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Thread: Ice rod/spring bobber in open water

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    Default Ice rod/spring bobber in open water


    I got to use my home made spring bobber on crappie and catfish last week. It was the first time I used a spring. It worked real well the bite was tough, cold water and a front rolling in. The spring indicated awesome. The fish were not hitting hard enough to really feel and see hits on the lite action rod or even move the tip on my 10" BNM but the spring showed bites like nothing. I even turned over the rod to my buddy so i could take a leak and had to tell him he had a hit from about 20 feet away.
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    I've used a spring bobber on my ice rods all winter & they are great. Plan on trying them on one rod when open water gets here. Still 2 ft. of ice. Also going to rig up my Marcum flasher. My Humminbird 565 is junk compared to the Marcum on sensitivity. May not work on a moving boat but I'm going to try it.

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    I very seldom use a bobber anymore but just what is a 'spring bobber '? Just in case I might want to add it to my overfilled tackle collection of things seldom used.
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    A spring bobber is used on ice fishing rods to detect light bites. Usually have an orange bead or are painted orange on the tip to see better. They are made out of flat spring steel or a spring like in a pen. You can adjust the length of the spring so it flies at half mast. A bite will make it rise or drop. Much more sensitive than a rod tip & I use a 10ft Sam Heaton which is very good. The ones I use are made by HT Enterprises, the marmooska big eye. It is the flat style. I like the clip on type.

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    I had wanted to try them for a long while which is why i finally posted.
    Here is a link to your bobbers down that carries a bunch of models of spring bobbers, plastic, flat metal, and coiled springs. ht
    tp://www.yourbobbersdown.com/Online%20Strike%20Indicators.htm

    Here is my homemade spring bobber and parts used to make it.



    I also bought an assortment of bobbers from the above link this winter. I have to say that I like the long flat best for length and sensativity and the heaviest weight coiled for large jigs such as 1/16-1/8. All my bnms are the sma heaton series and I was having trouble seeing bites on them but the spring showed up really well, no doubt bites. At one instance I was jigging my ice rod while watching normal type bobbers in the water and the ice rod just felt slightly diff so I looked down and the bobber was completely bent over, fish on. My fishing buddy was having so much trouble with lift bites one outing it dawned on me that I got to get a spring bobber on the water and try it out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MAINEIAC View Post
    I've used a spring bobber on my ice rods all winter & they are great. Plan on trying them on one rod when open water gets here. Still 2 ft. of ice. Also going to rig up my Marcum flasher. My Humminbird 565 is junk compared to the Marcum on sensitivity. May not work on a moving boat but I'm going to try it.
    Frank,
    Marcum sells hi speed transducers for the Marcum. Check out http://www.marcumtech.com/products/p...810&ProdCat1=4

    I'm also planning on using mine on my new inflatable pontoon boat, but I don't think I'll need the hi speed one

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