What Is a Slip Bobber and Why Use One? A slip bobber is a low-impact way to present a bait at a certain depth, whether it's just off the bottom, just above weed tops or at the same level as suspended ...
Fishermen often over-analyze a situation, make techniques and approaches too complex. We end up outsmarting ourselves. We can cite a million reasons, from the weather to the calendar, for why fish ...
As I am gearing up for the upcoming gamefish season, I always find plenty of little projects to keep me busy. Going through and tending my arsenal of rods and reels is one of the annual tasks that ...
From nightcrawler harness how to for walleye, to slip bobber tips, to 5 ways to become a better angler, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s attention on Fishing on SI this ...
Legendary north woods guide Greg Bohn is known as Mr. Slip Bobber for a good reason -- he's spent the past 30 years in northern Wisconsin perfecting the tactic that is one of the most used and least ...
The surface of Crooked Creek Lake was as flat as a tabletop with not even a breeze to stir it. Weather-wide, I was fortunate to squeeze in four relatively rain-free hours in what had otherwise been a ...
There are lots of ways to catch fish. Some anglers like to try to learn a new technique every year. Others like to refine a technique that they’re already familiar with. Doing so increases that angler ...
Unlike the previous brush piles I had fished — ones found in 15 to 20 feet of water — this one was in just 11 feet, with branches extending nearly to the surface. I picked up a rod rigged with a slip ...