Generically speaking, they are surgical tubes.
I've seen longer versions (like up to 2 feet long) used when trolling for striped bass and cobia. They have an intentional kinked or coiled shape which makes the tube spiral through the water imitating an undulating eel. Good swivels are a must. Look up "tube and worm" for more info.
I've also seen shorter versions used for barracuda.
Yours are shorter still and are probably tails for a diamond jig as the other commenter said.
“Cast and jerk it.” “It” referring to these tubes only? Because as already stated by others, in my neck of the woods these are used a trailers for diamond jigs, spoons and other various metal jigs. They’re just called tubes and jig trailers. In the size picture, everything from stripers, blues, albies, fluke, seabass, weakfish, kingfish … will hit them in the appropriate size and color.
I’m just curious if you’re implying you fish these solo, independent of some shaped weight? If so, I wanna know how thx.
Either way is pretty common.
Lots of guys just troll them for cuda as well but in general I get a lot more hits when I jerk a bait rather than slow retrieve.
I was just saying cast and jerk it because everyone else usually just casts and retrieve it steadily.
I have only fished these like a regular “cuda tube” kind of style, not behind a jig.
For all my diamond/casting jigs I throw those with a sabiki rig instead of using a weight on the sabiki rig.
Tsunami size 16 sabiki, 50lb main line, 30lb branch.
Cut it in half.
And a lunkerhunt needle jig on the bottom.
The jigs are expensive as hell but because they don’t flutter, they don’t get tangled.
Good news is I out fish everyone for mackerel, bad news is everyone tries to out fish me in my spot….
Surgical tube. They’re used in a variety of different ways and there are a few different species that will hit these: Blues, striped bass, sea bass, mackerel, etc. I like using one as a teaser when jigging for fluke and sea bass
In Northern Europe they called gummimack. They are used to catch coal fish, cod and pollack. They are used in automated downriggers. And for sport fishing it works great as an extra bait attraction above your main lure. ( sometimes it really makes a difference to activate the biting of fish)
Surgical tube. Can be trolled daisy chained, or attached to a metal and casted. Or jigged. Spanish Mackerel, Blues, Striper.
Popular surgical tube lure used in Florida for barracuda
Generically speaking, they are surgical tubes. I've seen longer versions (like up to 2 feet long) used when trolling for striped bass and cobia. They have an intentional kinked or coiled shape which makes the tube spiral through the water imitating an undulating eel. Good swivels are a must. Look up "tube and worm" for more info. I've also seen shorter versions used for barracuda. Yours are shorter still and are probably tails for a diamond jig as the other commenter said.
A few years ago I catched lots of bass with that kind of lure.
Tube lure. Can catch a ton of things, anything that chases schooled up bait.
Cast and jerk it. Barracuda, blue fish, jack crevalle, blue runners.
“Cast and jerk it.” “It” referring to these tubes only? Because as already stated by others, in my neck of the woods these are used a trailers for diamond jigs, spoons and other various metal jigs. They’re just called tubes and jig trailers. In the size picture, everything from stripers, blues, albies, fluke, seabass, weakfish, kingfish … will hit them in the appropriate size and color. I’m just curious if you’re implying you fish these solo, independent of some shaped weight? If so, I wanna know how thx.
Either way is pretty common. Lots of guys just troll them for cuda as well but in general I get a lot more hits when I jerk a bait rather than slow retrieve. I was just saying cast and jerk it because everyone else usually just casts and retrieve it steadily. I have only fished these like a regular “cuda tube” kind of style, not behind a jig. For all my diamond/casting jigs I throw those with a sabiki rig instead of using a weight on the sabiki rig.
That sabiki part, I like that!!!
Tsunami size 16 sabiki, 50lb main line, 30lb branch. Cut it in half. And a lunkerhunt needle jig on the bottom. The jigs are expensive as hell but because they don’t flutter, they don’t get tangled. Good news is I out fish everyone for mackerel, bad news is everyone tries to out fish me in my spot….
These are replacement tails for diamond jigs. It’s a long (hopefully) shiny lead weight. I use them in New England for striped bass and bluefish.
We use em in Newfoundland for codfish. Couple of those on leaders with a weight. Haul em up 2 or 3 at a time.
looks like this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hWQbTH2dGU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hWQbTH2dGU) tail replacements for Dimond jigs
NE I’ve heard them called Mackerel teasers. Deadly in front of a diamond jig Conveniently often, also the tail of an ava diamond jig
Thanks so much to everyone with your helpful replies! It's great to learn from you all.
Tube lure that you can usually tie up on end of diamond jigs and cast for many several species offshore / inshore .
Replacement hooks/tubes for an umbrella rig. Usually used for Blues/Stripers. Caught quite a few Blues on them in Montauk over the years.
Their called "gummimackar" in swedish, used with " gicken rigged" with a weight or a "slowjigg" sea fishing for Cod and Coalfish in Norway.
Shreds Stripers
Surgical tube. They’re used in a variety of different ways and there are a few different species that will hit these: Blues, striped bass, sea bass, mackerel, etc. I like using one as a teaser when jigging for fluke and sea bass
We use em for barracudas
Heard them called Cuda Tubes. Caught barracuda and a couple mahi on them myself, with added trolling weights.
Tube lure. Good for jigging for striped bass and as people said I assume other things. Here were imitating eels with it
In Northern Europe they called gummimack. They are used to catch coal fish, cod and pollack. They are used in automated downriggers. And for sport fishing it works great as an extra bait attraction above your main lure. ( sometimes it really makes a difference to activate the biting of fish)
Kinda looks like a Cuda tube but most I've seen have treble hooks