Dr. Popper Cork: Catch More Fish with Ease [MINI-COURSE]
- By: Luke Simonds
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If you love chasing trout and redfish like I do, you’re going to want to check out this popping cork.
The Dr. Popper has quickly become my go-to cork when I’m fishing in both clear and murky water. It’s lightweight, durable, and makes just the right amount of noise to pull fish in from a distance.
In this mini-course, I’m breaking down everything you need to know about the Dr. Popper, including how to rig it, how it stacks up against other corks, and why it’s so effective at getting fish to bite.
Whether you’re a weekend warrior or an everyday angler, this cork will help you catch more fish with less hassle. Let’s dive in!
Popping Cork Overview:
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How To Set Up Popping Cork:
Equipment List
- Dr. Popper Cork
- The 2.0 (The Original Slam Shady)
- Prawn USA Junior
- Hoss Round Eye Jighead
- Ande Premium Monofilament Leader
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Dr. Popper vs. 4 Horsemen:
So there you have it—the Dr. Popper popping cork in action! After testing this cork in all kinds of conditions, I can confidently say it’s one of the best tools for inshore fishing. It’s easy to rig, tough enough to last, and crazy effective at triggering strikes.
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Thanks for the information, Luke! You always so a great job, especially with showing how to tie the knots!
Being fairly new to saltwater fishing, I assume that the Popping cork rig is best in warmer weather months when the fish are more active. What water temperatures/seasons do you recommend for fishing a Popping cork?
Also, du you recommend the Orvis know for the mainline to Popping cork as well?
Thanks for making time to post the nice comment David! I recommend against putting a focus on any given water temp unless you are out on the water every day and are really tracking it. What’s most important is knowing the trending temps and that can be easily done simply by thinking about the weather if it’s been cooling or heating over the past couple days… if a warming trend this time of the year, the fish will get into a good feeding mood which puts popping cork rigs into play. But if fishing after a cold front pushes through where the temps are declining, then it’s typically best to use lures that get down to the bottom.
As for the orvis knot, I only use it for mono (never for braid). For braid, I go with the braid uni knot (twice through hook eye and 10 twists through the uni loop).
When you cast the popping cork do you popped all the way
back to you.
Yes… or at least until it’s about 20 ft away at which point I reel it up for the next cast.
Thank you Luke fish on
I just watched the video “Live Shrimp Rigging Mistakes” and he suggested the line off the popping cork should be the depth of what you’re fishing. You suggested 14-16″. I realize there’s different ways and thoughts, but curious if you feel overall which way may produce more fish?
The difference is live bait vs lures… for live bait, you’re letting the live shrimp do the work and its best to get it down to the ideal strike depth.
But for lures, you’ll purposely creating a lot of commotion at the surface so that the predator fish look up to see the lure dancing underneath it (as the leader gets longer, the lure’s movements from the pops gets smaller and smaller).
Pretty work !!!!!!
Sorry you were ill Luke! I’m the same way. 5 days indoors is an eternity and we actually have winter. Be well. Fish on!!
Excellent as always. Keep up the great work.🤗🙏💯
Good job…sold….
Thanks Luke
If you were going for redfish, would you make the leader longer, so it was closer to the bottom?
I use it the exact same way for redfish… they’ll come up off the bottom just like trout.
But for redfish, I only use popping corks when fishing very murky and/or churned up water because they are often holding in shallower water (2ft or less) and shallow water fish are more spooky to the point where the popping corks scare off more fish than they attract.
Thanks Luke. I have been wanting to try this. Now I have more confidence.