Thread: SLIP BOBBER MINNOW FISHING

Not sure what setup is normal used. I recently found this with a heavier weight down to swivel and it has helped hookups.


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much smaller float , large floats offer to much resistance and fish "feel" the pressure as they try to take it down .
light biting fish will be spitting it out as you see the bite and hence the miss ,,,,,for sure my friend .

Originally Posted by impdog

i almost always use a 10ft jiggen rod and have used 12footers i like to do a side sweeping hookset that works well most of the time but somedays i have a tuff time and wonder if its my setup?

I was wondering, can you cast very far with those jigging rods?
Thanks

Closer to hook the more the sinker can help getting unhung.

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I use Mr Crappie's 2.5in slip float with BPS #7 oval split. The balance is so perfect a frisky shiner can almost pull it down. Here we can not down size on either as the decaying vegetation sludge accumulates on the line. A lighter weight will not pull the line thru the float line guide. So a larger float is needed to maintain the balance. Another thing, no hardware, no slip weights, no swivels etc. I put a green bead and rubber bobber stop below the float but above the weight. It helps to keep the float on the line when the weight or hooks causes the line to break.

do you put the bobber stop above or below the bead?(under the float)

thanks

Originally Posted by rojoguio

I use Mr Crappie's 2.5in slip float with BPS #7 oval split. The balance is so perfect a frisky shiner can almost pull it down. Here we can not down size on either as the decaying vegetation sludge accumulates on the line. A lighter weight will not pull the line thru the float line guide. So a larger float is needed to maintain the balance. Another thing, no hardware, no slip weights, no swivels etc. I put a green bead and rubber bobber stop below the float but above the weight. It helps to keep the float on the line when the weight or hooks causes the line to break.

It would go below in rojoguio’s example I believe

I use 2 per pole, one above the Mr Crappie float (no Bead needed Mr Crappie Slip Floats have a insert in the top), then the float, then a green bead (I won't use any other color OCD), another Bobber Stopper (mostly buy the small size Eagle Claw ones), then the weight, lastly a Octopus Red Hook #4 mostly. If I'm swinging under tree limbs I slide the bottom bead and stopper close to the weight so the length of the entire rig is short, makes it easier to swing under something (or cast). Otherwise the bottom stopper is 12-18 inches above the weight.