Last Spring I was looking for ideas on slip bobbers. I came across this site…http://www.hloutdoors.com/index.htm…I ended up ordering some of the bobbers. They are a quality product. The service was very good. They have free shipping.
JIM
I love to slip-bobber fish.There are also a few guides on this site that I’m sure are great slip-bobber fishermen.What ever brand you use I look for a few things in my slip-bobbers.Are they easy to cast?Are they easy to see when on the water?Are they durable?Best of luck Jim,it is a great way to fish rock piles,a weed edge,cold front conditions or negative fish.
Ryan Hale
I have a real problem when I slip bobber fish. I get drunk. I know it can be real effective, it is just too boring. Does anyone else have this problem?
DaveB, if your in the right place, you won’t have time to drink. 
Honestly, two years ago my brother and I set out onto Mille Lacs to catch a couple walleyes and a buzz. As soon as the line reached the bottom, our bobbers disappeared. This continued for 3 hours and we eventually had to go into shore to catch a buzz. We 
the walleyes that night.
Slip bobber fishing, where should I start?
Well I love to fish this way, but at times it’s not productive enough, especially during most tournaments.
I have primarily two set-ups for corking.
1. Is a bright blaze orange tapered bobber set-up with the line going through the center of it. This set-up I use on days where there’s not much wind. It’s bright and easy to see.
2. Is a Tapered Lighted bobber made by blue fox. On this one the line goes through a swivel that’s attached to the bottom of it. This works better on windy days because the line is below the surface of the water and helps keep the bobber from riding down the line in the wind. The problem here is visibility, but oh well nothings perfect.
The other thing I’ve gone to is using a egg sinker instead of split shot, this lessens tangles. I do this by using about a 18″ leader on my hook or jig, then a swivel attached to the line with the egg sinker, bobber, bead and bobber stop. Works great. 
I consider myself a slip bobber guru 
Hooks hit the nail on the head. When I first started driving launch on Mille lacs, the first thing I did was get rid of all those split shot that were on the launch poles and replace them with swivels and egg sinkers.
I use the bobbers mentioned above for day fishing and the thill center sliding lighted bobbers for night fishing. I have multiple slip bobber rods ready at all times. Most days I’m on the water all day and into the night. I use 8# Trilene Solar as my main line and use fluorocarbon for my leader material. The yellow Solar line is easy to see how much slack may be laying on the water. This really helps people I take out that haven’t bobber fished much. Slip bobber fishing can be extremely deadly, but you need to be on fish. Very windy days on Mille lacs can be excellent when boat control is tough. The last PWT event on Mille lacs was won with slip bobbers in 6 feet of water. Two years ago I got all my slots, and many that touched the 16 inch mark that were too close to weigh, on bobbers in the Wave Wacker on a small rock hump in 8 feet of water only a mile from the warf. Last year I watched a boat bang one fish after another on the deep gravel when it was dead calm, they were using slip bobbers and they were anchored. They must have caught 3 fish to ever beer that was consumed between the three of them.
Slip bobbers are hot on calm nights on the mud, but I cant fathom myself to do it on a calm sunny day. At least not yet.
You learn something new every year I guess. 
Like hooks mentioned about slip bobber fishing during tournaments, it takes alot of confidence and alot of valuable time and work to make that decision to stare at bobbers when the clock is ticking during a major tournament. But I’m a firm believer that decision making and some luck play a huge roll in determining who’s going to finish in the top.
Can be deadly is right Ive placed inthe top 7 for 4years in a row in a tourny out of Flagship.being in the right spot at the right time./Bobber and rocks cant beat it.Best of all any body can do it.
I learned about the WingIt slip bobbers from Ryan Hale. I like these because you can wing ’em good. They do cast well, and you can get a lighted attachment for night fishing. I haven’t used the others so I can’t comment on them, but if these guys say they’re good, then they’re good!
One other thing I’d add is some of the knots that come with slip bobbers are way too thick! They don’t go through the rod eyes well at all. Make sure you take plenty of extra knots and that they’re thin. Also wet your line or spit on it when sliding the knots so you don’t burn your mono.
Great way to fish!
Another good slip-bobber question, Wade! Who here uses commercial bobber stops, and who ties their own stop-knots? I usually just cut off about a foot of 4 or 6lb mono and tie the stop knot using that.
Also, if slip-bobbering makes you drunk, try taking up catfishing. After an all-night bender with the cat poles hanging off the side, what happens slip-bobber fishing for crappies and eyes will seem like a Sunday tea-party.
Sounds like I need to give those cat’s a try sometime!
The egg sinker was mentioned earlier above while bobber fishing!!!
One thing that I have done is use two swivels…….I will tie my hook/jig on to a light leader (fluorocarbon) about 18 inches long. Than I will tie my first swivel to some 10 lb mono about 6 inches long, next place your egg sinker and than tie my second swivel at this point. The two swivels contain the egg sinker and allows it to just slide between the 6 inches of mono. Next tie your main line from your reel with the bobber stop, bead and bobber!
* hook/jig 18 inches of leader
* swivel w/6 inches 10lb mono
* egg sinker 1/4-3/8oz…
* swivel
* bobber stop
* bead w/ bobber
I have found that using the two swivels allows you too sling your slip bobber without having it slide up along your line in the direction of the rod/reel…….
Try it sometime, I think you will notice the difference!
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Another good slip-bobber question, Wade! Who here uses commercial bobber stops, and who ties their own stop-knots? I usually just cut off about a foot of 4 or 6lb mono and tie the stop knot using that
Good point G – I use the pre-made knots because… well because I’m lazy and they cost me about one dollar for a years supply at Ben’s Bait. But I do know guys who make there own too.
And you’re right about catfishing! It’s like it was made to go with boozing!
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