Learn how to tie a slip bobber (slip float) rig in just 5 simple steps. Perfect for presenting bait at the right depth to ...

He actually hit the crankbait pretty hard, but came off as I got him up to the bank. After about 10 minutes without a bite, I switched to the jig-and-bobber setup but had little success early on.

Most bass anglers learn the Texas rig as one of their first bass-specific techniques, and for a good reason. It is an ...

I rig up a slip bobber set at 4 feet and tie on a 1/16-ounce jig and half-inch chartreuse tube. I cast close to the brush and wait for the breeze to push the quill float within range of the ...

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It’s hard to believe we are into the month of August already. Fishing for the most part has held up very well and even the ...

The bulk of the fish appeared to be holding in 8 or 9 feet of water over the 13-foot depths. Among the stack of rods on the deck was one rigged with a slip bobber and light crappie jig.

That’s when a fish sucks in your jig, and the only indication is the spring bobber actually rises because the act of the fish biting negates the weight of the jig hanging from the rod tip.

Bobbers “If some guys want a bobber, I would say that they are conventional fishing like for crappie,” he said. “The term float to me really gets used a lot with the steelhead fishermen." ...

Blackduck area: Leeches or crawlers are producing walleyes on the 10- to 15-foot weedlines during the day, as are crankbaits in shallower water during the evening hours on Blackduck Lake, Gull Lake ...

Best Jig Sizes Use ¼- 1/8- or even 1/16-ounce jigs to pitch to weed walleyes or ½- or 3/8-ounce sizes to cut through heavy river current. There’s no bad time or place to fish a jig for ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures ...