Reverse Bobber Fishing

[blazer]

Heres a technique I came up with last year by accident that helped to catch quite a few crappies that were hanging out just off the bottom.  I was sick of my line running slowly through my bobber so I took a took pick and made the hole bigger.  In my haste to make the hole bigger I made it too big and the bobber stop could slide through.  However, I found that if I set the line down gently after jigging I could get the bobber stop to sit just on the edge of the hole and hold the line up off the bottom.  I then added a little more weight to the line so the bobber would sink down a few inches under the water level. When a fish came and took the bait, the bobber stop would pull through the bobber and when the bobber came to the top of the water I knew a fish was on.

The tricky part of this is trying to get your weight to just sink the bobber below the water line.  I used this method quite a bit last year and was constantly outfishing my buddy. 

[jigglestick]

Blazer, that sounds absolutely retarded....but if it works, COUNT ME IN!!

you would figure they have to have thought of everything by now, but remember the old factor, we learn more by accident, than by design.

[blazer]

Jigglestick:

I agree that it sounds retarded, but I think it works because if you are dealing with light biting fish they do not feet any resistance from the bobber as they take the bait.  I plan on doing a little more tweaking to the system this winter.  I'll post my results.