Thread: Bubble Rigs?

A lot of folks use a live ly or shrimp under a float in the shallows when fishing for specs and reds. On the end it makes it easier to keep a large bait in sight and to be able to pull it away from the pesky sharks when fishing for Kings. The little kid in me still gets a thrill from watching a cork go under and the lazy old man in me doesn't like snobbling. The peg in the middle of the bubble is removed to fill with water allowing you to adjust the weight of the rig. It always seems the Spanish bite is upwind when I'm there and the extra weight makes it easier to cast into the wind.

Some days the Spanish want the bubble rig ripped back to the pier as fast as you can reel, other days almost as slow as you can reel & still make head way and then the next day its an intermittent jerking retrieve. Just depends on their mood.
One trick is to throw a slice of LY belly or baby LY out into the mix when they are thick, tends to get the axe handles to bite when they are short striking bubbles.

BDL a small weighted cork, 15# seven strand and some #6 treble hooks is a great setup for kids to fish for spanish. My eleven and eight year olds have caught quite a few fish that way. Its hard for little fishermen to fish a jig or gotcha plug correctly or safely, but easy to watch a cork. Small lws and live shrimp will often get hit within moments of hitting the water when the fish are eating. Great way for the kids to see the fish feed also, which in my mind is one of the best parts of fishing.

I use a cork for mangroves and bar jacks as well religiously. I also caught a flounder or two off the pier last year on one fishing for specks