Thread: The Trouble With the Bubble

Exactly why I started making jigs....I'm to cheap to buy, only to loose ..... and if those x raps weren't cheap enough I wouldn't own them..... no way I'm paying what stores charge, plus I can use those locally too with not much fear to loose here

some are using wood easter eggs in PCB with great success , the bubbles were none exsistent on the beach.... Howell's tackle had them

Originally Posted by ironman172

some are using wood easter eggs in PCB with great success , the bubbles were none exsistent on the beach.... Howell's tackle had them

Good ideas get reinvented when needed. New England striper fishermen often throw teasers like Redgills ahead of a plug, but casting toward jetties and rocks risked losing expensive plugs and standard floats were too fragile for casting close to rocks. The "casting egg" was a wooden darning egg (or wooden easter egg) with screws on both ends. A coat of paint aided waterproofing and visibility. A short braid protruding near the top allowed hanging the teaser or jig on the float to stop windmills in air and thus aiding distance.

White bass fishermen trying to reach breaking fish used the cut broom section when they weren't just hanging a long floating popper fly behind a floating lure like a Spook.

Years ago at Navarre I was introduced to a "Bonito rig" which was a 4" section of PVC capped on each end, and with screw eyes on the ends. It was a heavier version of a bubble rig for more range.

The quest to outsmart an animal with a golf ball sized brain goes on forever.

The way I look at it is there’s two kind of Bubblers You got the guy who had trouble finding his way to the coast -rolls out on the pier with a spin cast - buys a bubble rig that he heard about on kooktube and hits the light post every cast. Then there’s a cat like Roger Rogsman(undisputed master of the bubble) who knows when to apply the technique. The trouble on GSP especially after the chumming of 2013 is the shark whistle which #r alluded to Sorry about the salt fellas but I do appreciate the spirited discussion- its a bit more thought provoking than reading 100 comments on skipjack identification pictures!

Yep. A great guy. So was his brother…

I see David and JR a couple times a year. The best story he wrote was during teal season, the birds weren’t flying, but the mullet were smoking. We’ll, he talked about how much fun he had shooting mullet when the jumped out of the water. Next weeks article he said don’t do it!

G in the house! I can still remember those daylight sessions in 09 - line ripping off the green z’s 30 # macks hitting the deck I’d turn around and be like where the hell did he go?

Ha Ha Ha The green z! I still got one out in the shed A 706z body and machined spool combined with the green side plate and rotor cup of a 706 Mine had a silver handle with black pill knob I always liked the look and feel of the smooth rotor cup compared to the grooved one on the z The manual pickup roller seemed smoother too with a longer spin I took that reel down to Sams back in 2011 or so to show to the penn reps when they were in town collecting input for the rerelease They said they had seen it all before and a lot of people wanted the new version to be more like the greenie In the end I guess we got what we got-at least they went with the smooth rotor cup I was such a purist back then when it came to snoobling baits for kings with that reel and I would get riled up if anybody janked on it! Makes me chuckle now!

Yeah dude I remember Charlie V brought this mint spin fisher out there one day and me and Tim Foxx got into a bidding war over it! I was so stoked on that reel Couple days later me and Hollis rolled out there and first freakin cast with that jewel I snobbled up a thirty #r! I think that was the last fish he gaffed out there little Pete had to help him heave it over the rail Dammit man I get all verklempt thinking about it...

The old green Z.. I’ll never forget the day green steel showed up with the first 750ss we ever laid eyes on. You still have that reel T?

He’s asleep I bet They’re prolly going out in the Panga in the morning It’s looking good out there