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Bass Fishing => Bass Fishing Tips, Techniques & General Discussion => Topic started by: karol on December 28, 2010, 02:48:32 PM

Title: goldfish tubes?
Post by: karol on December 28, 2010, 02:48:32 PM
 has anybody had good luck with the goldfish colored tubes that wayne makes?have some but with the luck i've had this last year on g-3 i didn't use other colors much. gonna be sorting through my tubes today and am thinking of putting them back on the reserve shelf . thanks for your help guys..karol
Title: Re: goldfish tubes?
Post by: djkimmel on December 29, 2010, 02:42:26 PM
I've caught fish deep on them and sometimes had some interesting (and vicious) reactions to them on shallow sight-fishing bass. I don't use them a lot, but once in a while I break them out to see if it makes a bite happen. Sometimes it does. Not something fish see a lot.
Title: Re: goldfish tubes?
Post by: fiker on December 29, 2010, 10:09:47 PM
I have not personally.  I'm pretty sure though that last year there were a couple of guys in the booth talking about how well they worked in the channels in deep water.
Title: Re: goldfish tubes?
Post by: Jack Schalk on December 30, 2010, 05:01:21 AM
I fish rivers about 99% of the time and have run across goldfish (live) in some of the shallows at times.  They were probably released by some pet owner that got tired of the tank cleaning.
I tried goldish tubes to mimic these pets but have never done well on them.
Title: Re: goldfish tubes?
Post by: djkimmel on December 30, 2010, 04:11:38 PM
One other thing to consider about these color tubes (including the Great Lakes Craw) is that they can work real well on lakes that have rusty crayfish in them. I've done well on bright sunny days on crystal clear Gull Lake on Great Lakes Craw and orange/red craw crankbaits.
Title: Re: goldfish tubes?
Post by: Skulley on December 30, 2010, 08:24:02 PM
Quote from: Jack Schalk on December 30, 2010, 05:01:21 AM
I fish rivers about 99% of the time and have run across goldfish (live) in some of the shallows at times.  They were probably released by some pet owner that got tired of the tank cleaning.
I tried goldish tubes to mimic these pets but have never done well on them.


I thought that Belleville Lake was the only place you would see goldfish.  I have seen many there over the years.  And they are not small.  More than likely they have been release by pet owners tired of tank cleaning as Jack said.  I guess it would not be unlikely to see them anywhere else. 


BD                   ;D
Title: Re: goldfish tubes?
Post by: djkimmel on December 31, 2010, 01:16:53 AM
I've seen them in many lakes, ponds and rivers throughout Michigan over the years. As far as the Goldfish tube, it wasn't meant to just imitate a specific fish. It's just the color name.