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Reply With QuoteOh, I forgot to mention that the minnow's weight also has to be factored, and you need to be enough positive buoyant that the minnow doesn't pull your bobber under when it tries to swim down.
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Another possible full explanation, or at least a factor to consider that no one has mentioned yet is the amount of resistance your bobber has when the minnow is hit.
If you are using a bobber that has more than slight resistance- its too big.
With the total weight of your presentation on your line, you want you bobber to just barely be buoyant. For example, some old timers, and even yet today savvy fisherman may use porcupine quills for a bobber/float.
Personally I like the Thill slip float bobbers that slide on your line allowing you better casting ability. Just be sure to have your presentation barely buoyant. This way your giving the least resistance to fish to help them pull your bait off of the hook and rather allowing the bait/hook to be sucked in by them.
I see this all the time with dads and kids who don't know better. For casting they put a 1 1/2" to 2" red/white bobber on their line for bluegill fishing with a hook and small sinker below it. I stop and explain to the dad the bouyancy
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Oh, I forgot to mention that the minnow's weight also has to be factored, and you need to be enough positive buoyant that the minnow doesn't pull your bobber under when it tries to swim down.
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This is a pet peeve of mine.Originally Posted by Centerliner
It's like they're trying to make it as hard as possible for their kids to catch a fish.
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Most times I've seen that, it appears that the folks are using spincast outfits, probably too heavy of line, and need the big bobber to get any distance on the cast. They're usually telling the kids to jerk whenever the bobber so much as wiggles, and many times well after the bobber has stopped moving.This is a pet peeve of mine.
It's like they're trying to make it as hard as possible for their kids to catch a fish.
I really think they grasp the general idea of fishing, but are not "into it" ... mentally or financially ... probably never having had a family member or friend to guide them along.
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Yep. It's sad.Most times I've seen that, it appears that the folks are using spincast outfits, probably too heavy of line, and need the big bobber to get any distance on the cast. They're usually telling the kids to jerk whenever the bobber so much as wiggles, and many times well after the bobber has stopped moving.
I really think they grasp the general idea of fishing, but are not "into it" ... mentally or financially ... probably never having had a family member or friend to guide them along.
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Some times I love to go watch old People fishing as many times I am giving them my catch. They slam the pole in the water with every cast. Snatch the snot out of it and have several yards of slack in the line and making enough racket to raise the dead. Now I am not making fun of them in any way, because they catch enough to feed their family and getting out of the house and enjoying what God gave them, and love to fish. It was just a difference in I was taught, Do not scare the fish, keep a tight line and watch the line for the bite. I liked to catch Gills on worms and small hook with no weight. the slow sinking of the bait was the perfect fall rate for anything that swims. Most of the time we used Black sewing thread because it was all we had . I have crawled to casting range of the bedding fish many times and brought home supper
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Often times noise attracts fish. Especially White Perch.
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Guess I also am from that era for what one caught was food on the table
most of the time I used a cane pole, back then couldn’t afford what we kids called fancy tackle.
Even then in the stained or muddy waters we would experience the No Catch Biters,
So curiosity got the best of me and tried something that at times still works for me to this day,
that was a little stinger hook, tied off using the tag end about an inch or so from the bait hook,
turned out as one suspected, small ones, from gills, to perch, to bass.
At least found out what they were.
billygee :rolleyes:
