slip bobber line

Using power pro for slip bobbering. Any thoughts? Does the bobber stop hold? Does split shot hold? Not enough stretch?

Been using it for quite a few years, the threded style bober stops will get loose if they dry up and if the slip bobber has a small hole it gets tough for the line to slip though with light weights. Otherwise it works great.

Mono is king for slip bobbers! I have tried it all and found going back to 6 lb mono is the best for me.

I prefer mono for slip bobbering , I feel it slips thu bobber easier also the knott and pinch on sinker hold better for me .I am using 6lb Cortland line… JMHO

green fireline, swivel and then about 3′ of vanish 6lb. to jig or plain hook depending on wind. Need to see that line when getting tight. Oh and if you go to devils lake go with 14lb. fireline and 12lb. vanish then pretend you are bass fishing when in that timber! Thats my favorite set-up and it worked good on Mille Lacs today!

Good luck!

Personally, I see no reason for “Superlines” for corking. I use exclusively mono. I tailor make my bobbers and pick rods based on how mono performs. I use rods with little back bone, and a good sweeping motion. You do not need a sensitive rod…it is not telegraphing the strike to you like most rods and presentations need to. The bobber does that. Line needs to be limp and smooth to go through a bobber unimpeded. Superlines fray, and who knows how long that takes? And it “Saws” the edges of the floats. There is nothing worse than watching a slip bobber for a long time and finally realizing the line never went through the bobber because it got stuck in the groove it wore! The light action rod in a length between 7-9 feet makes a nice sweet arc at hook set. When the fish fights it’s way in the rod keeps tension on the fish helping keep it on the hook.

I like 6# mono all the way and 2 foot Flouro leaders.

6 pound mono here also on 8-9′ ml rods.

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green fireline, swivel and then about 3′ of vanish 6lb. to jig or plain hook depending on wind.

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I’m the same as scottb minus the green. I use smoke.

I use 20lb power pro for most channel cat bobbering I do. I have bobbers 5 years old with no grooves in them. These fish would take you to the wood shed with anything less. I ran 10lb mono for a while and it was broken often, 12lb doesn’t run very well. I especially like it when a good fish gets into the weeds. Nice thing about PP is the line doesn’t get abraided by a bobber knot.

That being said..I should say that I was speaking of walleye..

Mono only for me, but I only fish Mille Lacs and other northern lakes. If I was on Devils Lake in N.D., or any other lake where you are fishing timber, I would use the superline/mono leader set up, but for open water, mono will out fish that set up everyday of the year. The reason I say that is very simple. Drift speed. Mono is a limp line that allows a bobber/bait to drift closer to the current speed than a superline will. The stiffness and sinking of the superlines slows the bait too much for drifting a bait into the strike area effectively.