slip cork

Hi everybody!
Got a question about slip cork rigging I thought I would throw out here...:biggrin

Sometimes it takes me a while to figure out better way to do stuff and I'm sure some of you seasoned professional fishermen
can help me out.

The issue is line, reels, and slip corks. Figured out a long time ago that braid dont work reel well on closed faced reels, but it is great on open faced spinning reels. Now I fish a cork and jig alot around here and always use the best cork I have ever found ESB, everlasting slip bobber.
Braid is expensive compared to mono, and will last all year long, but mine seems to twist to the point of being useless after 2 days hard fishing.
I've watched my jig swim back to the boat but it dont seem to be spinning, maybe on the cast, I dont know.

Whatever is happening it happens alot to me. How to rig it? How do I stop twisting line? And no I dont wont to throw it over a tree limb or hang it out the back of the boat for while. :help

What size braidin #’s?


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Close bail by hand and take up slack with pole before cranking it will help. May still be bait rolling


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Seems that braid coming though the eye of the slip cork insert would cause more twisting than mono. How about braid backing and then a section of mono at the end? A uni-to-uni knot would work.

Hey GS,

I use a small Styrofoam float with the plastic stick in da middle with 6 or 8 pound strength gold mono. I do drill the hole larger. Now I re tie after half a day of hard feeshing. I do keep a extra pole rigged. Mr Salters use to glue a bead in the top of the float and trim the Styrofoam as needed.

HTH

JR can you shoot us a picture of that set up.
PPG

I usually go with 8 or 10 lb braid.

Now on the shiner pole I use a bigger cork and maybe 15 lb braid cause it just handles better and no twisting issues.

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What size braidin #’s?


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Dont seem to twist as much with mono.

I dont think the mono at the end will work to good cause I retie alot and stuff. I mean if you use 6" everytime you retie a jig then you would have rig it all back up pretty quick.

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Seems that braid coming though the eye of the slip cork insert would cause more twisting than mono. How about braid backing and then a section of mono at the end? A uni-to-uni knot would work.

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Originally Posted by green shiner

I usually go with 8 or 10 lb braid.

Now on the shiner pole I use a bigger cork and maybe 15 lb braid cause it just handles better and no twisting issues.

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I was gonna suggest a larger braid cuz it seems to handle way better than the smaller diameter..


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Originally Posted by PawPaw Gene

JR can you shoot us a picture of that set up.
PPG

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Here u go PPG.

May be not getting it on the reel twist free. The difference in diameter between the reel spool and the spool that the line comes on can induce a twist as you put it on. Only ways I can think of getting it on spool without twist are rolling it from the original spool to one the same diameter as the reel spool and dragging the line in the water behind the boat with nothing on the end.

Thanks JR, I remember JB giving some of those to Linda.
PPG

I like what this guy says about reeling on slack line. I am so guilty of this.

https://youtu.be/PiiQEldKoOo?t=77

Pay out the line (with all terminal tackle removed) behind a slow moving boat in open water will remove any twist in your line.

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Here u go PPG.

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I like it, I like it

I've started using a small swivel when I long line and have had zero line twist since, Not sure if a swivel between the cork and jig would help but I'm sure it wouldn't hurt.