Line for bobber fishing

[Explorer]

With your boat moving 3 to 5 MPH you will have plenty of tension on your line when it is all in the water. Just reel it in and rig it up for fishin.

[REW]

Outdoors,
If the line was fairly new and it was put on at a sporting goods shop, you will certainly have twist in your line.

A spinning reel spool needs to be loaded from the side of the spool so that the line is taken off the feed line in loops so that it can be put back on the spool in loops.

Best thing to do, whenever you have a rod that has not been used for a while and if it has new or old line on it - when you are motoring to your first fishing spot, let all of the line off of all of the rods without any terminal tackle. Run for about 1/8th of a mile or so, dragging the water in the line. Then, with the boat moving forward at a couple of miles ahead, just reel the line back on the spool without holding or doing anything else with the line. The line will reel smoothly on the reel with no twists.

If, after use, you find that you have developed line twists due to the reel, or bait or something else - then just repeat the line in the water without terminal tackle.

This will continually clean up the twists from the line.

Remember, just because a fishing store put the line on the reel, does not mean that the reel will work out twists in the line. On the contrary, in nearly 100
% of the cases, when sporting goods stores put line on a spinning reel, the line WILL develop twists very quickly if not instantly with reel use.

Take care

REW

[jopes]

I found using a bait caster for slip bobbers makes casting really easy, not that it helps your line twisting now.

[tugger]

Its a bit of a PITA but I like to stretch my mono rigged outfits before heading out fishing for the day as well as REW's tip, I just do it on the lawn. For stretching I'll usually hook to a tree and pull out a little more line than what I'd ever have out and then stretch the line out good. For REW's tip I probably look like a moron dragging fishing line across the yard LOL. Same with flouro loaded baitcasters if I'm bass fishing. I have Shimano Spinning reels and the line twist from the reel itself is minimal frankly. I find that line memory and use of certain lures cause more line twist than anything else. Some jigs are terrible for line twist, same with certain plugs (like shad based shapes for some reason) not casting well and spinning through the air, that will twist up your line in a hurry. It's extra work before fishing but to me it's worth it to have straight line on the water.

[fiveeyes]

Troy, my method is different than what most use...i use a 9ft HT steelhead style rod...10-6 Fireline...Adjust-a-bubble float, grips Fireline very well...small swivel...floro leader, 2-3ft is enough...small self made jigs,light weight,bigger hooks...can fish 10ft deep w/out problems...why Fireline?..it floats...dont have to rip it out of the water,also drifts nicely,wave action,etc...also easy leader change if you break off...you can try w/shorter rod,less depth capability...i prefer longer rod..give it a go...RFHT bill

[REW]

Five,
Great method if the fish are found at 10 feet or less.

But often in our areas we will fish rock piles that are 40-50 feet down and the fish are cruising right on top of the rock piles.

You need to be down 45 feet or so which is impossible with anything other than a slip bobber.

REW

[BBJ]

I like to use Braided line on all my reels , but for Jigging , Bobber fishing etc , I will add about 20 feet of Flurocarbon , and use it as a leader . I use slipbobbers only , so but a bobber stop on there at the desired depth , and your laughing . I dont use Mono line anymore at all . Far to much hassle to deal with .

[@Lunker]

When I'm slip-bobbing, I use a barrel swivel, which does 2 things: 1) reduces or eliminates line twist, and 2) usually saves me from having to chase bobbers when I break off when fishing snags, timber, etc. This is what I do.....

Use a "leader" approx. 2' in length, usually 2 -4 lbs test lighter than my main line. Tie a barrel swivel between the leader and the main line. The swivel needs to be slightly bigger than the slip bobber tube to prevent it from sliding over the swivel.

Eliminates a lot of frustration.