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I'm making a switch from bubbles to the rattling corks, but I've had the worst luck. I keep losing them. I'm using a Carolina rig and running the cork on the main line. it's able to slide up and down but then it flys off. any tips on how to keep it on?

5moreminutes · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 2:49 pm Post subject:

check your knot and then your line. You might have a bad area of line.

For popping corks I like Midcoast products. Sold at Roys. Great cork!
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jas027 · Finger Mullet Joined: 25 Aug 2012 Posts: 39

I don't think alameda corks are made to slide up and down your line that is why they are flying off.

Here is a tutorial.

http://texaskayakfisherman.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54870&highlight=alameda+rattler+tips+rig

I like using the Cajun Thunder or Midcoast.

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

I quit using them for that reason and if I do happen to use a popping cork I use the cajun thunder. But the problem with them is that they get the fins line wrapped around the top and you end up bending the wire.
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kweber · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:51 pm Post subject:

somewhere I found (yrs ago) a guide in the Valley used 100lb mono and an unweighted float that slid ... , then the short line to the bait...
like a Mansfield Mauler, but w/mono...
I like a small weight between the poppin cork and the bait trace...keeps the cork up-right.
or just buy the ready-made popping cork rigs... Laughing

next time I bay-fish, I'm gonna try the Vudu Shrimp under a Mansfield-type rig...
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Bay Grinder · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:58 am Post subject:

Might be your knots or line. Maybe even a guide. I had bought a new rod once that had a cracked alonite insert that pretty much cut the line every time I made a cast with something heavier like a cork and jig tied on.

bbxsbs · Finger Mullet Joined: 18 Nov 2009 Posts: 22

...if you will get a length of clear tubing, something that may be used in an aquarium, cut it in 1/4" pieces and slip it over the top of your Alameda cork once you have it in place, you will neve lose another one....

The MATTador · Pony Mullet Joined: 07 Sep 2013 Posts: 52

I used to have this problem when I first started using this type of cork.

What I typically do is make my float rigs is start with a spool of 20lb floro with a swivel tied onto the free end. Then I snap the top of my float about an inch down from the swivel and wrap the line around top of float as many times as I can (about 5-7 turns). Then slip the line into the body of float thru the cut in the side. At the bottom of the float, I again wrap the line around the snap end and snap the line thru the bottom snap end. I like to add a few red beads and a 3/8 to 1/2 oz egg sinker held about 4" under the float with a crimping sleeve to help with casting on windy days. From here you can make the hook end of the rig as long as you like for the water you will be fishing.

This is for stand alone float rigs but he technique should work fine for fixing the float straight to the main line. Hope this helps.

Ill try to post some pics of my rig if I can get the camera working.
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