floats / bobbers

[fireman]

Do you have preference on the type of floats you use when fishing? Size, shape, the ones that flash? Do you change up for different conditions?

 

[Cappy]

I guess I am old fashioned or go by if it works don't fix it. But I still use the same thing I have used for all my life they come in different colors but I use this:
http://www.floatsunlimited.com/c200rw-25.html

 

[dinosaur]

I use Thill brand slip bobbers. But, when I was a kid I used to make them out of pine, paint them red and white and cut a notch at one end to tie the line onto. They would lay flat on the water until a fish bit. Then they would stand up before going down.

 

[Cappy]

Different fishing technique. We sued small lead weights a couple inches above the hook this made the corks stand up if they didn't stand up it meant you were either on bottom or a underwater branch and not floating free.

 

[jason]

Which ever ones were on sale. I have a few different types including the ones mentioned above and some eagle claw snap on floats. I have never used any that light up or anything like that.

 

[dinosaur]

I used to use the lighted ones to throw past the weed banks and catch the bass when shore fishing at night.

 

[Grandpa]

I'm not much of a fisherman but I have used a "castabubble" to pull a wetfly with a spinning outfit.

 

[ppine]

I agree with Gandpa. For cold water species the clear cast bubble works. For half a night crawler that looks like a leech, I like to inflate the worm with a syringe and use a slip weight. I rarely use any other type of bobber or float.

 

[briansnat]

If I need to go down deep I use a slip bobber. Otherwise the Walmart specials.