To tie your own slip bobber knot, first, take a length of braided line, lay it parallel with your fishing line and make a loop. / Joe Shead Wrap the bobber stop material around your fishing line ...

Fishing Tips: How to Use a Slip Bobber Effectively. Once you're rigged, bait up, then cast out. Your line will sink down until the bobber stop prevents further progress.

Here is a step by step photo gallery and video on how to tie a Bobber Stop knot. This knot is especially useful when fishing with a slip bobber when the depth the bait is presented is critical.

Although I keep rods ready for many fishing options, one I always have in working order is the slip-bobber rig. This very simple set-up is extremely versatile and should be part of every angler ...

Most people start by sliding on any old slip knot or plastic bobber stop followed by a cheap bobber. They tie on a hook and crimp split shot on the line. Make no mistake. That's not a slip bobber rig.

Like a lot of anglers, I am getting the “fishing bug” and thinking hard about assaulting area waters. I was pondering some of the spots I like to fish in ...

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 ...

Slip bobber fishing may not have originated on Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota, but it certainly was refined there. It’s many rock reefs jutting a foot or two above massive mud flats are made-to ...

Every year just prior to the start of the soft-water fishing season, I receive several e-mails about what my choice is for my favorite lure. I used to wrestle with that issue until I dug my heels ...

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 fish. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.