A popping cork is a hollow cork rigged on the main line above an 18-30 inch leader to a jig or live shrimp. When you pop the rod, the cork creates a clicking/popping sound that mimics shrimp. Fish home in on the noise and find the bait below. Wildly effective on speckled trout and redfish in grass flats and shallow structure.
Tide guide pages cover the moving-water phases that produce best.
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