ToughBubbles

After the cheap bubble I bought at Walmart all broke & had to be chucked or super-glued, I bought some ToughBubbles at BassPro today. More expensive but damn, what a huge difference in quality. Thicker & better plastic and the center rods are long & fit better, and they are made in the USA.
Aint wasting my $$ on the cheap crappy ones anymore.

I've had the same experience with them, I got tire of them always cracking and leaking

Carl, what size and color did you get?

They are the large clear ones. Come two in a pack. $3.00 but appear to be worth it.
They also have small ones that might work for boat fishing, but too small to chunk off the pier.

Something I have found that works just as well as the bubble rigs is a wood dowel that has small eyelets screwed into either end of it. Just cut it to the desired length and weight your looking for and attach the eyelets into it. To help in keeping the eyelets in, drill the hold for the eyelet one size smaller and put some 5 minute epoxy in it then screw in the eyelet. I like using these with the Clark spoons or a straw. Total cost in this is goin to be quite cheaper than purchasing the bubbles and they are quite durable.

you could drill all the way through and run some wire with eyes on each end to eliminate the eyelets....just a thought.....I have a lot of those sometimes NOT worth a darn too http://www.gulfcoastfishingconnectio...isc/giggle.gif even use some stainless welding wire for the same thing...I use that for my egg weights on my bottom bumping gear off shore

Thanks for the information

Now that you mention it, I remember guys using broom sticks straw rigs on the Fort Walton pier years ago. Kinda forgot all about that.

Check out all of the floats and bubbles they have: https://www.rainbowplastics.com

In the northeast they use a wooden egg like those from a craft-store (through-wired and sealed) to cast light teasers for striped bass. Because they often cast near rocks and jetties, the expected life span of a plastic bubble would be a notch short of the lifespan of a box of Krispy Kremes on the octi.


What I saw several folks hanging on their rods late in the fall at Navarre where about 3-inch long white plastic PVC with pipe caps on each end. I was told they were "bonito rigs" and I assume some local sharpie made them. They seemed to have good weight, and a white goofy jig on the business end.

PVC, not a bad idea. They would be tougher than bubbles.