Floater

[merkman]

The northerns never hit it, a few nip at it on the head.

I suppose that makes sense since northerns will rarely get aggressive with a non jigged fake decoy.

[shamalex72]

I use a floater all the time, I like to put my floater down first wait about 10-15 min and then put my live sucker over top if I don't see anything. I have speared some nice fish before I even get the live decoy down. Pretty much every time the northerns come into it really slow, so you have alot of time to get ready. The northerns never hit it, a few nip at it on the head.

Do you use a northern floater? How far off bottom do you usually run it?

[Gordie]

looks sweet sham Imagine if someone steps into your house and that ia in the hole . could play some games with peoples heads with that one...

[bassNspear]

nice looking decoy sham! Once again, best of the best!

[Capt'nMorgan]

I suppose that makes sense since northerns will rarely get aggressive with a non jigged fake decoy.

[behind-the-head]

The floater I use is red and white its about 12" long. I would actually use one alot bigger than that. I usually run my floater just so my live sucker will swim over top and I usually run my live decoy about six feet down depending how deep I am. I would like a few more and I would have two to three down at once with my live sucker on top.

[shamalex72]

I am going to try it out tomorrow. Hopefully I will have many pics of fish coming to check it out.

It should be fun, heading up to North Long and I am taking a couple guys that I work with.

[Laska]

Had to start makin my own sounds awsome, should have mine done by saturday, sham what are you using to weight it down?

[Gordie]

BNS's saw it would at least be easy to retrive

[merkman]

Howa bout just filling a red and white bear creek with squirt foam insulation?

[Gordie]

better yet just plug the holes on a bear creek and you got a floater

[merkman]

better yet just plug the holes on a bear creek and you got a floater

Huhhhh!

Old age and experience will always trump out young age and exuberance!!

Good idea Elwood.

[shamalex72]

Had to start makin my own sounds awsome, should have mine done by saturday, sham what are you using to weight it down?

A five pound barbell.

[bassNspear]

BNS's saw it would at least be easy to retrive

[BOUNCED]

why wreck a perfect decoy

It's a plastic decoy in a sport rich with tradition.

We need to get you out decoy shopping

[Gordie]

Originally Posted By: Bass N Spear

why wreck a perfect decoy

It's a plastic decoy in a sport rich with tradition.

We need to get you out decoy shopping

great minds think alike spearhead you know what I'm talking about.

[Laska]

So sham you get to try it out yet?

[bassNspear]

decoy shopping, i dont need to when i have bear creeks!

[Gordie]

yep nothing like a good tradional plastic decoy. You must fish alot of plastics for bass and cant break the habit

[bassNspear]

sure do! But that is a totaly different type of fishing, nothing even close to spearing bud!

[shamalex72]

Had one little guy sneak in under the floater, you can just see his snout in the top of the pic.

Ended up gettin two right away this morning, both about the same size(3lbs.)First one came to the minnow first then over to the walleye decoy. The second came to the walleye decoy about twenty minutes later.

[MJ1657]

The floater looks so incredibly realistic.

[Laska]

my wife just checked out the photo n thought it was real n she has seen the real thing in the hole too, thats awsome sham! How did the weight and retrieving work?

[Gordie]

will he real pike swim out of the hole... that is really something sham .nice work

[shamalex72]

How did the weight and retrieving work?

good. I made a little cradle for it to sit in that I attached to a couple chimney cleaning rods. The rods are threaded on each end so you can add as many as needed.