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Comment by Dwayne Denison on January 13, 2013 at 11:28am

Thanks John, Right now I am using an old hook setter rod, sometimes I use a Berkley lightening rod. I am looking a eagle claw or one from cabelas to use.

 

Comment by John Sheehan on January 13, 2013 at 7:49am

Yes Dwayne unless I need shot above the Jig head at which point the bead  falls to where I place the shot.

The bead protects the bottom of the float stem from splitting and cracking .The Crappie photo above shows a broken stem at the bottom end of that exacy pencil  float ,before I employed the bead .I had to cut down and smooth out the broken area before using the float again. 

Dwayne-What brand and weight/action 7' rod are you using?

Comment by Dwayne Denison on January 12, 2013 at 3:52pm

John on the pencil float, you use a bead on bottom of float. I read why you do that, but I have a question. Does bead fall down and hit jig head, when in water?

Comment by Dwayne Denison on January 12, 2013 at 3:49pm

Thanks Vince, I am looking to getting a new rod, just for slip bobbers. I use a 7 ft rod right now. I was thinking about a light action 9 footer.

Comment by Vince Fusco on January 11, 2013 at 4:06pm

I probably use a shorter rod than most, but I use a 5 1/2' lite action spinning rod. To 

Comment by Dwayne Denison on January 11, 2013 at 3:36pm

what kind of rod and length do most of you guys use while slip floating?

Comment by John Sheehan on December 28, 2012 at 4:03pm

Allen Morgans floats: http://bigbluegill.com/photo/2012floats

Comment by John Sheehan on December 15, 2012 at 2:16pm

It's been all about Slip Floating Yellow Perch from the bank for the past couple weeks .I'm not catching anything else. Today, "Dancing in my head" was the sound of Johnny Wilkins ' voice ,which I've heard by the way on his Podcast show.The voice  said " get the weight away from the hook." Well I am a bad student but after using an 1/8th oz jig under a float and only catching one dink Yellow Perch ,I decided to switch to a 16th oz Jig and use split shot 6" and 8" up the line away from the hook . Made a big difference and the action  was pretty good .To be able to catch about 15 Yellows in an hour and a half from shore this late in mid December makes be pleased!

Comment by John Sheehan on December 13, 2012 at 12:34pm

LOL! I'd like to catch that Leprechaun and try my hand at tricking him to reveal where that gold is!

Comment by Tony Livingston on December 13, 2012 at 12:29pm

Slip floats are versatile enough to catch nearly anything. You bait a hook with Lucky Charms, hang it beneath a slip float, and hang on.....non stop Leprechaun action..............

Tie on a old molar, or incisor.......trophy tooth fairies.  Yes, there's more than one.....they're real light biters though.......

My favorite bait? Carrots plucked from the Green Giant's garden.....I once hooked a melanistic unicorn on one of those.....he got off before I could reel him in though........

Sloooooowwww day..................

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