Never thought I could catch fish with a curl tail grub body minus the tail. The tail was gone after a fish ripped it off and I was too lazy to rig another one. After allowing the lure to sink to mid-depth in 6', the action imparted to the pill-shaped lure was a few rod-tip twitches causing it to ziz zag and wobble. 8# test braid allowed easy distance casting and good strike detection.




You should try casting the tailless 2" grub on a 1/24 oz jig/ #6 hook. Everything struck it; even a child could catch fish with it!

The other pleasant surprise was catching fish on the Beetle Spin and a straight thin-tail grub I poured.
I got into a school of white perch that slammed the lure along with sunnies and crappy afterwards: I hadn't use the B.S. for years and figured instead of using a curly tail grub, why not. a straight flat-tail grub that I poured from a mold.



Here are a few others that did well for a total of over 100 fish for the day on Oct. 28 between my buddy and me:
Cone tail shape grub (hybrid):


Spike tail grub:



Ribbon Tail grub:


What made it easy to find and catch fish was that the lake was lowered 4-5' for dock and beach repair. The deepest water is usually only 20'.
Oct. is a prime early fall month and this year was no different. We had a huge choice of lures we knew would catch fish but only cast 8 types. Multi-species are a joy to catch as well as trophy-size fish in each category such as 12"-13" crappie, 7" sunfish and 10" yellow perch.
They sure put a bend on a light-action rod!

Excellent day. Thanks for sharing.

Nice looking bunch of fish 👍

Thanks DH and BJ!
It's always appreciated when fellow anglers appreciate the sharing of experiences and ideas.

Frank

I was on Sandlin a few weeks ago throwing a beetle spin that I had removed the original body and put on a 2 inch twist tail chartreuse grub. The sand bass absolutely loved it. Sometimes that different look is all it takes. I'm definitely going to have to try this tail less grub.

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