Slip Bobbers for spring Walleye

[Kevan Paul]

Down in Iowa bobber fishing has been the ticket over the last couple weeks. We have been fishing water 5ft or less and under the corks we are running a 1/16th oz jig head tipped with a minnow. Spring fishing has to be some of the best. Does anyone have any crazy cork fishing tactics or stories that they would like to share?

[Coryy]

One of my favorite ways to fish harbor brown trout in the great lakes is with a simple rig that is quite deadly.

A small 1 1/2" white crappie tube jig with 32oz head rigged under a good slip float. Usually tip the jig with one or two wax worms and run it about 5' under the float.

It is a simple cast and let set then twitch a few times and let set for a second or two. Drag in about 1' and repeat the twitch sequence. If the float makes any sort of strange motion then hammer the hook home.

It is amazing the size of fish you will catch on such a small and simple rig.

[DrJuice1980]

Slip bobbering on cabbage weed edges 8-10ft down (on a clearer lake) when the water temp is 63-65 degrees is a Crappie killer. Just have to find the right cabbage weed structure for it to produce.

[Kevan Paul]

That's great guys! Keep them coming! I went out today and the wind was 30 plus and I fished a reef at 4ft. Fished 1 hour and caught 5 nice Walleyes and went home. The best thing about cold windy days is nobody else is on the lake.

[Coryy]

A quick little tip when using slip floats that I like to do if I am fishing shallow fish in cold weather is to use a piece of surgical tubing on my line and instead of running the line through the float is to run the bottom of the float into the tubing and this will then hold the float in place. You can then quickly adjust your depth and there is very minimal contact with the line.

This is what I like to do when steelheading.

[Northlander]

We do the same for loopers up here. I love night fishing with a VMC lighted slip bobber. Something about the glow as it goes under that brings me back to when I was a kid.

[jigginjim]

I went to the splash bobbers have worked good. After two years I have no complaints. I use them for doing guide trips also, I have yet to have one die. I have found to weight them more for crappies I add the Thill weighted rings.

[monstermoose78]

For shallow water during the day I love the wobble bobber from thill. No sinkers if you get the right sized one for the jig size you are using and with a leech you can cast it a long ways if needed.

[Kevan Paul]

I haven't used the wobble yet. Maybe I'll give it a try.