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ULTRA LIGHT SLIP BOBBER SETUP

So this is my ultralight bobber setup for bluegill fishing is composed of Eagle Claw PowerLight five foot IM7 graphite rod (very sensitive) Pflueger ultralight reel, 4 pound monofilament, Eagle Claw octopus lazer sharp hook size number 8 and thill slip bobber . I was pretty happy with the set up until I started catching about the tenth fish in yesterdays outing. Something was seriously lacking. there was no bluegill violent head shake that I could notice on the rod it was like I was fighting spongebob. I could feel no solid hookset. When I originally put this set up together I thought I didn't need braid on this setup because you don't need the sensitivity. But you need the braid on there to experience the full fight potential of the bluegill. Solution I stripped about 70 feet of 6 pound braid off of one my ultralight setups and spooled it on top of the mono filament existing in the ultralight bobber setup. Big difference night and day! I could now feel every head shake of that bluegill. Not only do you need braid on your setups for sensitivity you need it to experience the full fighting potential of a bluegill.

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Comment by Steve Wilson on August 24, 2014 at 7:00pm: Another one here.

McDonalds black coffee stir sticks and 20# braided backing for bigger ones.

Use drink stirring "straw" tubes and 8# mono for smalll

line.

Pack of beads (850 ) from Micheals for a couple of bucks and I'm fixed for life for about 10 bucks

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on August 24, 2014 at 6:36pm: Ken,
Tie your own stop knots? I thought Inwas the only one!
Good job!

Comment by jim cosgrove on August 24, 2014 at 6:32pm: ken i am constantly tweaking .i outsmart myself too often tho.you can really throw with the nano,i had not heard of it until early spring when i was buying a few things at the local tackle store. a couple young guys were raving about it .i bought some and it really did give me extra distance and did not get torn up in the brush on my crappie trip.fireline tends to get frayed rubbing on brush and dock structure.

Comment by Slip Sinker on August 24, 2014 at 5:11pm: jim cosgrove... i rigged my ultralight jigging rod with a slip bobber and took that out with me this afternoon. it is now spooled with Nanofil... fishing shallow i put my first cast on some ones lawn. lol.

thanks carl!... your a purist!

Jim Gronaw ... i tie my own using 20lb chartreuse Dacron using a bobber stop knot and a plastic bead...

Comment by Jim Gronaw on August 24, 2014 at 4:06pm: Ken...what kind of bobber stops are you using?

Comment by carl hendrix on August 24, 2014 at 10:04am: good looking set up Ken;; but I still prefer my quill floats!!

Comment by jim cosgrove on August 24, 2014 at 7:42am: the debate continues.i use braid for the sensitivity .only time i use a float is to hover over a brush pile or to drift over some thingi use mono for crappie fishing and lake michigan perch or any where i know i am gonna hang up alot.just a lot easier to break off and re rig.i like the casting distance nano fil gives me .it is better than braid .i still have not broken off a fish on nano where i have with braid.i still have the same braid on reels for years and dont have to worry about dry rot or coils.

Comment by Slip Sinker on August 24, 2014 at 7:33am: i am guilty of tweaking and adjusting out there in the field (or should i say BOW) many times spent more time tweaking than fishing. always trying to step up my game. it improves overall satisfaction in the long run.

many people have asked "what do you enjoy about fishing the most?" and i would always have to respond the HOOKSET and ensuing battle. fishing for panfish? step it down to UL or Light outfits if the cover allows. if there is a way to improve that hookset and ensueing battle im on it and i think replacing the mono with braid does that for me.

just thought id share.

good fishing everyone!

Comment by Slip Sinker on August 24, 2014 at 7:25am: thanks Tony... from feeling no violent headshakes to wow is the only way i could explain it. been fishing braid for eight years now and never really caught this until yesterday. i was catching fish side by side with two similar rods... one setup for drop shot with braid and one for bobbers mono. i actually had to do a double take on the rod composition... both were im7. the overall difference fighting SpongeBob with mono or a marlin with braid.