Going to try slip bobber fishing this Monday. What size slip bobber to split shot to stand bobber up with hook and minnow ?
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Going to try slip bobber fishing this Monday. What size slip bobber to split shot to stand bobber up with hook and minnow ?
Here is how I do it. I take a piece of line and tie a bead on it, then thread line through bobber, then tie on a jig or in your case crimp on a weight then sit in a tall glass of water or in the sink. That way you can adjust weight to how you want bobber to sit in the water. Then take a baggie and put that size bobber and some weights same size together in baggie. That way you can set up several sizes of floats to your liking. You change float and have proper weight with that bobber.
Really good idea
Will cormale slip or the. Thill float,
Is 1 better ?
Was asking about bobber thrill or cormale
What's better
Thills are better but the Comals are much cheaper. I fish a lot brush so I use either Comals or Lelands. I use the smallest float I can get away with.
I like to small floats also. Less noticeable to the fish when they take the bait. I use Thill myself.
Looks like thrill are larger
Is it that important that bobber stands up or lays flat?
It is a matter of preference. You can see a bobber standing a little farther away. If fishing at night I use the small glow sticks on the bobbers. I like for them to stand then so I can see the glow stick
New to slip fishing, know I've go names wrong. Thanks for information. I know fish were at 8 ' in creek feeding on shad in the coves on the turn over or before..
Don't necessarily want to tight line over 12' of water because of hang ups.
Thill makes many different sizes. I have some maybe 1/4 inch diameter. Doesn't take much weight to pull them underQuote:
Originally Posted by Mbsbeek
Slip bobbers are perfect for that type of fishing.
Thill with a jig ( they come sized , written on the side ) A 12 inch quill if on a hand pole . :twocents
quill floats, extremely sensitive
Thanks all, will see what I can buy before Monday THANKS
Walmart carries Thill floats that are can be rigged as fixed or slip if memory serves me right
Going tomorrow I'll see what options I have . thanks
DSJ, u don't use slip bobber much ? What's down fall with fishing that way ?
Never meant to imply there is a downside. I predominantly shoot docks. Not much need for a float when shooting docks. I have a gallon bag full of various floats. I used them mostly in spring when I need to maintain a depth over top of spawning crappie
The unweighted (medium size) Thill Slip Float Pro... supports a 1/16 jig or a#7 split shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mbsbeek
What floats did you find? How was your fishing trip?
Sometime's I envy you guy's in area's where there's lot's of crappie to fish for. Wish we had them around here. Also wish we had all the tackle you guy's have. Guy that first took me for crappie, year ago, used a bobber but not a slip bobber. I wanted to use slip bobber's and about all I could find were pretty heavy plastic bobber's for salmon fishing. Finely found some small cork one's, maybe 3/4" through. Really light and can be hard to see depending on glare on the water. But love it when the little thing disappears! I tried using the bobber stop quite a bit deeper and found it snagged on the tip of the rod and moved the slip knot around. I make them from some thread I found in my mother's old sewing cabnit that seem's to be the same size as the commercial one's. Commercials one's, that's a joke. Didn't know how to tie them so bought a lot of commercial one's and then learned to tie them. Now I've got all these commercial one's and am mostly using my owm. Flaw in that though. The commercial ones are tied with some kind of high visibility green thread and I can watch the jig go down by watching the bobber stop. I can also tell if the jig is down as the bobber stop then sit's on top of the bobber and I can see it.
I use slip floats, that tell you how much weight they hold. I also spyder rig with them, the slightest movement and I pick up. Folks will laugh at me until they fish with me.
The Comal slip bobber are light weight, bouyant and work well for light bites. Some times the crappie will just flair their gill cover and suck in water with the bait and then they just sit there and don't swim of. So the only thing that happens is the jig's weight is taken off the bobber. When the bobber tips over on it's side or raises up a bit you should set the hook quickly but don't jerk the H out of it. Slow and steady but begin setting the hook as soon as you see the bobber rise up as the weight of the jig that was holding the bobber down in the water is now in the fish's mouth. Set the hook before the fish spits the bait out. They can inhale the bait and spit it back out in a second or less. This is where the crappie nibbles and or some garlic/salt helps them taste the bait and hold onto the bait a second longer. A soft bait that feels natural or a live minnow helps they hold onto the bait a while longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mbsbeek
I use a bucket of water and weigh the jig heads that I use to the nearest grain. That way I can tie on a jig and put it under the bobber and see what weight works best. I want the bobber to be about half way under water so that I can see it pop up when I get a bite. Some times the bobber will pop up and tip over on it's side. That means I have a fish holding onto the jig below the bobber and it's time to set the hook.
I use 1/16 oz jig heads with squirmin squirt soft plastic baits in various colors. And the 1 1/2" long Comal Styrofoam type slip bobbers. Sometimes I will take some clear nail polish and paint the top opening on the slip bobber to keep the fishing line from cutting into the top hole in the bobber. The fishing line can cut a slit in the top hole and if the line gets stuck in that slit the weight of the jig won't pull the line though due to the increased friction between the line and the slit in the top of the bobber. Now some of the balsa wood type bobbers will have a metal ring on the top hole of the bobber to prevent the line from digging into the top of the bobber. But the light weight foam bobbers give me better fishing. I use the Twill type bobbers stops that tie to the fishing line and then can slide up and down the fishing line. With a red bead to help the bobber stop at the desired depth. I can fish up to 8 ft deep with this setup. A long 7 to 10 ft BnM road helps cast the jig and bobber. Make sure that the rod end has a large diameter line guide on the end of the rod. So as to not get the bobber stop hanging up on the rod guide at the tip of the rod.
The Trout Magnet EZ Float can be rigged as a slip float or fixed. Very effective and deadly while stream fishing, especially when you have real rocky bottoms and would be getting constantly hung up. That gets old real fast. Cheap and should be available as trout guys use them.
Bob
I use these a lot and they work great. Love that they have the slit so they can be put on/off easier without having to retire everythingQuote:
Originally Posted by BobC
That was a big selling point with me as well. Really convenient to dial in the depth, and I do like not having to retie if I need to get it on or off fast. A real good value.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jakesdad
Bob