Best Slip Bobber Set Up

[deathb4disco]

Are slip floats or waggler floats better for light biting fish like bream and crappie? Ive used wagglers but havent caught anything using them.

Wagglers can be set up as fixed or slip floats. They're all I've been using for almost twenty years. If you're not catching, it might be a rigging problem.

[CrappiePappy]

Are slip floats or waggler floats better for light biting fish like bream and crappie? Ive used wagglers but havent caught anything using them.

Slip floats are basically better for using when the depth you want to fish is greater than the length of your rod. They also cast easier, since they slide down next to the weight, presenting a more compact casting setup. They also present less stress/damage to the line, than a clip-on or spring type float.

The ideal float is the smallest one that will hold up your weight/bait, presenting the least resistance to being pulled under.

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[RiverSlabber]

Wagglers can be set up as fixed or slip floats. They're all I've been using for almost twenty years. If you're not catching, it might be a rigging problem.

I think my lack of catching problem is more related to not having time to go out and fish more than anything. So far I haven't been able to locate crappie in the river and one lake I've been fishing but I also haven't put in much time yet, and it's the middle of the summer, and I'm bank fishing Got the odds stacked against me right now.

I was up in Wisconsin last Friday and caught a bunch of gills but I wasn't using a slip float rig, just a basic sinker rig off the side of a boat.

[deathb4disco]

I think my lack of catching problem is more related to not having time to go out and fish more than anything. So far I haven't been able to locate crappie in the river and one lake I've been fishing but I also haven't put in much time yet, and it's the middle of the summer, and I'm bank fishing Got the odds stacked against me right now.

If it's any consolation, I catch a lot of fish off the bank with a waggler. The waggler was created by people who fish off the bank.

If you're ever in the Chicago area, contact John Wilkins and tell him you want to learn the waggler.

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