Thread: Bubble Rig Availability

I want to make sure I can find bubble rigs when I get there in October. I was looking at the J&M website and they had them there, but they were $4, already made up with the plastic tubing leader and treble hook. I thought that was a little steep, even Bass Pro has them for less than that and they are usually high on everything. When I fished at Navarre a few years ago, I could buy just the plastic bubble without the leader, hook and plastic tube for about half that at Walmart. Is there a place around GS where we can but just the plastic bubble.

You can certainly find them cheaper. I will say the ones you get at J&M seem to be a little more durable than the ones you can get at Bass Pro. Comes in handy when one smacks against the piling.

The WalMart in Gulf Shores seems to always have the cheaper ones in stock. The brand carried by J&M is tougher.

You get what you pay for.....cheap(walmart) or quality (J&M).....your choice

ONE maker of plastic bubbles is Rainbow plastics; their Tuff-bubble brand seems thicker and more durable and only a hair more expensive.

If you make your own rigs, remember colorful or shiny stuff is what spanish target. Minimal hardware and beads in black or clear is best to keep teeth off leaders..

WalMart, BPS, and any of the local shops have, or should have them, but they aren't the same quality
J&M should also have just the bubbles...I don't think their entire inventory is on the website

Walmart has the tough bubbles in green and orange don't remember the price but they had plenty. I gave away about half dozen last week that I had repaired to people that had been using the cheap ones from Walmart none were the tough bubbles. Just go to J & M and by the dozen pack of clear Tough Bubbles I think it was around 15 bucks and well worth it.

Is Sams tackle in orange beach still open? I remember buying bubbles there at a good price.

Just go to J & M John is one of the moderators for this Forum and I like to steer him all the business I can.

Originally Posted by Robert(Tato)Piteo

Just go to J & M John is one of the moderators for this Forum and I like to steer him all the business I can.

And he's just an all around great guy.

Avoid the Eagle Claw bubbles. They are junk. I have been severely disappointed in everything I have bought from Eagle Claw lately.