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Originally Posted by keakar
I use a cork when the fish are less active in the winter and more often cast and retrieve or jig in the summer when they are more aggressive and chasing baits.
I find most people who don't like corks are still using the old fashioned "popping" corks like this: http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/h-h-...ge&N=310008596
but if you use the clip on egg corks like these: http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/coma...23?N=310008596
then you wont have any more tangled lines, even with double rigs if they get wrapped up, a pop or two and it comes undone and straightens out.
I use the unweighted for double rigs and the weighted one for single rigs.
the clicker corks with the wires and beads and such are just too much for your line to get tangled in so I don't use em. when you try the clip on style egg corks, you will find all your frustrations with using corks will go away.
like anything corks are just another form of presentation and they can save a trip when fish are biting very slow and you need to keep the bait in the strike zone fish are reacting to or if they aren't biting and having that bait sitting in their face not moving away gets a reaction bite (or a frustration bite) from them so you don't go home empty handed. |
A popping cork is not my first choice but I do use them occasionally, I like the smaller old fashioned popping corks best because they make a better popping sound and they don't kink and weaken your line like the lemon clip on corks. My sister uses the small red clip on corks with live mullet and she catches just fine. The old fashioned corks get worn and start to slip on the line and you have to put a double half hitch on the stick. Every method has its pluses and minuses, whatever works for you. Popping corks are a tool, sometimes they seem to me to be the best tool for the job. You can use a hammer for everything but sometimes a screwdriver works better. Just my 2c.