April 3

Trolling the Tube & Worm with My Wife Lauren

by Ryan Collins

The spring migration of striped bass is about one month away, and when they arrive the tube and worm will be a great method to catch them!

This footage was filmed on August 1st 2020 and originally aired as part of season 4 of My Fishing Cape Cod TV. New episodes of My Fishing Cape Cod TV are currently airing Saturday mornings at 9:30am EST on NBC Sports Boston.

The tube and worm is a classic striped bass fishing technique that's been around for decades. In this video, you'll get a never-before-seen look at how striped bass bite tubes underwater, and from above via drone.

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Tight lines 🎣

About the author 

Ryan Collins

I'm fortunate to have grown up on the beach, and I've been fishing since kindergarten. I have great family, friends and fishing experiences to be thankful for. Just being out there is enough-catching fish is just a bonus!

  • Ryan nice video with your honey along the bay for Cape Cod. I can see she was having some time handling the rod with the fish and perhaps when you are in the smaller boat you could try a shorter rod . It is nice to fish on smaller fish at times when it can be rewarded in a shorter span of time then when chasing the larger members of the clan . Lauren seems very content sitting in the bow of your craft as you guide it around in search of fish . One suggestion at some time with the smaller boat fishing some of the outgoing waters will hold larger fish as you know on the drop , especially in the fall of the year . Give that a shot some time . Just make sure she has a leather rod holder on with a different sort of positional fighting stance. Is there any way you could put in a place that faces more of the broad side so that when she engages with a fish it will be a little better fight ? I noticed that you only used the red tube in the video , but overall that may be a great color at times , so is black . It is called tube and worm for a reason , but as you know any thing on the tube like stripes of mackerel, live mackerel, squid, will entice big momma to hit . THe factor of speed is a very critical event while trolling and you mention the holy grail of speed to get the tube to turn in the water correctly . If the boat can not obtain that speed then employing five gallon buckets for drag is essential. I only add some more info to have those whom have never tried tube and worm trolling better enjoy one of the best ways to catch fish of size in Cape Cod Bay and this method has been used for centuries. Peace and Prayers

    • Thank you as always for the additional info Carl. I am sure it will benefit readers for years to come! That’s a good tip with regards to dragging 5 gallon buckets in order to help slow the speed of the boat down. My dad and I would do that when we were younger and fishing from our 19′ Carolina Skiff. Oddly enough we could only get that boat to troll at around 2.75mph, but dragging a 5 gallon bucket or two off the stern helped us get the speed down to 1.5-2mph which is much more ideal for tubing.

      • Ryan over the years of fishing from a boat, no matter its size when it came down to slowing it down to obtain the ideal trolling speed, we found that the addition of one or two five gallon buckets did the trick when ever we drifted as well. However when actually under way we also learned that by having the buckets tied off from the bow was a whole lot better when you had to stop and fight the fish on the line . The lines from the bucket would be less likely to interfere with the fight [presuming you are on the stern under battle] with a big one. Peace and Prayers

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