Where is a good place to order some ? I can't find where I put the ones I had anywhere and I'm going down there in a month , don't know if they will be hitting them then but u never know
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Where is a good place to order some ? I can't find where I put the ones I had anywhere and I'm going down there in a month , don't know if they will be hitting them then but u never know
Do a search for rainbow plastics. Get the large ones, I've had good success with this brand.
Rainbow Plastics Tough Bubble Floats | Bass Pro Shops: The Best Hunting, Fishing, Camping & Outdoor Gear
You want the 2 1/2" X 1 5/8"
I have used them many times. I bought them from their web site. http://www.rainbowplastics.com
Thanks everyone !
Walmart has them too but they are not nearly as good quality as the Tough Bubbles.
I used the ones I got at J & M think they were Eagle Claw and they were pretty good. I went on ahead and put a bead of shoe goo around the seam just to help out.
Just ordered me a pack of 50 from rain bow plastics !
That bead of Shoe Goo makes good bubbles out of cheap ones. But, I'd rather have good bubbles and make them better.
I would rather use my chuggers I make up but got tired of the sharks breaching on them. It was fun to see but gets expensive after awhile.
Does anyone ever fill their bubbles with clear silicone? I've had people tell me that this extends bubble life sigificantly and it makes no difference if the seam cracks when its solid silicone instead of water.
Never tried. Sounds like it would work
I expect it'd work, but it seems like a lot of unnecessary expense and trouble. I wonder if I could just drill holes in some old Easter Eggs.
Speaking of Easter Eggs, I'm getting to the age where I can hide my own, but I'm getting a little worried---I hid 'em last year and then couldn't find either one.
Cincinnati Bob over in panama city pier used a wood piece for the bubble ( kinda like Tato's(Roberts ) chuger) he said a piece from a wood toy maker.....he painted of different colors.....they seem to work great in different sizes.....they looked like a larger thread spool
Easily made with a wood lathe
Years ago we used a piece of broom handle. Carved out and whittled down caught hundreds of stripers on them was called a plunker and fly rig.
I'm not quite 40 and I may have hidden my own eggs too. Not sure since I don't remember. On the topic of caulk- a tube of clear or colored silicone is about 2$ if you buy the cheap stuff. I bet I could fill at least 6 bubbles to 7/8 capacity, maybe more. I've never tried, but I bet the tip of the caulk tube will squirt it right in there. Will let you know as soon as I spend 2$ and find out. I'll be down to catch some Spanish at some point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haywire
Seems to me filling the bubbles with silicone would workout then re-inserting the plastic tube would get messy along with your line that goes through it.
If I was going to fill one with silicone believe I would drill a hole big enough through the side and leave the shaft in but loose to let the air out then fill away and push the pin back in when full. The problem I see with this is you don't want the bubble full or it won't give you the splash you need to attract the fish.
Just fill them, plug the tip of the tube and push it through. Let the silicone dry/solidify and then use. No need to remove the plastic tube once silicone is solid though if you wanted to I suppose you could coat the tube with lithium grease or Vaseline before pushing it through the silicone filled bubble. Presumably all this would be done a few days before fishing. No messing with uncured caulk on the pier, or on your line.
Just do it. If you catch more or bigger spanish than everyone else, we'll all have silicone in our bubbles. :)
Never tried silicone, but have filled 1/4th with standard BBs. Makes a heck of a rattle when retrieved.Quote:
Originally Posted by fordguy
http://www.gulfshorespierfishing.com...tid=5778&stc=1
Filled a bubble with silicone, the tube said clear, but what I got was white. Anyway, it went into the bubble easily enough, I just drilled an 1/8th inch hole into the tip of the caulk tube, and squirted it in. Oh, and I twisted up a tiny scrap of paper to plug the tube so that silicone wouldn't get in. Will be doing this again with clear silicone soon, though around here I'm sure the white will work (for stripers) too.http://www.gulfshorespierfishing.com...tid=5780&stc=1
it's approximately 3/4 filled. it just looks full because the caulk smeared around inside the bubble. Just hope the caulk doesn't take forever to cure in a sealed environment.
It will go clear as it cures, but that may take a long time inside a bubble.
I've used other silicones that started clear and dried clear. Wonder what the difference is? I just grabbed the cheapest tube on the shelf today.