Thread: What size slip bobber ?

DSJ, u don't use slip bobber much ? What's down fall with fishing that way ?

Never meant to imply there is a downside. I predominantly shoot docks. Not much need for a float when shooting docks. I have a gallon bag full of various floats. I used them mostly in spring when I need to maintain a depth over top of spawning crappie

Originally Posted by Mbsbeek

Going to try slip bobber fishing this Monday. What size slip bobber to split shot to stand bobber up with hook and minnow ?

The unweighted (medium size) Thill Slip Float Pro... supports a 1/16 jig or a#7 split shot.

What floats did you find? How was your fishing trip?

Sometime's I envy you guy's in area's where there's lot's of crappie to fish for. Wish we had them around here. Also wish we had all the tackle you guy's have. Guy that first took me for crappie, year ago, used a bobber but not a slip bobber. I wanted to use slip bobber's and about all I could find were pretty heavy plastic bobber's for salmon fishing. Finely found some small cork one's, maybe 3/4" through. Really light and can be hard to see depending on glare on the water. But love it when the little thing disappears! I tried using the bobber stop quite a bit deeper and found it snagged on the tip of the rod and moved the slip knot around. I make them from some thread I found in my mother's old sewing cabnit that seem's to be the same size as the commercial one's. Commercials one's, that's a joke. Didn't know how to tie them so bought a lot of commercial one's and then learned to tie them. Now I've got all these commercial one's and am mostly using my owm. Flaw in that though. The commercial ones are tied with some kind of high visibility green thread and I can watch the jig go down by watching the bobber stop. I can also tell if the jig is down as the bobber stop then sit's on top of the bobber and I can see it.

I use slip floats, that tell you how much weight they hold. I also spyder rig with them, the slightest movement and I pick up. Folks will laugh at me until they fish with me.

The Trout Magnet EZ Float can be rigged as a slip float or fixed. Very effective and deadly while stream fishing, especially when you have real rocky bottoms and would be getting constantly hung up. That gets old real fast. Cheap and should be available as trout guys use them.
Bob

Originally Posted by BobC

The Trout Magnet EZ Float can be rigged as a slip float or fixed. Very effective and deadly while stream fishing, especially when you have real rocky bottoms and would be getting constantly hung up. That gets old real fast. Cheap and should be available as trout guys use them.
Bob

I use these a lot and they work great. Love that they have the slit so they can be put on/off easier without having to retire everything

Originally Posted by Jakesdad

I use these a lot and they work great. Love that they have the slit so they can be put on/off easier without having to retire everything

That was a big selling point with me as well. Really convenient to dial in the depth, and I do like not having to retie if I need to get it on or off fast. A real good value.
Bob