#1 Most Underrated Inshore Rig (And How To Set It Up!) 

So awesome thanks for sharing!

Keep at it and the results will follow! Be sure to let us know how you do!

Thanks for sharing!

No doubt!

NICE!!! That's an epic day thanks for sharing!

Good stuff glad we could help!

Oh yeah!!

Thanks!!

Love it thanks so much for the comment!

Glad you enjoyed it thanks for watching!

Great advice thanks for sharing!

Yup!! Thanks for the comment

Great tactic to have in your back pocket!

Great approach!

The smaller section of leader line above the cork should be roughly 8-10 inches. Below the cork is going to depend on the depth you want to fish. If you're fishing in 18-24 inches of water and want to fish the middle of the water column, then a 12-16 inch leader will do the trick. It all depends on where you want your lure to sit in the water column.

No doubt they're a great tactic to have in your back pocket!

Either type of rigging depending on where you want the lure to sit. If you're fishing seagrass, you would want the lure to jump out near the top of the grass. If you're fishing an open sand flat, you'd want it to kick up from the bottom.

In order to continue to make videos, we have to sell products from our store. Be sure to check out our entire library of free fishing tips. Here's more on popping corks: www.saltstrong.com/articles/popping-corks-101/

New and improved!

Popping corks do come in different sizes. A 3" cork is typically the way to go when fishing inshore. Weight will vary

I use popping corks a lot and only use a clinch/cinch knot because the cork’s action gives the lure plenty of motion of darting up and side to side, like with a jerkshad or shrimptail or even a paddletail which is vibrating on both the rise and the fall. A particular favorite soft plastic of mine is the large Gambler Flap ‘N Shad which has tons of flapping motion even between twitches.

The cinch knot helps keep the lure horizontal, and parallel to the bottom. If it's hot a loop knot it can fall/sit vertical and that doesn't look natural. Good question! 💪

@@mattinayak a lot depends upon what type of jighead one uses, whether the line tie is in the top of the head versus more toward the nose. I don’t let it sit long enough to matter much in the waters and chop I fish with popping floats.

uni to uni will be fine.

Double uni or FG knot works right there. 💪

Those are AFTCO Tactical Camo Fishing Shorts!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Give artificial lures a shot next time you try fishing with popping corks. We've had so much success using either lures or live bait!

Matt-In-A-YAK!!!

It definitely works!

Check this out: www.saltstrong.com/articles/popping-corks-101/

Had 2 newbies on my boat yesterday. They caught a 33" and a 39" Red on poppin' corks with dead shrimp under them. I think they're "hooked" on fishing

@@chasedelancey1604 awesome, I love to hear that!! The only time I tried bait under a cork it was peanut bunker and finger mullet and both made a big tangled mess out of my braid. I haven't tried shrimp but it seems like live ones would come off from popping the cork. But dead shrimp can be put on the hook better so I can see that working. I recently moved to the Chesapeake Bay area and started to fish again after missing the saltwater for too long. I grew up fishin' in Florida and later lived on the Pacific in Costa Rica and caught a ton of fish there (at least a ton, maybe 2 tons) commercial hook and lining. Then I moved to the NC foothills to take care of Mom. Now my sister took that responsibility and so I came here because weed is legal and there are saltwater fish I'm familiar with. I never used popping corks in Florida but I got some and have tried them for trout and redfish. So far I haven't caught anything good with them, just little stuff. I also got a kayak, which is new to me. So I'll try popping corks more and probably end up catching fish. But it will be with jigs because I rarely bother with bait. Actually I usually hop jigs around hoping for flounder and whatever else is fun bycatch. I go somewhere to fish almost every day. So I'll try corks more. It's great that you made some new fishin' addicts! Dad got me hooked on bluegills with a cane pole when I was 3 and clearly I'm still hooked at 49.

Great comments thank you for sharing!! If you secure the shrimp to the hook, you won't lose them because of the pops.

Inshore is no more than a mile from the shoreline in shallow water. Nearshore would be anything from that range out a few miles. And offshore is waaay out there several miles from shore fishing in very deep water.

@@Saltstrong I appreciate it. bro How long should the used fishing rod be from the inshore

Wow, they’ve been the bomb for me on Texas flats for years, always and only with soft plastics below them. And it’s included some mondo redfish and speckled trout.

Very successful rig here in Tampa as well. My kids love it too. It keeps them from being bored. We usually use artificial shrimp or paddle tails.

Artificial lures and live bait are both super effective beneath a cork!

The techniques discussed in this video will help you catch more fish under a popping cork. From end to end, we walk through the entire set up and the reasoning why things are where they are. Let us know how you do on your next fishing trip!