Catching hybrid/striper on a popping cork???

[tyler ware]

I was at the Bass Pro in Nashville and meet a gentleman who was telling me about tearing up hybrids on PErcy Priest using these lures in this photo below. He said you pop it loud and have something behind it, not sure what he was talking about, some balsa hook something or ???. Many people will speak their lingo and think you know it. The popping is supposed to attract the fish, then they nail the lure behind it. He said he caught 30 in one day. So since they were $3 I had to try it emoScratch not having a clue about them, and still don't. Just wanted to see if any of you all had ever used one of these things.

 

[fishinvol]

Yea those work. There is a cork lure you pull behind it. It's almost like a big fly. Use them in the ocean too. They work well for whites/hybrids. Hamilton's always have those lures in stock.

 

[inthebox30lbs]

I fished them for years in Florida for trout and reds. The ones used in the ocean are called Cajun Thunders and there are some other knock offs. Throw them out and Clack them back to the boat with a plastic bait or live bait trailing about 36in behind. I imagine a shad behind one of them would be deadly.

 

[SpurHunter]

It is a great technique for all kinds of fish that are likely to bust top-water Tyler. The "pop" you make sounds like fish busting, and it gets attention from the others=fish in "eat" mode! We use the same thing for catching skip-jacks here. For spec. trout in salt water it is a great tactic as well.

 

[Guest]

You can replace the popper with a Rebel Pop-R or other topwater (taking off the rear hooks) and using a jig behind it, however the foam popper (with lead behind it) makes more co-motion.

 

[canoemac]

Yes, i've used the technique on schooling bass in the early morning on the Tennessee River above Huntsville. Seems the popping draws the schools which are already chasing baitfish in the area.

 

[sprestwood]

You can take those floats and run a nylon coated steel leader line through it add a treble and little weight to the end and add a little more weight to the front and clasp a loop to tie your line. A little more weight in front helps to make a chug, not a pop. Paint it up to look as fishy or froggy as you like. Heavy action rod and superline help to jerk the chugging action.

 

[Burger]

I grew up fishing with this rig on the Coosa River lakes especially Logan Martin and Lay below the dams. You can catch just about anything on it thats up feeding on shad. I've even used those floating flies to catch spawning and skiddish bass up shallow.

 

[Ronnie Garrison]

They work great on any schooling fish - I used to keep one rigged and ready all summer long, usually had two flies tied on seperate leaders behind the popping cork. One day at Clark's Hill I got into a school of small largemouth in Germany Creek. Caught 22 bass on 11 casts. Small fish, 11 to 13 inches long, but fun. The key was to hook one and let it run. Others in the school would chase it and take the trailing fly.

 

[Hal]

Great info, emoThumbsup Thanks TW, for bringing it up, emoToast

 

[outcaster]

That combination of a popin cork and a betts fly will out fish any topwater plug that I've seen. Bass, Stripers, White Bass, it doesn't matter.