Slip Corks

[MUDHOLE KID]

HOW MANY OF YOU MEN FISH SLIP CORKS.I'VE BEAT AROUND WITH THIS AND JUST CAN GET WITH THE PROGRAM.YOU FELLER'S SHOOT ME A COUPLE IDEAS.ALOT OF YOU KNOW MY FISHING HABITS,(FLATHEADS),BUT I WANT TO TRY THE FLOAT DEAL.I WAS THINKING 10'-15' DEEP IN OPEN WATER NEAR MY FLATHEAD SPOTS,(CREEK RUNS,HUMPS,DROPOFFS,)YOU GET THE IDEA?I'VE CAUGHT SOME REALLY GOOD BLUES, BUT I KNOW THERE'S BETTER ONE IN THE LAKE.SOME OF THE STRIPER GUIDES HAVE CAUGHT A FEW BIG'UNS AND I KNOW THEY DRIFT FISH OFF THE SIDE AND FRRLINE HERRING.I BOUGHT SOME 9" CIGAR FLOATS ,SO THATS THE FIRST STEP.I'LL BE ANCHORED AND I KNOW I WON'T GET THE FULL AFFECT OF THE FLOAT RIG SITTING STILL,BUT I ALSO KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO HOOK THEM FISHING ON THE BOTTOM WHICH I DO ALL THE TIME.SO YOU MEN FLIP ME A COUPLE IDEAS ON SLIP CORK TECH. I REALLY THING THIS IS THE SUMMER TIME RIG TO USE IF I CAN FIGURE A ROUTE OUT. THANKS

[CFARMS]

Hello, we used to use a bead (threaded on the line) and a rubber band tied tight and cut back close to the knot on baitcasters. They now sell little packs at Walmart with dacron type line and a piece of plastic that folds over with the line going through it. Hope this helps, GC.

[captwayne]

Ditto on the rubber band and small bead next to the cork.....Works great.....Been using if for years.............

[NightTrain]

Good posts,fellas........I use "baseball bobbers".I put a bead on the main line above the leader/swivel,to stop the cork from workin' down on the fish durin' battle.The corks I use are secured by doublin' the line,above the bobber(adjusted for depth),and crimpin' it into the "STOPPER" on the float.Upon hookset, the crimp pulls loose,and the bobber drops to the leader bead.There is a better way to do this,but, its kinda "worked for me".I set up on channel edges(3-5' next to 35').Adjust your anchoring position, to allow for current/ wind......in order to keep the floats on the edges.I ,occasionally,fish one over in the shallows,and often pick up more fish on the bobbers than downlines.

[MUDHOLE KID]

Hey Train Are You Saying That You Fish 3-5' Deep In 35' Of Water? Thats What I Want To Try Is Achoring On My River Bends For Flatheads And Toss That Cork Over On The Edge Of The Channel. Is 3'-5' Normal For This Time Of Year Or Do You Fish Deeper At Times. I Understand Your Rigging Method. That Depth For The Cork Is Probally On A Week To Week Bases ,right? I Can See Where It Would Make Sense To Maybe Fish A Lil' Deeper At Times Right? Keep That Info Coming So I Can Bust Those Blues Up.i've Got The Flatheads Under Control But The Blues Give Me A Fit This Time Of Year.thank Man.

[NightTrain]

The water is 3'-5' deep on the long hump(old river bluff) that I target alot.If I'm fishing that spot,I might throw one "shallow" line over in that water,but, try to have the others a little longer than my 7' rods......maybe 7'-10',out just off the drop.Kinda like danglin' just off the"shelf".There are ALOT of humps and such in my homewater.I fish my jugs the same way,7'-10' of line,so they don't snag bottom too much.Blues are"cruisers"and will come up in the water column to eat.They are also notorious,at least in my lake,for rootin' up mussell beds.I've had some bigguns literally have "hemmoroids"(tears:cry: )from expelling open shells,and jingle in their bellies,from so many shells.The shallow,open water areas are apparently full of 'em.Things I look for in the Summer:shallow next to deep.....creek mouths......river bends.In the hot summer months,they WILL be up shallow at night;but, in the same breath,I don't target backs of creeks and such.This is just what works for me in my lake.....hope some of this helps ya in your water.Ride up here sometime......I'll demonstrate.

[MUDHOLE KID]

It Does Help And I Can Fish My Water Almost If Not The Same As Yours. I Just Want To Float About Three Rigs While I'm Set Up On Some Of These Bends And Drops. I've Got Several Holes Where I Can Anchor In 20' Of Water And Cast To 40-45' In The Bends Or Cast To 10' Up On A Hump,point.etc.i'm Gonna Figure It Out.as Far As The Trip Up North,man I Want To So Bad You Know I Do.you Just Don't Forget About Ol' Kid.i'll Get Time Here Before Long.i'm Fightin' Garden Season At The Moment,and Fishing As Much As Possible(amap) I'll Get There.i Want The Expert To School Me On The Great Blue Whales.

[NightTrain]

Sounds good....let us know how you do.And I ain't no "expert"......just real passionate about it.If anyone out there does a different set-up,please post up.Always open to learnin' new tricks.:idea:

[gator]

I slipfloat fish all of the time. I buy the Lindy stoppers and use a thin bobber that is still visible to me. That way you can reel all the way up and it makes for easy casting. I usually rig with the hook, splitshot, bead, bobber, bead, and stopper. You can set it to any depth you want. It's okay with fresh dead bait but great with live bait. I'll cast near a dock, for example, and let it drift underneath exactly where I want it. Don't forget to snell you hooks to get a better hookset.

[MUDHOLE KID]

Hey Gator,thanks For The Info,good To Hear From You Too.

[gator]

fish hard over there , South Carolina is a great place.

[mudd_catt]

I use the ready made bobber stops from Wally world, comes in a pack of 15 or so. Basically just a piece of small nylon string wound around a small plastic tube. Slide the line thru the tube, slide the nylon from the tube to your line, tighten the nylon and snip the ends of the nylon, and you are ready for the bead and cork. Works easier for me than the rubber bands, which have a tendency to work loose with a couple of depth adjustments.

The areas I target are the same as NightTrain, humps, mussell flats, river channel drops, and even sometimes over the channel itself. Blues are notorious for rising in the water column at night. I have bee catching blues on jugs as deep as 16 feet in the afternoon, and had to change to as shallow as 4 feet by midnite. And that is fishing the same exact area. I have noticed though, that blues especially, when they get BIG, tend to act more like stripers and largemouth bass, and suspend more the bigger they get. Really more so in open slow moving water.

[MUDHOLE KID]

Thanks Mudd Catt.i'll Try It Asap. Read My New Post On Stuip And You'll See Why I'm Going To Have To Wait

[NightTrain]

Yep,muddcat........agree.Seen 'em rollin' on schoolin' bait,before!

[armadillohill]

I have used many kinds of bobber stopers. The best ones I have found, I get from Cabelas. They come in three sizes to fit your line size. They come attached to a round white plastic ring with five thin wires. Each wire has four or five rubber stoppers on it. I find these to be the most trouble free. They slip less and cast well. I use these fishing for crappie and catfish in Lake Conroe & Lake Livingston.
I have three hooks on my jug lines about three feet apart. I catch fish on all hook depths. The cats are not always just on the bottom.