This Is My New Favorite Popping Cork [The Dr. Popper]
- By: Luke Simonds
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The Dr. Popper has quickly turned into my favorite popping cork for attracting attention to lures when the water is murky and/or churned up.
This unique cork gives off sound similar to a fish striking at the surface with its concave shape, and it’s brass beads give off a lifelike clicking sound as you’ll be able to hear in the video below.
A huge added bonus is that it can easily be stored in any tackle tray unlike most other popping corks which have a rigid wire that can’t be bent.
See video below to see how lures look and sound when worked under this cork:
Dr. Popper Introduction
What To Use Under Popping Corks?
For many years, I thought that popping corks were only for attracting attention to live bait. But they are surprisingly effective with lures since they provide a natural motion in the water when the cork gets popped, and then the lure glides down nicely back towards the bottom which is when they get hit.
My two favorites are the ones that are shown in the video:
- Paddletail jig: The 2.0 rigged on 1/4 oz jighead
- Shrimp jig: The Prawn USA Jr rigged on 1/4 oz jighead
When To Use Popping Corks?
Popping corks provide a huge help in getting strikes when fishing in areas with murky and/or churned water because its noise helps predator fish like seatrout, redfish, etc. find your lure as it bounces just under the commotion.
Note: These corks also work great in clear water conditions when in need of attracting the attention of seatrout that are holding in deeper structure like seagrass or oysters.
Conclusion
Given that this new popping cork is:
- Guaranteed to get results
- Super easy to store in any tackle tray
- Made in the USA
We highly recommend adding it to your arsenal so that you’ll have it handy the next time you’re fishing in murky and/or churned up water.
If you do give it a try, you’ll surely find that it will jump up the ranks very quickly to become your favorite popping cork of all.
These are hand-made in Winter Haven, FL, so be sure to claim yours while supplies last.
Leave a comment below if you have any questions.
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Glad to see the mono. Been changing mine for a while… Thanks Luke.
How are you reeling that one in couple pops real real? Do you want to keep it moving?
I have used and had great success with my DR. Popper (prototype).
I would like to see an oval cork version as well! I have more success with the ovals in calmer waters and conditions. 1 more choice to help get dialed in on the fish!
Thanks for making time to post the nice comment and helpful suggestion Neal!
Thanks for visual and information.
We’re glad to see that you enjoyed this video
Need an adjustable version. We have huge tides in Camden County, GA.
This cork is designed for using lures under it, and the lures should be just a short distance (16 to 20 inches) under the cork regardless of depth.
thanks Luke !
Glad to see that you enjoyed this post.
Great job guys I’ve been cutting the steel leaders out of them for years and replacing them with monofilament. Usually I use about 60 to 80 pounds.
Glad to see that you’ve been enjoying the mono based popping corks too!
This cork is all well and good … but not very useful when you need to change your depth often, I’ve gotten away from hard wire corks like this in favor of the weighted Styrofoam popping cork (where I can slide the leader for more or less depth).
Yes, the stryofoam ones are very helpful when using live bait under the cork because it allows for quick depth changes. But for lures, I like these fixed corks because they never slide down when casting.
I like the small storage area and look forward to trying this popping cork!
Glad to see that you like the ease of storage feature of this popping cork.
Hello I know that I am a member but I forgot what to do and how to use my membership please help Harold Haskins.thank ypu
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