tube (or something else) or do you simply put the bait on a jighead? A picture would help.[/quote]

First of all, just as TubeDude said, questions like yours are quite welcome.

In the picture below, there is an FWB 3/8 oz. lead jig head unpainted intended to go in a tube jig. You can of course fish that tube jig just that way. But I prefer to "tip" it (or "sweeten" it as TubeDude would say) with a piece of chub. Simply hook a piece of meat over the hook with more length out the back than in the front.

In this picture, the tube is an FWB 2.5" pearl white holograph tube. It is my go-to lure of choice vertical jigging at the Berry.

Notice that I put the hook in the darker part of the meat. That darker part is the chub's back and the lighter part is the belly. The dark holds on lots better than the belly and I think looks a little more realistic.

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[FishSlayerJT]

Hit the berry with the exact set up on friday, except i used those stupid red sided minnows. The tail is pretty much the only part you can get to stay on the hook. When we were out of tails we ended up mashing the tubes into the body and made a gooey paste that they seemed to love. You can cast and jig them too. Not going to get into it but i will say it worked pretty well.
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[handicarp]

Can you use frozen cut anchovies interchangeably with cut chub meat on Strawberry?
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[fish_fear_me2]

I can testify to the effectiveness of the prepared perch Pat uses. While fishing yuba through the ice a few years ago Pat gave me some of his perch pieces. Our catch rate definitely went up. I also love using cut bait on jigs. It is a very effective fishing technique.
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[Old_Coot]

For two big reasons, I have never used anchovies as cut bait on the Berry:

1. Anchovy is not the forage food that Strawberry trout consume. I think the main staple for them is chub.

2. Anchovy won't stay on a hook very well for very long. They seem to just fall apart. Chub on the other hand, stay on in one piece much better.

Granted, anchovy have a strong scent which attract feeding trout and while they are still on the hook would probably work good. But since chub are what those trout eat, stay on the hook much better, and are pretty much just as available to buy as are anchovy, I prefer the chub.
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