Slip bobber article.

[WillageD]

For anyone who is interested, Gord Pyzer (the guy is a fishing god here in Canada) put out a good article on slip bobbering today.

http://www.northernontario.travel/fishing/slip-slidin-away-tips-for-national-fishing-week

[Jay Thomas]

Thanks for the post. Gord certainly covered the basics of slip bobbering well.

However, for lots more detail, read Greg Bohn's book entitled "Master the Art of Slip Bobbering" (ISBN 978-0615-12875-7).

Jay

[puckster_guy]

Great article ty. A few more good reads on his site too. Ty for posting.

[johnny walleye]

I need to try this out.

[SgtCrabby]

Nice article, and talk about timing; I just bought some slip floats/bobber yesterday

[Jay Thomas]

A few tips for you guys about to try slip bobbering. Firstly, the article by Gord Pyzer does not advise you to use a small glass bead between your slip bobber knot and the slip bobber. If you don't add the small glass bead, the bobber can slide right over the slip bobber knot defeating the whole purpose. Secondly, add a couple of small split shot to your leader below the slip bobber to balance the rig (add enough split shot so that your slip bobber is at least half submerged).

Order of slip bobber components

Bobber slip knot
Slip knot glass bead
Bobber
Swivel
24 to 30 inches leader (2 lbs less than main line) to bait/lure
Weights to balance rig (always add the weight to the line rather than increasing the weight of a jig).

I'm looking forward to reading your trip reports.

Jay

[WillageD]

A few tips for you guys about to try slip bobbering. Firstly, the article by Gord Pyzer does not advise you to use a small glass bead between your slip bobber knot and the slip bobber. If you don't add the small glass bead, the bobber can slide right over the slip bobber knot defeating the whole purpose. Secondly, add a couple of small split shot to your leader below the slip bobber to balance the rig (add enough split shot so that your slip bobber is at least half submerged).

Order of slip bobber components

Bobber slip knot
Slip knot glass bead
Bobber
Swivel
24 to 30 inches leader (2 lbs less than main line) to bait/lure
Weights to balance rig (always add the weight to the line rather than increasing the weight of a jig).

I'm looking forward to reading your trip reports.

Jay

Thanks for the added info Jay. I need to give it a try. I find with the light bite on Kipawa it would be helpful landing fish as when they are hitting the bait there is alot less resistence than there would be if you're hold the rod with a tight line, therefore leaving the fish less suspicious of the bait and giving them time to take more of the bait/hook.

[CaptainCrappie]

Another opinion from someone that has had problems figuring out when to set the hook when that bobber does submerge.  I've been using circle hooks and it has increased my hook up ratio dramatically.  Almost fool proof depending on the rank of the fool. A number 2 usually works for me but depending on the size of the leech I've also used a 1/0.  I tie my own snells (since I lost moby dick when the line broke right at the snell on a store bought snell) and also I like to use a soft glow bead ahead of it. Sometimes a red hook seems to help as well. 

C.C.