I have a whole bunch of tubes that I use for chasing largemouth…they’re the 3.5-4.0″ double-dipped fat style…
as I prep for chasing smallies on a pre-spawn (one week ahead of expected spawn)…is this a ‘good’ size tube? Or will it’s size impact hook up percentages? limit ‘hits’ from smaller fish?
As I’m taking a kid…I’m wanting to optimize my baits to maximize my fish numbers…
Smallmouth love BPS Tender Tubes! These are a thin bodied 3.5″ Black w/Red Flk is my favorite, but there are tons of color choices.
I order tubes from Action Plastics. for smallies, try a 2.5″ brown/orange. Qty 100 it’s $20.00, Qty 50 is about $11.00.
Was this the high school motivational trip? If so.. good luck !!!
I would stick with the 3.5 inch size 
The 3.5 will work fine. Those fish will be borderline ticked off at that time and any tube under 5″ is toast. I am also coming to the conclusion you can not get bait to big for a smallmouth.
X2 Johnny…
3.5 is a good average size for smallies but I’ve been fishing 4″ spring/summer and 5″ into fall with good results.
3.5″
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