St Croix Spring Bobbers

[Sutty]

I want to try them out this year. I want to pick up one for walleye and one for perch. Should I get a m for the walleye or would I need the M/H? And than a L for the pannies?

[hanson]

It really depends on the weight of the lures you are fishing, and not necessarily the species of fish you are after, although there is definitely a correlation between bigger lures and larger fish.

For panfish, when I'm fishing 1/32oz jigs and smaller, I use the L spring. It is the one with the orange dot on it. Once you start getting into heavier jigs, you need to either slide the spring into the grommet further, or move up to the next spring. If you don't, the spring "hangs" down to far and doesn't do its job properly.

I'm sorry to say but I don't have much experience with the other springs, just the orange (L) and recently picked up the pink (M) and haven't used it yet.

[Swimmer]

In-Fisherman says 30 degrees is the magic dangle angle.

[Sutty]

They have a video set up in gander with someone from across the pond (not Millacs) fishing with them. They said the same thing 30 degrees

[Deitz Dittrich]

Sutty- the guy in the video is Greg K, the inventor of the rod for St.Croix...

[Sutty]

Well he should know how to fish it than He talked me into buying one to try but I couldn't make up my mind in the store which model to go with.

[CALVINIST]

I thought they for St Croix Legend ice rods exclusively because the tip of the rod has two guides, one for the line and the other for the spring bober insert. Am I wrong? I don't like the Frabil ones because once the temp gets too cold they ice up.

[Sutty]

If you search through the posts you will find an idea for a work-around.

[Ralph Wiggum]

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I thought they for St Croix Legend ice rods exclusively because the tip of the rod has two guides, one for the line and the other for the spring bober insert. Am I wrong? I don't like the Frabil ones because once the temp gets too cold they ice up.

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Calvinist,

I improvised, and the results are great! Here's a link that explains what I did.

[Duffman]

Ralph,

What size guide and gromment worked together best? And where did you find the material needed for this project?

Thanks

[Ralph Wiggum]

I'll look at the size of the guide later and get back to you. Anyhow, I got it at Cabelas. From memory, I smashed the ceramic ring out and the hole that remained was a quarter inch. I got some tiny grommets at Ace Hardware. They've got a eighth inch hole in them and are designed to fit in a quarter inch hole (perfect, huh? ).

From there, I put the grommet it the guide, epoxied the guide to the end of the rod, wrapped it tightly with thread, then coated the thread with expoxy. It's not perfect, but it looks pretty darn good and does the job very well.

Like I said, if my camera wasn't broken, I'd take a few pictures. E-mail me if you have any more specific questions (check in my profile for the address).