Best Results For Bass and Blues: The Santini Tube Lure

Santini tubes: fi sh them low-and-slow in Boston Harbor.
Santini tubes: fish them low-and-slow in Boston Harbor.

By Pete Santini

U se 45lb-80lb lead core line, with a 6-foot 60lb mono leader. 1/0 black crosslock swivel attached to the tube, or if you are  fishing your favorite rip you can use wire line When you are ready to  fish, attach your favorite bait (I prefer the biggest select sea worm I can find) and roll the tube very slowly and close to structures, boulders, islands, kelp beds, piers or sandbars. Usually I  fish from 7-20 feet of water and I let out one color (30 feet) of lead core line for every fathom (6 feet) of water. Most of the time I have two colors out.

Hold the rod out over the gunwales at a 90-degree angle and wait for the telltale tap…tap…of the Striper. When you feel the tap, DO NOT set the hook. Just wait a couple of seconds, because the  fish is just smacking the bait. The Striper will come back and hit the “Deadly” Santini Tube Lure so hard it will hook itself. Use 45lb-80lb lead core line, with a 6-foot 60lb mono leader. 1/0 black crosslock swivel attached to the tube, or if you are  fishing your favorite rip you can use wire line When you are ready to  fish, attach your favorite bait (I prefer the biggest select sea worm I can find) and roll the tube very slowly and close to structures, boulders, islands, kelp beds, piers or sandbars.

Usually I  fish from 7-20 feet of water and I let out one color (30 feet) of lead core line for every fathom (6 feet) of water. Most of the time I have two colors out. Hold the rod out over the gunwales at a 90-degree angle and wait for the telltale tap…tap…of the Striper. When you feel the tap, DO NOT set the hook. Just wait a couple of seconds, because the fish is just smacking the bait. The Striper will come back and hit the “Deadly” Santini Tube Lure so hard it will hook itself.

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