Field Test Favorites: Lure Tubes

By OTW StaffApril 22, 2012

Though I’ve always been partial to slinging a plug bag over my shoulder on my surfcasting outings, I brought along the lure storage system offered by Lure Tubes on a trip to Mexico’s Pacific Coast where I would be targeting the beautiful and exotic Roosterfish. The Lure Tubes feature a lid and a clip that allowed me to attach the tubes to my belt as I walked the beach. The benefits to this system over a traditional plug bag was that I was able to quickly exchange the lures I brought with me simply by switching out the tubes on my belt. That way, when the bite switched over from topwaters to jigs at mid-morning, I simply needed to swap out the tubes on my belt, and that way I wasn’t bogged down by a number of lures I no longer needed. Though I wouldn’t recommend wading with the lure tubes due to the possibility of accidentally knocking one off your belt, but for jetty and shore fishing, the tubes are quite helpful.

Roosterfish surfcasting Jimmy Fee Mexico Surf Fishing Poppers — The lure tubes came in handy on a surfcasting trip to Mexico, just as they do here in the Northeast for a variety of boat and surf fishing lure storage applications.

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