Anybody bobber fish with soft plastics?

[slonezp]

Did quite well bobber fishing around docks yesterday using Gulp. It's a common practice for panfish. Is it unheard of for bass? If so, I'm going to coin the term the Slonezp Rig. Wonder how using the Slonezp Rig in a tournament would go over.

[Koz]

Funny you should ask. The other day I was fishing with my 11 year old son and his reel was out of fishing line (don't ask - he's 11 and gaining experience). We biked to our location and I didn't have any line in my shoulder bag, so he hung out and explored while I took a few more casts.

 

He found some discarded line with a small hook and a small bobber on it, so he grabbed a plastic grub from the tackle box, set it up, and tossed the line in by hand. Within 20 minutes he had pulled in a breem and a small bass. I think he had more fun pulling them in by hand than using his rod and reel.

[Bluebasser86]

I use to fish a grub under a bobber a lot the same way I'd fish one for crappie. Give it a little pull and let it swing back under the bobber and sit there for a few seconds before repeating. Caught a lot of bass that way, as well as having quite a few bass hit my bobber.

[A-Jay]

A wacky rigged stick bait under a slip bobber (with a long leader) is an excellent way to 'float' a very tempting presentation to smallies when they are suspended out over deep water.    Works particularly well in clear water on windy days - 

Need lighter line, spinning gear & long casts.

A-Jay

[Cgolf]

I tried a finesse worm on a slider head underneath a big slip bobber with no bobber stop.  The theory was to use the float to allow me to work the bait near vertically instead of having the bait hopping forward around vertical cover like reeds. Of course I only tried it on one outing, but did catch a nice 14" crappie on it. Might want to give it another try, because as I write it out it still sounds like a good idea. 

[d-camarena]

Theres a sticky on it somewere

[hunterPRO1]

was crappie fishing with my grandad and he caught a 7lb bass on a crappie jig under a bobber.

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I take the hooks off a popper and use it as a bobber for plastic, but more often feather lures, so technically, yes.

[the reel ess]

14 hours ago, hunterPRO1 said:

was crappie fishing with my grandad and he caught a 7lb bass on a crappie jig under a bobber.

This is a well-kept secret for wintertime trophy bass. My buddy trolls for crappie a lot and he has caught several big'uns on tiny jigs, including one over 8 lbs. I have a friend with a pond who says the best bait there is a pink and white tube jig.

 

This kinda blows the big bait-big fish theory.