Pro Team Journal 2022 | Episode 2 | Coffee Tube Winter Fishing on Lake St. Clair w/

PRO TEAM JOURNAL 2022 - EPISODE 2
Air Date: 01/18/22
📍 Lake St. Clair, MI
Brought to you by: ‪@generaltire‬
In Association with: ‪@LewsFishing‬ and ‪@StrikeKingLure‬ ​
EPISODE 2 | The Lake St. Clair waters may be cold, but the smallmouth bite is heating up for Mark Zona and his arsenal of Strike King Coffee Tubes. As Zona puts it, "a tube is a smallmouth cheese stick" and these Northern smallies are proving it!
𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗦:
‪@StrikeKingLure‬ Coffee Tube 2.75": bit.ly/3F3fsmH
Strike King Coffee Tube 3.5": bit.ly/3q26Zf4
Team ‪@LewsFishing‬ Signature Series Mark Zona Tube Crackin' Special: bit.ly/3t4RTYg
Team Lew's Custom Pro Spinning Reel: bit.ly/3qS3vLr

[@tonyboone3799]

I use the green pumpkin purple flake color for all my Strike King plastics. Especially the tubes and the rage craws. Blue Gill imitating desert buffets for our Pure Michigan largemouth and smallmouth bass. Great episode as always. Z is the best.

[@tonyboone3799]

Did I just get pinned and selected??? 😃

[@ericshedrock6052]

Lucky!!

[@ericshedrock6052]

Yes I’m jealous lol congrats.

[@KingsofBassTV]

@@tonyboone3799 You sure did! Could you please send Beth an email at [e-mail] with your name, mailing address and phone number and she'll get you hooked up? Congrats!

[@tonyboone3799]

@@KingsofBassTV thank you!!!!! I just sent the email. So pumped.

[@maximusmeridious7655]

Strike King Rage Bug all day long. love it.

[@sunrise7ranch85]

Zona, you and KVD should go to Lake Cumberland in KY for a Pro Team Journal. KVD already fishes it just for fun. Its a big lake with alot of fish

[@iwrestledabassonce]

Strike Kings- rage swimmer, Googan baits- bandit bug, ZOOM OL monster worm. Those are the sauce!

[@Jason-zp3xt]

Strike king 3.5 coffee tube Any color they all have a place and time!

[@Macdaddy8124U]

I'm glad to see Clark Wendlant on this team....👍

[@ericshedrock6052]

Can’t just name one bro , sorry . KVD dream shot , half shell , fat coffee tube , coffee pro model tube , rage crawl , and the cut r worm . Those are just my favorites that I can’t live without . The ones the Horse face lunch and gorilla Kongs eat lol . Great show man that looks like fun . Thanks !

[@renevillalva6150]

Awesome Video bud

[@5.7.0bassin2]

I fish the Susquehanna river a lot here in northeast pa and man nothing beats that small coffee tube they absolutely smash it

[@Davesworld15]

Love Zona and Pro Team Journal. I live in western NY. Many glacier lakes, tribs. Im so inspired, especially in winter when I can't fish. Thanks guys 👍

[@randy8689]

Excellent show Mark Zona you just represented Michigan fishing waters at it’s best ,keep up the good work !

[@PKClark-qw5oq]

When nothing else gets a bite, I rig a Strike King KVD Perfect Plastics Dream Shot in the color Magic on a drop shot rig. Always ends my skunk for the day! Enjoying the channel!

[@justinthompson4776]

first off ... Mr. Zona I always love your michigan smallmouth content !!! keep it coming !!! secondly ... one of my favorite techniques is old school but effective ... gimmie a 1/4* or 3/8* ball head and a natural colored grub ... maybe 3" or 4" ... drag em through the rocks and gravel ... rip lips ... fish on

[@nickhintz2180]

3.5 green pumpkin red flake coffee tube. It just catches them in Michigan!

[@ReelNorthernBass]

Love watching Zona crack a tube and absolutely wreck them!! My favorite soft plastic is honestly a tie between the Strike King Rage Craw, and the Magic Flick from Beast Coast Fishing. Between those two baits, I'm covered almost ice out to ice in for largemouth and smallmouth. They both just kill it for so long throughout the year, and have all the color combos I need!

[@ith365]

“We’re never stopping”! 🤣 I’ve spent enough time around Zona to know that that one phrase sums the man up perfectly!! Good stuff Z! 💪🏻

[@The-bourbon-angler]

Absolutely love throwing coffee tubes on lake st clair. That is definitely my go to bait whenever I'm on that lake

[@andrewworkmanfishing3029]

Great stuff Zona. You should be on the Elite Series. My favorite go-to soft plastic is a strike king caffine shad. Love the Kings Of Bass channel and all that you guys do for the industry. Keep up the hard work Zona and God bless...👍

[@claytongreer1125]

Gotta go with the ole Rage Menace!

[@jayrozema4580]

Strike King Rage (anything) are my favorite soft plastics.

[@blahblahmilbury]

Epic. All I can think about is Traverse, Huron and LSC right now… favorite bait probably has to be the ztoo

[@brandonsingleton2473]

I use a lot of Strike King plastics, but I definitely keep a rage bug tied on 99% of the time! The rage menace is a great jig and bladed jig trailer that I also use alot!

[@travisgenereaux9608]

Anything towards the bottom such as Drop Shots, Ned Rigs,Tubes and Wacky Rig for those smallmouth on St Chair and watching this I might have to plan a trip out there soon

[@travisgenereaux9608]

With a Spybait forgot to add love to use it for Spring and Fall

[@shawnseabaugh]

Tubes ,an addicting bait always catches them Great Video👊 Strike King Tubes, and Net Bait Tubes are my Favorites👍

[@jasondaniels209]

Z! KOB and a cup of coffee keeps me sane! I love your shows man. Keep ‘em coming! Oh almost forgot. My fav is a dream shot. Hint hint! Wrecking the Mohawk cheetah trench pandas with that thing!

[@nickrosefishing.8992]

Smallmouth chicken wing🔥🤙

[@TheBassmaster39]

Great show and great bait. Small rage craw is my favorite. River smallmouth cannot handle it! Love it!

[@rodcashman4793]

Enjoyed your videos 📹

[@anglerstephen]

Favorite soft bait has to be the Rage Craw. 👍

[@VPFreerider]

Impossible question, frankly! BUT if I had to pick just one, it would be a Smoke Gold/Purple Flake half shell. No matter the conditions or body of water, this soft bait has NEVER let me down!

[@DFox-ud3gx]

Coffee tubes and Rage Crawls for me

[@matthoehn8555]

Fav. would have to be Rage Craw chunk in Okeechobee.

[@paulaffholder5472]

Favorite is a coffee tube of course! Especially living up in northern Michigan!

[@billline639]

I’ve been waiting forever for a Mark Zona signature series rod to come out……..FINALLY! What better company than Lew’s to team up with? Strike King lures are the best on the market, I’ve always had the best luck with them, in all conditions.

[@KingsofBassTV]

GIVEAWAY: Subscribe to the Kings of Bass TV KZbin Channel and comment your favorite soft bait to be entered to win a Team Lew's Signature Series Mark Zona Tube Crackin' Special Rod, Lew's Signature Series Mark Zona All-Purpose Rod and a $50 Strike King Lure Company gift card! Winner will be chosen at random on Monday, Jan. 24 with the winning comment pinned to the comment section. Good luck!

[@taylormarcel]

Baby Z-too!

[@robertwest5]

Great video Zona! Love fishing lake St.clair Tube are always one of my go too baits can't wait to get some of those new colors you mentioned.. Can't go wrong with a Ned rig and getting those biggins my favorite

[@kylehowell5224]

Rage bug

[@bassmasterburtonfishing]

I love the rage craw. That’s just a perfect flipping style soft plastic.

[@rodcashman4793]

Googan BanditoBug . This is my favorite so far.

[@brianmastersfishing7587]

Strike King Ned Ocho was hard to beat on LSC for me last year green with gold & purple flake.

[@normanham6142]

Favorite is the Strike King Rage Craw. I’m fishing for largemouth.

[@DylanKonsbruckfishing]

Great Episode!!🔥 My favorite has to be a Rage Craw (June Bug) or, Rage Menace (KVD Magic)

[@lincolnuniversitytripletvi9810]

I wish I was the guest on this episode. Never been small mouth fishing but would love to. I use a Strike King Rage Bug to pull large mouth out of rocks in the Ozarks.

[@acbehindthelens1]

KVD Dream shot

[@coleallen8557]

Like Khaki pants, you can’t have too many Blue Craw Rage Bugs. A close second is Blue Craw Red Flake. 👍 😁

[@dannyhudson5405]

You are the tube master 😆

[@paulbighorse7498]

I have had the best luck with the green pumpkin rage bug so it has been my go to soft plastic. I have never tried a tube but Zona has me very interested in buying some coffee tubes.

[@mattkraemer471]

When I started fishing for bass it was throwing tubes. Been working on fishing it like Zona, cracking it! Have to say the Rage Swimmer is one of my favorites.

[@dutchwylie8840]

Strike king rage craws and z-man trds😀

[@stevemarchione5895]

coffee tube and kvd half shell

[@19physaly]

I have a few favorite soft plastics depending on what I’m fishing. Trailers are Rage Swimmers, Keitech, ElaZtech, Rage Craws, Hog Farmer Spunk Shads, and Reaction Innovations Big Dipper.

[@alanreyes29]

MZ is just so fun ro watch fish 🐟 🎣

[@iwrestledabassonce]

These episodes are 🔥 tons of respect!

[@jamesbarron1202]

I really like the 5.5” Shadilicious to cover water faster then most other soft plastics

[@chadw6852]

can't say i've got a single favorite but the menace grub has worked pretty good for me the last few yrs.

[@chrislafleur2163]

Them big azzz bronze bass are awesome.

[@nathanielcollins2893]

Day in and day out I know I can get bit on a Strike King Coffee Tube in green pumpkin #homewrecker

[@colinoldfield122]

Definitely just a good old roboworm, I know its basic but it puts in the work on those smallies! love the content!

[@c.j.fishing3697]

The rage tail speed worm

[@brianmeador110]

Tube!!!! They are really hard to beat on pressured lakes!! I just need a rod and reel!!!

[@taylormarcel]

Baby Z-too!

[@Trish9290]

For me the most success I had with a strike king bait would be the rage craw. The action of the claws compare to nothing else. T rig or cut it down and throw it on a jig, you can’t go wrong. Man this vid makes me want to get on some smallies, I thrown the tube before but I catch more snags than fish 🤪

[@theinvade1197]

Aaron Martin's "Aarons Magic R/B" fat robo worm! Great vid Zona!

[@nateknibbe5364]

It’s gotta be the rage bug for multiple uses

[@logangraves4700]

My favorite soft bait has got to be the ZOOM trick worm in that June bug color. That’s my PB bait👀

[@codyhampton5303]

Favorite bait would be the caffeine shad. Castability is second to none in the world of soft jerkbaits and the shimmy it has on the fall separates it from others.

[@jeffnoble3500]

My favorite lure is the Berkley General 6". In East Texas, the larger General catches bigger fish.

[@devintiell4901]

Rage swimmer is my favorite now. But find it hard to not throw coffee tube or a menace grub.

[@spencershenley6833]

I will take a swimin shiner on a 1/4 oz jig head when the water is cold and it gets tough.

[@dylanlawrence8408]

White Ztoo on a drop shot 🔥

[@kevinbridegroom5955]

Zman finesse TRD in coppertreuse has been solid for me the last few years.

[@racerryu]

A rage bug is tied on almost anywhere I go

[@williambarnes1276]

Tubes, in all sizes and various colors depending upon body of water

[@thedon743]

Rage craw on the back of a swim jig.

[@darrylsalfer3615]

coffee tube

[@farzad7045]

، very good

[@terryclowers4433]

I've been experimenting with Venum Lures bait called The Reaper on a Charlie Brewers slider head here in East Tennessee 👍

[@philmctaggart8587]

Kvd dream shot.

[@wickedbassn]

Billy strings!

[@brentmcwhorter3955]

Hard to beat a Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper. It's very versatile and flat out catches fish!

[@rayfernandez5949]

Are tubes good for largemouth ?

[@dannyreaves1705]

When is a good time of year to go fish st clair? Lake I've always wanted to fish

[@chrishayes4939]

What line is being used on the rods? Love these series!!

[@robertshappell9138]

yamamoto flapping hog. watermelon/red. Caught more 4+ lb on that than anything else. Strike king denny brauer flipping tube is a close second.

[@spencershenley6833]

Which jig head did zona use for the 2.75?

[@wiiliamposey5732]

Water melon red ocho catches fish

[@luis22cortes76]

If nothing else works for winter bass throw out those coffee tubes

[@jasondaniels209]

Hey Z, what jig heads do you use for both sizes of coffee tubes?

[@coltendehaan8553]

3.25 Rage swimmer

[@richardlang5782]

What month was this video shot?

[@mikekrikshiunas5317]

What size jig head do you use for the 2.75 Ztrain ?

[@KingsofBassTV]

He is using a 1/4oz jig head

[@jacoballen1997]

KVD rage swimmer.

[@jwebb4659]

I love watching episodes with Z but tell your editing team to pay better attention. We went from gloves, to no gloves and back again in a matter of seconds. Now give me that Tube Crackin'n rod

[@jeffharris37]

Favorite soft bait has to be the Rage Craw!