06-10-2006, 09:48 PM
[cool][#0000ff]A plain old red and white bobber will work, with a piece of meat on a plain or circle bait hook. However, what those guys were using was some of my "bobber head" jigs. These are special jig heads, poured on Matsuo red sickle hooks, made with a dart jig mold. See this link: [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=221089;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread"][#333366][size 1]BOBBER-HEAD JIGS[/size][/#333366][/url][#000000][size 1] [/size][/#000000]
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[#0000ff]There are a couple of things the bobber head jigs do that plain hooks usually do not do as well. First, with a little bit of weight, they keep the bait straight down below the bobber...and wiggle when the bobber wiggles. Second, those Matsuo hooks are super sharp. If you leave the tip of them exposed in the bait they bite into the cat when it chomps down and pulls against the bobber...starting the hookset process. It is rare to miss one that has taken the bobber down or to have one come unbuttoned after you set the hook.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have now fished them in as little as two feet of water and as deep as 7 feet on a slip bobber. If you get the depth set right, they are really effective. Since they also add bright color, they are almost like fishing a corky rig from the surface. My best results have come on the chartreuse with a hot red eye.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are a couple of things the bobber head jigs do that plain hooks usually do not do as well. First, with a little bit of weight, they keep the bait straight down below the bobber...and wiggle when the bobber wiggles. Second, those Matsuo hooks are super sharp. If you leave the tip of them exposed in the bait they bite into the cat when it chomps down and pulls against the bobber...starting the hookset process. It is rare to miss one that has taken the bobber down or to have one come unbuttoned after you set the hook.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have now fished them in as little as two feet of water and as deep as 7 feet on a slip bobber. If you get the depth set right, they are really effective. Since they also add bright color, they are almost like fishing a corky rig from the surface. My best results have come on the chartreuse with a hot red eye.[/#0000ff]
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