Deadstick vs. Bobber

[MN BassFisher]

Duff, are you going after trout in that picture? Otherwise it seems awful close to shore! Haha

[reinhard1]

that's what i thought also [trout]. good luck.

[Duffman]

I love fishing for stream trout that way, a little breeze makes your jig do a little jig. But that's a twilight set-up for walleye. Looks are deceiving, I think that was in about 12-13ft of water on first ice. As in I'll stick to this thicker layer of ice and not venture any further out first ice.

[RiverFish]

I use a combination of set ups for my 2nd and 3rd line. Walleyes I will typically deadstick.

If I get set up on a group of suspended crappies I will tend to use bobbers, that way I can see the negative hits easier.

Other times for crappies if I am outside hole hopping I will use tip downs, very similiar to deadsticking.

[reinhard1]

years ago we used to fish lake trout that way with dead smelt in deeper water on the bottom. i used to squeeze a piece of toilet paper on the line near the tip. the toilet paper let me know if i had a bite when the trout took a run. good luck.