Image via WikipediaHi everyone, The weather here dropped below 100 for a while and I went fishing with my grandsons. They range from 3 to 12 and there are 4 of them. I never got to fish, I spent the whole time sticking worms on the hook, dislodging hooks from trees, bushes, rocks and hats. I had a ball.
For the most part the younger ones used bobbers and the 2 older ones used everything else in my tackle box, they finally went to bobbers in the end just to catch a few fish. I have to work on retrieve speed with them some more.
Today I want to talk about bobbers. I love watching bobbers but they are getting a bit hard to see anymore especially at dusk. I started looking for something a bit more visible but just as buoyant as the slender bobbers I have been using.
I found my new favorite bobber - well 2 actually. I like the Gapen All Panfish and the Mr. Crappie. These are slender bobbers with a highly visible, long stem that stays above water until something bites my offering.
I usually use these floats as fixed floats unless the water is too deep. I put enough tiny split shot just below the float to get the bulk under water so there is very little resistance when the fish bite. That is why I like the long orange and yellow stems. And the kids can find them when they stop gawking at the ducks and geese.
What I did for the 3 year old is to add a circle hook with a very small Berkley Power Trout Worm threaded all the way onto a #6 hook. I tried it threaded normally and all the fish did was nibble on the ends, wacky rigging didn't work either. When I put the whole thing on the hook he started catching fish.
Believe me it takes a while to thread anything onto a small circle hook but it is worth the effort. There is nothing as fun as a 3 year old with his first big fish.
