Thread: slip bobbers?

Originally Posted by Crappie ciller

WW taught me a few things about jig and cork winter fishing on his home lake a while back. Pretty much shock and awe really. Never saw it used so effectively in winter over brush- he is pretty much my bobber hero now.

C2, I think the MD20/20 has definitely affected your memory and recall of the actual events! Lol!

OK Bobber boyz, I'm only gonna say this once. At times Crappie can be somewhat finicky about how hard they take a bite at something. When verticle jigging, hi vis line is handy as can be because you can see slack happen when a fish grabs hold on the up swim. You see the slack and set the hook. To be a better bobber fisher, start by buying the right bobber for the tackle you plan to use. Thill bobbers are very good at matching weights, breaklines(paint) on their products. A 1/16th oz jig floats perfect sitting under a 7/8 Thill. Any upward bite will cause it to lay down on it's side indicating to you to set the hook or go home and watch TV. If your bobber is oversized for the weight of your tackle, it will never sit up right in the beginning.

Sometimes the crappie actually chase the bait in a circle causing the top of a stick bobber to do circles. Set the hook! I love to fish bobbers at night under a black light with calm waters during the spawn. It's almost magical to watch a bobber start heading off while slowing diving as if a seasoned submarine Captain just gave the order to dive.

The reason bobbers have two different colors is for the fisher to be able to detect the strike but where the manufactuer places those lines is another story. A good bobber will have the colors separate when the right amount of weight is under it and the separation is at the waterline. Cheap bobbers won't do this.

A bobber doesn't have to laydown all the way to indicate a hit. It could be a slight upward bump that tilts the bobber slightly and shows the bottom color of the bobber for a split second. Set the hook!

There's not a better bobber on the market than the Thill in my opinion.

OK, Got it?

Not sure, can you elaborate further. You are just getting warmed up.

Thill are great bobbers. I found one that rides lower in the water that is not affected hardly at all by wind. It works! They have a Youtube video on how to rig it.

CJs punch bait

You must be talking about the waggler with the weighted bottom and the pencil thin top above water.

Reaper is right about Thill. The Mini Shy Bite is my favorite. It will barely float a 1/32, and a 1/16 will sink it, but at a super slow fall rate. I have killed them with that super slow fall and a very slow retrieve, when others are using the same jigs and getting just a few.

Originally Posted by cricket george

You must be talking about the waggler with the weighted bottom and the pencil thin top above water.

Cricket george, click on the link in my post and you will see. Wind does not affect these near as much as a Thill.

I am familiar with Carl's floats. I make similar ones myself and you are right, wind does not really affect them