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There is so much information to take in when learning the nuances of fishing. I get more out of your videos because you keep it simple. I didn't know that about a worm, but it makes so much sense! Catfish are notorious free-loaders!
Thanks Nat! I began my fishing journey about 4 months ago and have fallen in love with it. Your videos were extremely helpful when first starting off and are still providing me with incredibly useful information. Thanks again!
I've been waiting for this video thank you so much you videos are the best for a newbie like me and even some long time angler too from what the comments say.
Dude! What are the odds that I was just salmon fishing out of that same harbor you showed in the background while talking about a bobber and eggs? We went for a week and we're going back in September. I have been fishing for quite a few years, and I thought I knew a lot about fishing but you have given me so much more useful information over the last month or so! Keep up the great work, Nat! Love the videos!
Hi Nat, your videos are so great, I just start to fish with the spincast rod, and I find everything that I need to learn in your channel! Thanks a lot!
A million Thanks for this video!! And for helping me to improve my fishing learning and skills thanks for introduced me to this beautiful activity I was one of the many to ask for this video. Cause I really like Bobber fishing 🙂 Keep up the great and inspiring informative content. ❤
I use the Thill pro series slip float. I like the slip float because you can adjust to any depth easily and Thill pro series floats are balsa wood so good sensitivity, also highly visible. I use the Thill Big Fish slider for fishing live bait for bass and catfish. A deadly setup for panfish is take a 1/32 jighead, I like the gold jigs from Cabelas with Mustad hooks. Thread a Powerbait Nymph onto the jig and a bb split shot about 4 or 5 inches above that. Use a loopknot. Tie to a swivel and add another little splitshot below the swivel. Put under a slip float and sits evenly in the water and has great subtle action and look like a bug
I have no interest in fishing at all. But this video seemed to be comprehensive! Thanks for explaining this premise. (I was telling someone what a bobber is with no real knowledge of how it works, so this video helped is out.)
Thanks. These are the styles that the vast majority of people will come across. I didn't want to get too "deep in the weeds" with the lesser known/used styles.
bobbers in america are so different then europe I always used small splitshots like .50 grams max and slide them depending on conditions. If I want my bait go fast I line up the splitshots. If I want just bites I spread the splitshots or line up a few at the top and one at the bottom to target top, middle and bottom water all in one cast. and the usually have a eye where the line goes through
Where I live the water gets incredibly weedy by the first week in July. I like to use a bobber just to keep my worm floating either at the edge of the weeds or just above the weeds.
You just cast it out and leave it for the most part. The only time you reel it in is to re-cast it, or if you want to twitch it to get the fish's attention.
I have a question，do i have to count the actual weight of the bobber in the total casting weight of my rod？Since there arent any 11ft float fishing rods being sold here in NA，I‘ll have to use my 7ft mh lure rod to float fish，and it only has 47g（1 1/2 oz）of lure rating. Should i bring a weight to measure the total weight of the rig（bobber+beads+weight+hook+bait）to prevent damaging my rod？
Yes, the bobber would count as part of the weight of the rig. The recommended lure weight on the rod is not a hard limit though that will damage your rod if you exceed it. It's just a recommendation for the best performance. You don't want to exceed it by 300% or anything, but casting a 2oz rig on a 1.5oz-rated rod is not a big problem.
When using a beginner bobber do you use a weight? Or do you just have the hood straight to the line and the bobber? Do i need a swivel and a slider? Newbie asking.
No need for a swivel or slider. The weight is optional. It can help get your bait down faster if you're fishing deep, but having your bait fall slowly (naturally) is often best to get the most bites. You probably aren't fishing more than a few feet deep anyway unless you're using a slip bobber.
Once you cut the worm in half (or quarter), I put back the rest of the worm into the bin, but can never find that half-worm again. Any tricks to this? I don't want to find a binful of half worms!
Haha, this is a funny but very real problem! The broken worms tend to burrow as deep as they can. I'm assuming it's because they're hiding somewhere to heal the break. When I was a kid, my dad cut the bottom out of a mixed nut can and put a lid on both the bottom and top. When the worms all burrowed down to the bottom, we'd just flip the can over and the bottom is now the top!
Hello my GF and I recently found a love for fishing but we aren't very good. We catch a lot of pike/pickerel (idk the difference.) Do you have any tips on how to pick them up out of the water and unhook them? In Maine they are invasive and we are supposed to kill them but we don't really like to do that so how do we safely unhook them? I've seen you grab them right out of the water but its a little nerve racking for me so idk if there is a noob way to unhook a fish with teeth? Also do you have any recommendations on a beginner lure kit? Something that has a little bit of everything? Or should I avoid kits and build a tackle box of my own?
If you grab them behind the head, you can get a strong grip there away from their teeth. They tend to be firm there too so you can hold on tight even if they start squirming. Fish grips are another option but they can damage the fish's mouth or jaws. Check out my Beginner's Guide to Fishing Gear video for a few recommendations on a good, basic beginner fishing setup. th-cam.com/video/rhhBPNUXYis/w-d-xo.html
It's an effective way to fish for perch. They love minnows and worms. But perch are pretty easy to catch on small jigs and spinners too. My preferred way to catch them is just a small jig and plastic minnow.
@@FishingwithNat are you casting that or just vertically jigging? Come summer I usually am just casting and going for walleye and pike. I don't catch any perch until ice fishing season. I'd like to catch a few in open water season too.
@@charleslefebvre5515 Either, but perch generally hang near the bottom so keep it close to the bottom. I catch them a lot on small jigs/swimbaits moved slowly near the bottom around vegetation.
So how would I know how much line to give out with any given depth for the slip bobber. For example, if I’m fishing I’m 15 ft of water, how much line do I need to let out to make sure my bait is at the right depth? Thanks
That really depends. If you were in 15 feet of water and there was a school of crappies suspended at 6 feet down, you'd want your bait sitting at 5-6 feet to keep it right in front of / above them. But if you were fishing a rocky reef that's 15 feet down, you might want to be at 14 or 14.5 feet down to target walleyes or perch near the bottom. If you were in 15 feet of water with vegetation growing about 3 feet up from the bottom, you might want to hold a bait right over the top of the plants about 12 feet down from the surface. Does that answer your question?
@@FishingwithNat Kind of. So let’s say I want my hair 12 feet below the surface, how would I make sure my bait goes to that depth. Do I have yo adjust the line for different depths?
@@dd1190 You would set your bobber stop 12 feet up the line from the hair jig. The jig will sink and pull line through the slip bobber until it hits the bobber stop. If your jig is not heavy enough to pull the line through by itself, add a split shot sinker to the line a foot or two above the jig.
@@dd1190 You would set your bobber stop 12 feet up the line from the bait. Your jig will sink and pull the 12ft of line through the slip bobber until it reaches the bobber stop. If your jig is not heavy enough by itself, add a split shot sinker a foot or two above the bait for a bit more weight.
hmm ain't no way a bobber stop would make it through my outermost guide, it's *tiny*, on all my rods. Are certain fishing rod made for bobbers so they have huge guides or something?
Some rods have very small guides near the top. The idea is that more contact between the line and the top guide means better sensitivity. But as you said, it can cause problems with leader knots or bobber stops catching on the guide. If your top guides are super small, it may just prevent you from using slip bobbers with them, or you'll only be able to set them a few feet deep and keep the bobber stop outside of the rod guides.
You definitely can still use jigs, especially small ones. Feather jigs (a.k.a. maribou jigs or hair jigs) are commonly used with slip bobbers for crappies.
They have so many uses. You can replicate some of the techniques by simply casting a jig or hook and letting it fall, but a bobber can keep your bait in the right spot for much longer.
It's another tool in the fishing toolbox. You can catch fish in many ways but bobbers are very effective tools and can help you catch fish in situations where it's hard to without a bobber.
They can wiggle themselves off if there is a long tail hanging off. If you have a small piece on the hook, they usually can't wiggle themselves off of the hook.
Depending on the weather conditions, water conditions, and distance from you, the white side or colored side may be easier to see. Whatever works best for you - do it.
great info and straight to the point. No need for unnecessary info and drawn out rambling. thanks!
Thanks - I appreciate the feedback. No need to drag out a video longer than necessary. Your time is valuable and so is mine.
I fish all different methods but have to admit the sight of a float going under water is so satisfying and fun way to fish. 🎣
I agree
I find all kinds of lost bobbers while fishing and wondered what they were for. Great informative video!
Same. Very helpful video - thank you!
Thanks 🙂
I still can't believe this is free information. Thank you
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This Guy is Awesome!!! Finally someone that can teach straight forward and knows what the heck he’s talking about!!! Thanks😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thanks - I appreciate that
There is so much information to take in when learning the nuances of fishing. I get more out of your videos because you keep it simple. I didn't know that about a worm, but it makes so much sense! Catfish are notorious free-loaders!
I agree. Thanks for the comment.
Thanks Nat! I began my fishing journey about 4 months ago and have fallen in love with it. Your videos were extremely helpful when first starting off and are still providing me with incredibly useful information. Thanks again!
Awesome - thanks for taking the time to leave this nice comment.
same! started fishing this spring, these videos have been invaluable
Hey man, I love your videos so much. You are the reason why I can understand how to fish. Now fishing is my hobby thanks to you!
Thanks - I appreciate the comment. Good luck fishing!
@@FishingwithNatur the best 😎
@@JulianshOVGM Thanks
Thank you nat I am 14 and am learning how to fish and your videos are very useful
Great - glad to hear it!
Thanks so much nat i just started watching your channel 30 minutes ago and it is so great and thanks again
Thank you
I've been waiting for this video thank you so much you videos are the best for a newbie like me and even some long time angler too from what the comments say.
You're welcome - I'm glad you liked it!
Very good video on bobbers. I use all three, but kinda forgot on when to use the last two. Thanks.
Thanks - I appreciate the feedback
Dude! What are the odds that I was just salmon fishing out of that same harbor you showed in the background while talking about a bobber and eggs? We went for a week and we're going back in September. I have been fishing for quite a few years, and I thought I knew a lot about fishing but you have given me so much more useful information over the last month or so! Keep up the great work, Nat! Love the videos!
Cool. I'll be after salmon in September a few times. Haven't nailed down dates or locations yet but hopefully we both have good luck out there.
Thank you so much for making videos that are straight to the point. Great format and great info! 👍
Thank you - I appreciate the feedback
Hi Nat, your videos are so great, I just start to fish with the spincast rod, and I find everything that I need to learn in your channel! Thanks a lot!
Wonderful. Thanks for the comment.
What I didn't know was how to use the ones without a clip or without a hole in the middle. Thanks for showing how it's attached.
Great - glad it was helpful to you!
Thanks for the video! I prefer slip bobbers myself, they save you the hassle of tangles and they’re so much easier to cast.
Definitely
Thanks for sharing some helpful information on bobbers! Keep up the good work! Thank you!
You're welcome - thanks for the comment.
A million Thanks for this video!!
And for helping me to improve my fishing learning and skills thanks for introduced me to this beautiful activity
I was one of the many to ask for this video. Cause I really like Bobber fishing 🙂
Keep up the great and inspiring informative content. ❤
Thank you for the suggestion and for your compliments. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Just recently really getting into fishing your a huge help
Thanks - I'm glad you're finding my videos to be helpful. Good luck fishing!
@@FishingwithNat thanks
Thanks for the info on cutting worms. I’d put the whole worm on, and get what seemed like hundreds of bites with no fish😂
You may have truly had hundreds of bites but none were actually biting where the hook was. 😉
I use the Thill pro series slip float. I like the slip float because you can adjust to any depth easily and Thill pro series floats are balsa wood so good sensitivity, also highly visible. I use the Thill Big Fish slider for fishing live bait for bass and catfish. A deadly setup for panfish is take a 1/32 jighead, I like the gold jigs from Cabelas with Mustad hooks. Thread a Powerbait Nymph onto the jig and a bb split shot about 4 or 5 inches above that. Use a loopknot. Tie to a swivel and add another little splitshot below the swivel. Put under a slip float and sits evenly in the water and has great subtle action and look like a bug
Cool. Thanks for sharing!
Hey,it’s me again,I’m getting a beginner kayak in a few days possibly to get me used to kayaking before I go all out
That's a good plan. There's always time to upgrade later.
I have no interest in fishing at all.
But this video seemed to be comprehensive! Thanks for explaining this premise.
(I was telling someone what a bobber is with no real knowledge of how it works, so this video helped is out.)
Thanks - glad to hear it was helpful
best fishing channel fr fr
Thanks 🙂
The skirted jig at 2:18 looks like a hula girl, good for fishing in Hawaii.
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Can you do a video on trout, steelhead, salmon? Your format is really good for beginners. :)
Yes, likely this fall
@@FishingwithNat very nice. :)
Small correction. Slip & Sring bobbers are also made out of cork as well.
Good point. That used to be a more common material, and a lot of old-timer fishermen still refer to any bobber as a "cork" for that reason.
Nice video, thank you.
Great - glad you enjoyed it!
Like the torpedo bobber...hard to find now
You can still find them online. I don't think my local stores carry those though.
Forgot water bobbers and foam and peg floats like from the Trout Magnet kit. Still a lovely video! 🥰
Thanks. These are the styles that the vast majority of people will come across. I didn't want to get too "deep in the weeds" with the lesser known/used styles.
@@FishingwithNat haha fishing puns!! Love it!
Or you could’ve said you didn’t want to get too “bogged down in the details...” 🤪
bobbers in america are so different then europe I always used small splitshots like .50 grams max and slide them depending on conditions. If I want my bait go fast I line up the splitshots. If I want just bites I spread the splitshots or line up a few at the top and one at the bottom to target top, middle and bottom water all in one cast. and the usually have a eye where the line goes through
Interesting - thanks for sharing
Where I live the water gets incredibly weedy by the first week in July. I like to use a bobber just to keep my worm floating either at the edge of the weeds or just above the weeds.
Above or next to vegetation are both great places to cast a bobber, for sure.
Thanks. I just started fishing as a hobby to get me out of the hosie
Perfect
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Thanks
How fast do you reel in when using a bobber? Im new to fishing and am using a spinning lure, but im still figuring things out
You just cast it out and leave it for the most part. The only time you reel it in is to re-cast it, or if you want to twitch it to get the fish's attention.
I have a question，do i have to count the actual weight of the bobber in the total casting weight of my rod？Since there arent any 11ft float fishing rods being sold here in NA，I‘ll have to use my 7ft mh lure rod to float fish，and it only has 47g（1 1/2 oz）of lure rating. Should i bring a weight to measure the total weight of the rig（bobber+beads+weight+hook+bait）to prevent damaging my rod？
Yes, the bobber would count as part of the weight of the rig. The recommended lure weight on the rod is not a hard limit though that will damage your rod if you exceed it. It's just a recommendation for the best performance. You don't want to exceed it by 300% or anything, but casting a 2oz rig on a 1.5oz-rated rod is not a big problem.
When using a beginner bobber do you use a weight? Or do you just have the hood straight to the line and the bobber? Do i need a swivel and a slider? Newbie asking.
No need for a swivel or slider. The weight is optional. It can help get your bait down faster if you're fishing deep, but having your bait fall slowly (naturally) is often best to get the most bites. You probably aren't fishing more than a few feet deep anyway unless you're using a slip bobber.
@@FishingwithNat thank you for answering, you answered my question 🙏🏽
@@916nando Happy to help.
Love it 🤙 #newsub
Thanks and welcome!
Once you cut the worm in half (or quarter), I put back the rest of the worm into the bin, but can never find that half-worm again. Any tricks to this? I don't want to find a binful of half worms!
Haha, this is a funny but very real problem! The broken worms tend to burrow as deep as they can. I'm assuming it's because they're hiding somewhere to heal the break. When I was a kid, my dad cut the bottom out of a mixed nut can and put a lid on both the bottom and top. When the worms all burrowed down to the bottom, we'd just flip the can over and the bottom is now the top!
@@FishingwithNat Your dad is a genius and a real worm wrangler :-) Thanks!
@@wojomojo Very true. It was a genius idea!
Bobber down!!!
Set the hook!
0:01 “Fishing with a barber”. Why would I take my barber with me wtf
OK thanks for watching
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Hahahaha
Hello my GF and I recently found a love for fishing but we aren't very good. We catch a lot of pike/pickerel (idk the difference.) Do you have any tips on how to pick them up out of the water and unhook them? In Maine they are invasive and we are supposed to kill them but we don't really like to do that so how do we safely unhook them? I've seen you grab them right out of the water but its a little nerve racking for me so idk if there is a noob way to unhook a fish with teeth? Also do you have any recommendations on a beginner lure kit? Something that has a little bit of everything? Or should I avoid kits and build a tackle box of my own?
If you grab them behind the head, you can get a strong grip there away from their teeth. They tend to be firm there too so you can hold on tight even if they start squirming. Fish grips are another option but they can damage the fish's mouth or jaws. Check out my Beginner's Guide to Fishing Gear video for a few recommendations on a good, basic beginner fishing setup. th-cam.com/video/rhhBPNUXYis/w-d-xo.html
Would you recommend the improved clinch knot or the trilene knot. I’m looking for the strongest knot
The Trilene is stronger
What can I do if I don't have a bobber stop? Can I tie a specific knot so the bobber doesn't go past it?
Yes, you can tie some thin string onto the main line and it will act like a bobber stop.
Loving the videos! Do you have a Facebook page anymore?
Nope, no Facebook page anymore
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Thanks and welcome!
Hi are you going to pit out the small moth bass video?
Still working on that one. Going to do a bit more filming of them underwater.
Can you put my comment on the screen wen the vid starts🙏🙏🙏
What about those super long floats they use for pole fishing in Asia? Can you use them with a reel?
I think you're referring to pole floats which can be 10 inches long or more. Yes, those can be used with reels too.
Would you also recommend a bobber for perch fishing?
It's an effective way to fish for perch. They love minnows and worms. But perch are pretty easy to catch on small jigs and spinners too. My preferred way to catch them is just a small jig and plastic minnow.
@@FishingwithNat are you casting that or just vertically jigging? Come summer I usually am just casting and going for walleye and pike.
I don't catch any perch until ice fishing season. I'd like to catch a few in open water season too.
@@charleslefebvre5515 Either, but perch generally hang near the bottom so keep it close to the bottom. I catch them a lot on small jigs/swimbaits moved slowly near the bottom around vegetation.
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So how would I know how much line to give out with any given depth for the slip bobber. For example, if I’m fishing I’m 15 ft of water, how much line do I need to let out to make sure my bait is at the right depth? Thanks
That really depends. If you were in 15 feet of water and there was a school of crappies suspended at 6 feet down, you'd want your bait sitting at 5-6 feet to keep it right in front of / above them. But if you were fishing a rocky reef that's 15 feet down, you might want to be at 14 or 14.5 feet down to target walleyes or perch near the bottom. If you were in 15 feet of water with vegetation growing about 3 feet up from the bottom, you might want to hold a bait right over the top of the plants about 12 feet down from the surface. Does that answer your question?
@@FishingwithNat Kind of. So let’s say I want my hair 12 feet below the surface, how would I make sure my bait goes to that depth. Do I have yo adjust the line for different depths?
@@FishingwithNat Autocorrect.. Bait* not hair
@@dd1190 You would set your bobber stop 12 feet up the line from the hair jig. The jig will sink and pull line through the slip bobber until it hits the bobber stop. If your jig is not heavy enough to pull the line through by itself, add a split shot sinker to the line a foot or two above the jig.
@@dd1190 You would set your bobber stop 12 feet up the line from the bait. Your jig will sink and pull the 12ft of line through the slip bobber until it reaches the bobber stop. If your jig is not heavy enough by itself, add a split shot sinker a foot or two above the bait for a bit more weight.
hmm ain't no way a bobber stop would make it through my outermost guide, it's *tiny*, on all my rods. Are certain fishing rod made for bobbers so they have huge guides or something?
Some rods have very small guides near the top. The idea is that more contact between the line and the top guide means better sensitivity. But as you said, it can cause problems with leader knots or bobber stops catching on the guide. If your top guides are super small, it may just prevent you from using slip bobbers with them, or you'll only be able to set them a few feet deep and keep the bobber stop outside of the rod guides.
So it wouldn't be recommended to use a bobber for catching pan fish with a jig?
You definitely can still use jigs, especially small ones. Feather jigs (a.k.a. maribou jigs or hair jigs) are commonly used with slip bobbers for crappies.
Bobber down
Set the hook!
@@FishingwithNat great channel I subscribe a few months ago
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I enjoy fishing but I never used bobber I never find them useful honestly
They have so many uses. You can replicate some of the techniques by simply casting a jig or hook and letting it fall, but a bobber can keep your bait in the right spot for much longer.
Tbh who also doesn’t use bobbers?
It's another tool in the fishing toolbox. You can catch fish in many ways but bobbers are very effective tools and can help you catch fish in situations where it's hard to without a bobber.
The worm wirh only one hook with wiggy it self off
They can wiggle themselves off if there is a long tail hanging off. If you have a small piece on the hook, they usually can't wiggle themselves off of the hook.
Of course is matters what side of the bobber is up. The bright side should be on top so you can see it. Duh?
Depending on the weather conditions, water conditions, and distance from you, the white side or colored side may be easier to see. Whatever works best for you - do it.