Home Grown Tackle:The Wonderful World Of Slip Bobber fishing!!

[Crankbaiter]

Your Dad was a smart guy.

I have had real real good luck with a hair jig made by Kits Tackle.com out of Helena Montana.
They call it the "Glass Minnow".

I use the 1/8 and 1/16th oz under a flat with a leech and between the flash of the hair and the leech its deadly.

IMHO what makes float fishing deadly is it's simplicity. To over complicate it defeats the purpose.

Once fish are found and your over them it can many times, out produce much more "sexy" presentations.

I have gotten my butt kicked in tournaments by "crusty old guys" in a small boat slip bobbering who proved this point.....

[fourize]

Nothing like seeing that bobber go under! I love to fish with a slip bobber. I catch walleye, smallmouth, crappie, stripers. I also keep it simple. 7' 6" Cabela's Pro Guide rod, shimano spinning reel with 6 or 8 lb. mono or fluorocarbon, rubber bobber stopper, plastic bead, thill flaot and a 1/16 oz. jighead with either a crawler, minnow or leach, depending on the time of year. I'll be using minnows saturday here in PA for the walleye opener.

[fishincrazy]

Originally Posted by fourize

Nothing like seeing that bobber go under! I love to fish with a slip bobber. I catch walleye, smallmouth, crappie, stripers. I also keep it simple. 7' 6" Cabela's Pro Guide rod, shimano spinning reel with 6 or 8 lb. mono or fluorocarbon, rubber bobber stopper, plastic bead, thill flaot and a 1/16 oz. jighead with either a crawler, minnow or leach, depending on the time of year. I'll be using minnows saturday here in PA for the walleye opener.

Nice!!!!I look forward to a HGT Slip Bobber report!!!That gives me an ideaHMMMMMMMMMMMM.

FC

[Bill Krejca]

I use braid, because it casts farther for me, and is stronger per dia when trying to get off a snag.

I like the string line stops, leave 1/4 inch to tighten, have had almost no problem keeping it tied, sometimes is almost too tight to reposition.

I solved the "loose bobber after break off when snagged" scenario by just tying another bobber stop and bead on the down side - that's why they are called bobber stops, they stop it from sliding off also. A swivel also works; a less lb test leader can be used in a sacrificial role when snagged.

When I have tried to use dog bone stops, I end up cutting the stop off as a result of pulling hard to get unsnagged, so I no longer use them.


Bill Krejca

[GreatWhiteNorth517]

Fireline Crystal through knot (hand tied from 20# fly line backing in a nice easy-to-see color, bead, and float. Tie to Lindy swivel (larger eye on one end so it doesn't stick in float. 24" of fluoro to light jig.

As deadly as crawlers are on slow death rigs and jigs, not so much on a float. Lively minnows are a winner, change out often. I no longer use leeches drifting lindy rigs as they stretch out and Wally grabs back of leech and gets no hook. Love them on the slip-bobber though. Plenty of bonus Smallies on walleye spots!

On another topic...Splash-brite...what were they thinking? I'll keep buying batt's for my original lighted Thills in 3 different colors so everyone knows whose rod is whos!

[B1g Daddy of 4]

Im diggin this thread up because Ive got nothing to do right now. I like everyones comments on fireline. But I found one thing this year is that fireline saws the plastic beads in half after abot 3 to 5 hook sets. I need to grab a doz glass beads. And as for the splash brite bobbers I love em they work great and last longer then the older lighted bobbers.

[Bill Krejca]

I might add that if one is having trouble with the knot sticking in the guides, I have found it helpful to try aiming the rig a little higher on the cast. It seems to allow the knot to flow through the guides better.

Bill

[GreatWhiteNorth517]

Every rod I own is spooled with Fireline. Not bad with a slip bobber if you use enough weight. I use knots I tie mself using 20# fly line backing. In dirty water no leader necessary. In clear water I transition to fluoro using a swivel. The lindy ones are nice because the bigger eye doesn't get hung up in the bobber tube. Using the swivel also keeps out some of the twists.

[GreatWhiteNorth517]

One of these days I'm going to start turning my own floats. Just to say that I did it.

For those of you that noticed that I used the word "float" this came from a discussion with a buddy who asked me what the difference was between a bobber and a float. I told him that hacks like him used bobbers, whereas I was a pro who used floats. LOL.

[Bocco]

Started bringing my 4 year old daughter with me, never caught so many fish when started with the bobbers. Fun! I use fireline all the time, 2-4 pound test. use the bobber stops you get everywhere, leave little of tags on so can tighten when needed. Also, don't use the bead, gets caught up in the eyes. the bobber stop will do the job. Easier, quicker. Have fun