Spring bobbers

[crappieseeker]

Hey everyone. I just recieved my new thorne bros. perch sweat heart plus rods and I am wondering which spring bobbers will work with them. I looked at the thorne bros. HSOforum and their bobbers don't seem to fit my rods. Any help is greatly appreciated. Also any tips on using a sring bobber would also be appreciated as I have never used one.

Thanks

[Matt Johnson]

Do you have the regular Perch Sweet Heart or the Outside version? The Thorne Bros spring bobber will fit the regular Perch Sweet Heart, even though it doesn't say it on their website. It won't fit the outside version because of the oversized guides, same with the walleye rods and up.

So, the Thorne Bros spring bobber will fit the Panfish Sweet Heart, Sweet Thing Plus, Finesse Plus, Sweet Pea and the Perch Sweet Heart...

[crappieseeker]

Thanks Matt.

How do you rig the spring bobber? DO you have any suggestions for a guy very new to ice fishing? Would you recommend the spring bobber or another bobber or no bobber at all?

Thank you again.

PS I have the regular Perch Sweet Heart.

[Matt Johnson]

I would definitely reccomend the spring bobber. It slides right into the rod tip and will fit nice and snug. All you do is run your line through the coil of the spring and then after that right down through the rest of the guides like normal.

I would also get one of the Threaders too, it makes things a whole lot easier when feeding the line through the spring bobber.

Here's a link to both the spring bobber and the Threader...

Thorne Bros Spring Bobber and Threader

One thing with this spring bobber though is that it will ice up on cold days, so when fishing in cold conditions its best to be inside a portable when using it.

The spring bobber is going to help you detect more bites, no doubt about that. It will also help you more easily mimic natural movements when jigging. This is due to the fact that the spring will absorb some of the shock when jigging and cause the jig to move with more subtle movements. More quivers and shakes instead of hops and bounces.

I use spring bobbers on a regular basis when targeting panfish and perch in the winter...

[crappieseeker]

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All you do is run your line through the coil of the spring and then after that right down through the rest of the guides like normal.

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Matt,

This is probably a dumb question, but you said that you run your line through your spring bobber then through the guides. Do you run the bobber through the guides as well until it fits into the last guide?

[Matt Johnson]

Here's a couple pictures of the Thorne Bros spring bobber and how it's rigged up...

This is the same spring bobber that you will be getting for your Perch Sweet Heart...

[crappieseeker]

Matt,

Do you run the line throught the spring bobber before you spool your reel or does it just appear that way in the picture.

Thanks again.

[Matt Johnson]

You can run it through after you spool as well...