Yes
I keep an 8' double touch rigged for the same reason. To hit stumps and structure along the way. And yeah an adjusted bobber stop on top & bottom of float is necessary. When I am fishing a third person out the back I use this method on four poles.
Quote Originally Posted by rnvinc View Post
I spider rig with 10 rods ... the outside rod on each side I rig with a slip bobber set fairly shallow ...

This allows several things ...:

*It allows me to focus on the eight rods in front of me with very little chance of the slip bobber rods getting hung up ...
*These 2 outside shallow running rods do catch an occasional extra fish ...
*It allows having a slip bobber rig rigged and ready to cast to an inviting target away from the boat ... (yup I can cast a slip bobber rig with a 14ft rod) ...

I have learned to use a bobber stop above AND below the slip bobber to keep the water drag from pulling the slip bobber down to the bait with forward boat movement ... Then I slide the lower bobber stop down to the bait when I need to cast the slip bobber rig ...

I may use clip on bobbers on my 8 other rods in windy conditions like the guys above noted ...

Rickie
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