Making a marker bouy

I have bought a ton of bouys over they years and they never seem to hold up. The plastic ones crack and some of the newer ones even sink when the line entangles when pitched out in the water. Well here is my quick and easy way to build you a few that will hold up and not sink or crack. First you need a couple round bobbers about 1.5 inch in diameter.

Next a 1/4 wooden dowel

Next a 1/4 drill bit, hot glue gun, string, swivel and weight.

Disassemble the bobber pulling out the guts and then drill out the inside hole with the 1/4 drill bit. You can push the dowel through without the drill bit but it may split the Bobber.

Cut you a 5 inch piece of the 1/4 inch dowel. Shoot some hot glue into the bobber hole and push the dowel through till it comes to the edge of the bobber. I do both bobber at one time.

Next drill a hole in the middle of both the bobbers about 1/4 inch deep. Next put glue in each hole and insert a 1/8 oz worm weight into the holes. This will keep the bouy from spinning around and unwinding once the weight is at the bottom of the lake.

I then spool the bouy with 25ft of line, tie a swivel on and then my weight 2 oz bell sinker. The swivel keeps the line from twisting as you wind the bouy line up upon retrieval.

I then painted some brown or black to make harder to see.

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Tight lines and enjoy fishing.

Looks good! I have a idea on making some you helped me finish it by adding the swivel . Been wanting to make some been looking for some cheap soft lead but haven't found it . Thanks ! I will share If they work .if they don't then oh well(lol)

Very nice.

Great idea JW! Thanks.

Nice job JW. You are definitely a DIY kinda guy. [emoji4]

Great idea JW! I'll take a couple.[emoji2]

Nice idea and thanks for the share.


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I love them JW! Gonna do me some! Definitely a brilliant mind! I do have a question though. In the wind will they keep spinning and spinning until the line is all unwound because the have a round profile? Very cool idea brother!

They shouldn't LP that's the reason for gluing the lead weights into each float so that they won't easily rotate.

10-4! Thanks for pointing that out! I knew he would have thought of a fix for that. I just had not picked up on it.

Neat! Thanks for sharing...

Excellent idea!![emoji106] [emoji106]

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If ya don't have time to make any, you can buy the arkie stealth marker bouys, 2 for about 8 bucks. My home town wal-mart had them.
Same concept, small compact and hard to see from a distance.