[keakar]

I fish mono so I just tie straight to the bait and use a clip on cork about 2 ft above the bait.

I use an unweighted cork for a double rig with two 1/4 oz jig heads and plastic swim bodies and for the single rig I use a weigted cork in windy conditions for better distance or casting against the wind but I use unweighted corks most of the time with the 1/4 oz jig heads and plastic swim bodies .

I use an egg shaped cork because it rarely if ever gets tangled and find chartrouse much easier to see then orange color unless your fishing in the sun reflection.

when using double rig the bait most often hit is the one at 2 ft

a great thing to try with double rigs to get double catches is you first set your hook on the first fish and just hold the extra slack out of the line but let him swim around with it until you see or feel a thump on the line and that's the second fish getting hooked then reel both in. the second fish is almost always going to be bigger then the first fish. often if all your catching is small fish start doing this to find the bigger ones that aren't biting because the small ones get to the bait first.

if you don't feel a thump after 3 or 4 seconds reel the one fish in. it all depends on how active they are feeding if you can get two at once.

I pop it just enough to make a sploosh you can hear (and the fish hears it too) and using rattle corks can help or hurt since sometimes the splash calls them over to the bait but they may prefer not to have it very active or make noise and sometimes they do but you have to try both active movement or less active to see what works and then they hit it. you can give it little twitches and make the bait dance in one spot without making noise and sometimes it gets inactive fish to bite. I also never tip the bait with shrimp as it doesn't float or swim right and messes up the action but if adding shrimp works then all you need is the shrimp on the jig head and not the swim body.

you have to see what they want so start popping every 3 seconds then try 4 or 5 then try every 10-15 seconds until you see what does it for them that day.