just ordered my 1st tub of secret 7 dip bait been reading how good this dip bait works here on the TFF and wanted to try it out read one post that said it preforms well in the river than in a lake any advice on this dip bait.

Don't put it in your mouth.

thats always good to know

Use the dip tubes from team catfish. (i cut mine in half) and I use a long handeled flathead screwdriver to stir the bait before you use it. use the same screwdriver to dip you tube. Fish shallow

thanks for the tip

I use the mini furry thangs also sold by team catfish, can also be bought at olsens pro shop

I use furry thang in the lake and dip tube in the river. Tube holds it a little better for little slower release in the current.

get ready to catch a whole lot of dinks with that stuff.get ur self some big marvs instead.

Use the whole red tube and a #4 treble this will slow down the dink bite. If your on the dinks move. I take 9 baits when I go and try most of them each trip you never know.

Anyone else feel like the bait tubes cause them to miss some hook ups?

I noticed the tube covers too much of the hook, I switched to a #6 treble and my luck improced, furry thangs hold alot more bait but if you are fishing from the bank and try to cast far you can lose half of it in the cast.

advice is.....trade it in for some Lewis King Select...

DKs all the way lol

I bought a roll of clear polyethylene tubing at Home Depot, cut it into 1" to 1.5" lengths, punched a couple of 1/4" holes in the tube, and boom... a fancy tube to hold nuclear-waste-like-nastiness from a dip bait bucket. It takes a little longer to "load" the tube, but the bait stays with you in the tube longer than just dipping a treble hook. I've been trying the circle hook approach, and I'm starting to drink the kool aid. I'm not losing one hook per fish with these like I do with the treble hooks. Of course, hooks are cheap if you're putting fish in the box, but it still is a bit of an inconvenience to re-tie every time you hook up. Secret 7 is a favorite of many here on the TFF, and I've been "taken to school" by FishHauler and his Secret 7 on a couple of occasions while I was using Danny King's on the other end of the boat. This year I've been using SureShot, and I think I like it better than anything.

Raw hickory cured bacon - no dip tubes required and it stays on the hook.