Originally Posted by
CrappieLord
was wondering what the general opinion was...when night fishing with minners what do you think is best, fishing with a cork/float or free lining it with a split shot?
we tightline out of rod holders with sensitive tipped rods. depending on the current or wave action someone in the boat will usually put a lighted bobber out. for fishing the bobbers, the one whos down wind or down current in the boat usually can fish bobbers without a problem. the ones upcurrent or upwind usually dont bother with em since they gonna be pushed down current, and the lines drift back to the boat, interfering with the tight line setups.. some nights, if its pretty calm, then most everyone will put a lighted bobber out. but most all our setups is ultralites tightlined. you can use stiff rods at the boat but youd need to put corks on em since it would be hard to see the bite with the stiff rods. i have taken some guys that use all corks which will work of if they are fished straight over the side and not tossed out. use a slip cork and set the depth and fish em right under the rod tips. tossin that many corks out will create a huge mess in wind or current.
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