Spring bobbers

I got a couple of old ice poles I want to fix up. Are the add-on spring bobbers any good? Who makes the best ones?

The flat springs are good. So are the ones that are actual springs but they do and will freeze up.

Try Thorne bros. com, Fiskas.com

I just ordered some fiskas ones from "your bobbers down" last night, pretty cheap, each bobber is $2 then shipping is 1.75 for less than $15 I got an assortment. I also have bobbers made out of springs such as lighter springs.
I anxious to see these new bobbers.

I have used both the coiled spring(Frabill) and the flat spring(HT). The coiled spring bobber is way more sensitive. I put those on rods with light jigs. I put the flat spring bobber on the rods with heavier jigs. For the flat spring bobbers, I picked up one made by HT that just clips onto the end of your rod. No more shrink wrap. Only thing is that I put a 1/4 oz. jig on and the spring is not heavy enough to hold it. But once it is in water, I wonder how it reacts then.

If you are fishing a 1/4 oz jig ,you'll not need a spring.A walleye will thump you rod good enough.
a spring is used when your fishing panies and have tackle on the weighs 32'nd oz or smaller.
There's hardley a spring out there that can handle the weight of a 1/4 oz jighead.

Info on spring bobbers I found while searching.
http://www.in-depthangling.com/forum.../Number/608099

I just bought 3 or 4 different fiskas bobbers bobbers. And made one myself also.
It really would depend on how heavy a jig you are fishing but I have to agree with crappiekid, i think I like the flat type the best in that they are very long and sensitive. I got the No4, N10, N12, N15. Alot of ice jigs are pretty heavy probably wont work to well on a spring.

HT makes about the best flat spring bobber out there.

I really need to get a spring bobber on the end of my rods. :rolleyes:

Yesterday the bite was so lite, I was missing a lot of fish.
I've got'n pretty good at noticing a lift of a crappie. ;)
It's that 6th sence while fishing. ;)

Fish On!

Look at the Easy Bite Bobber.

I remember one outing where almost all of our bites were just a hold or lift. I had 10 fish before my buddy even had one. I was line watching for any slack.
This year i put spring bobbers on 2 rods. I took the 2 rods with me in early spring and we were fishing for crappie but the lake was over run with bullheads. Many of the bites were not registering with the rod tip but the spring bobber showed them like a fluorescent sign. I have been using them in open water and they work really well.
Here are the ones i made
http://onfinite.com/libraries/1273190/ece.jpg

robbor, can we get some info on the spring you made ? what is the spring made of ? THANKS

Sorry i do not have any info on the spring.
I was at school and walking by the electronics lab and there was a small box
full of them listed "free" so I snagged them. They are real silver coated, some sort of electrical contact. One end is larger than the other and the spring can be screwed togather. I sent out about 5 envelopes of 100 to guys and half of them got chewed up at the post office. Then I got the coast lock swivels from walmart and I was golden. They work great and are basically indestructible. I just put the hook on the keeper and reel them down and put them in my ice rod case without a hitch. Here is a comparisohttp://onfinite.com/libraries/1273098/ece.jpgn to a lighter spring. I also have springs from your bobbers down and they do sell similar ones. To attach it i slipped the spring in the tip rod guide but not in the eye and then wrapped it with nylon thread and then epoxy coated.

I have been using the Frabill coiled spring bobber. But I found these at a local store yesterday and liked the large loop.
http://www.frontiernet.net/~jaycub/H...g_Bobber-1.JPG
The coiled spring bobber will freeze up if you are outside. With the larger hole I wonder if I can avoid that this year.

The spring type are not good here, they freeze too much. The ones in J Birds photo are very good. You can adjust the tension by sliding the spring through the rubber snap on. You can also bend the spring & take it out of the rubber, run the spring through the stand offs on your eyelets and put the rubber back on. You won't chafe your eyelets this way. Wal Mart has them here. I bought some colored pipe cleaners at a craft store to put on the spring for better visibilty but haven't had a chance to try that yet.

Those flat ones pictured are good.
With help from Crappiekieth, I found the length I like and if I recall it was 2 1/2' from the rod tip.
I took mine and thread wrapped them on the rod tip and cut off the excess.
Best set up I ever used.:) ole Mike

I wish they would put instructions on how to clip them to you rod tip. I bought one from southbend and could not figure out how it went on. Does the clip go on top of your eyelets or the bottom? Does the flat spring go through the eyelet or the space between the eyelet and the rod blank?

Thanks Giller.
Those flat spring are just right.Not too stiff and not to flimsey.

I like the flat spring also.I thread wrap mine also right to the pole like another eyelet.and then I coat the thread with clear fingernail polish.

Id really like to get some of those HT marmooska jbird68 posted the pics of just to have so snap on ones in the tackle box. I looked around when he first posted the pic but never could find an online retailer who sold them:mad:.