Owner floats.

[Alphahawk]

I received my 100mm floats from Chris at Finesse Fishing. For those that don't know I will be using these on Center Hill Lake as it will be raised back to normal pool this spring for the first time in over a decade. The bluegill beds and shellcracker beds will most assuredly be up in the trees as the lake will rise 20 feet from where the fish have been bedding in the last decade I will have to maneuver the boat into the trees and drop a floated Trout Magnet down. I have not float fished in years. These floats are sized depending on what weight you are going to use and when weighted right can detect the faintness bite. Chris was kind enough to test this out with a TM jig head and body for me and says it will work...but mentioned a .7 gram jig head would be better. Really looking forward to this. The float is 100mm long and at its widest is 7mm. I am going to order some of the acorn floats when he gets them in. As one might expect a float designed for the Japanese market is like all their other gear...top notch.*


Regards





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[deathb4disco]

Is it attached "waggler style" at the bottom? It's hard to tell from the picture.

[Alphahawk]

Is it attached "waggler style" at the bottom? It's hard to tell from the picture.

Yes it is. New territory for me. As I understand it these are to be used in very little wind on flat waters.

Regards


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[deathb4disco]

They look good. The Drennal Crystal Wagglers are also very good:

Crystal Wagglers | Drennan International

[deathb4disco]

... I will have to maneuver the boat into the trees and drop a floated Trout Magnet down.

TIme to buy a Keiryu/Seiryu rod!

[deathb4disco]

... Chris was kind enough to test this out with a TM jig head and body for me and says it will work...but mentioned a .7 gram jig head would be better.

I would lock the float in place with shot and use the lightest jig head you can. For example, if the float will support 1gm, you could put .6 or .7gm around the base of the float and use a .3 or .4gm jig head.

[Jim Smith]

Couple of questions coming from someone who’s experience in using floats is limited to using 3/4 inch red and white bobbers. Do you plan on using the TM jig heads? What lines would be good to use these type of floats? Would you be using one of your JDM rods and why?

[deathb4disco]

… from someone who’s experience in using floats is limited to using 3/4 inch red and white bobbers.

Condolences.

[Alphahawk]

Couple of questions coming from someone who’s experience in using floats is limited to using 3/4 inch red and white bobbers. Do you plan on using the TM jig heads? What lines would be good to use these type of floats? Would you be using one of your JDM rods and why?

My setup will be 4# test line with a diameter of .148mm.....a .5 gram Daiwa Gekkabijin jig head #8 hook with Trout Magnet body. The rod will be the 18 Corto 610 ajing rod...very rigid and very fast. My plan by using 4# test line and the stiff rod is to get them out and turned toward me before they can wrap me around the growth. That is the plan anyway. If I need to add weight to the float I will do that also. From what I gather about the proper way to fish these floats is I only want a slight portion of the top visible. By having it almost at neutral buoyancy you can detect the slightest bite. At least this is the plan anyway....LOL. One thing for sure...this lake will fish far different than it has in many years. I can only imagine all the fish on all that cover. The last time I fished the lake at full pool out of a boat was about 20 years back. According to TWRA when lakes are brought back up to full pool after a lengthy draw down the fishing will be off the charts good for 3-5 years. The past few times this past year I was out on the lake I kept trying to imagine what the spots I was fishing would look like if the water was 20 feet deeper. The amount of growth on the bank in the past 10 years had been crazy. It is going to be interesting for sure.

Regards

[deathb4disco]

From what I gather about the proper way to fish these floats is I only want a slight portion of the top visible. By having it almost at neutral buoyancy you can detect the slightest bite. At least this is the plan anyway....

I would test the floats before you go. Here's a good DIY video. You can use any container, though: a pitcher, a bucket, a small garbage can, etc.