How many of you use slip corks fr trout? I use popping corks but seems like the old timers always have slip corks tied up when I see them.
My granddad used the long skinny ones and adjusted the depth with a piece of rubber band. He could catch fish in a parking lot. Me, not so much.
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6ftnglassy uses slip corks.
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My granddad used the long skinny ones and adjusted the depth with a piece of rubber band.
Me too. I use them when trout fishing in deep water, they are best for that. Popping corks are useless in 20’ of water. I like watching the cork go down 
Trout are usually a lot deeper than reds.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
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Larry,
which ones you like? They come with a stop that you place above the cork at the depth you want to fish?
I’m old school. I tie a rubber band on the line for a stop. I like long and skinny. Good corks are getting hard to find.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
Would you mind explaining the rubber band application in a bit more detail? I think I have an idea, but I am not sure so I don’t want to ‘assume’. We know what happens then!
Sea Hunt BX22 Br
WS Tarpon 140
Take a rubber band and tie a tight overhand knot around the line with it. Trim it off close, leave just a little nub, so it will pass through the guides. You can then slide it up and down the line to adjust for water depth.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
the nice part about a slip cork is that you can still cast it with a longggg leader.
Hard to cast a 4ft leader for deep trout on a popping cork
Like Larry said, the rubber band is the easiest. I also like the nylon cord pre-wrapped around a straw coupled with a small bead as well. I like the 4-5 inch unweighted slender(slender equals less resistance to the fish, thus less misses) corks. You have to add the appropriate weight to get them to stand up properly, but I will always have one (or more) of these rigs ready when I have to change fishing depths multiple times during the day.
“Bobber Stoppers” work great…a tiny piece of plastic with a few holes in it and the correct size bead. There are available at most tackle stores and really work and are very easy to use. You can reel the stopper through the guides and onto the spool if fishing really deep. They are great for live bait fishing for trout, reds, and just about everything else where you need to fish deeper than 24" but don’t want to fish on the bottom. I’ve been using them for 20 years.
PioneerLouie
Pioneer Venture 175, Johnson 90
Summerville, SC
I have used the Thill, “bobber stoppers” on my lake rigs, I just didn’t think to equate that to saltwater. When the rubber band technique was mentioned, I started thinking all sorts of elaborate methods. Didnt stop to think, keep it simple!
Sea Hunt BX22 Br
WS Tarpon 140
Oh, I forgot, Thank you.
Sea Hunt BX22 Br
WS Tarpon 140
I tie my own bobber stop knots.
http://www.netknots.com/fishing_knots/bobber-stopper-knot/
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I use them for fishing catfish on the lakes, and use a rubber band for a stopper… The slip knots always seem to loosen up after a few casts. Put a small live bream late in the evening in about 20 foot of water and hang on!!
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I have some pretty cool old slip floats that are actually porcipine quills ,they would probably be collector items.
I have always preferred these over popping corks unless I was right on the grass line. Now, if they made an adjustable popping cork…
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Originally posted by bgfI have always preferred these over popping corks unless I was right on the grass line. Now, if they made an adjustable popping cork…
Actually, there is. Originate by myself back in my charleston days…got bought out by Bett’s
http://www.sportfishingmag.com/techniques/shrimp-tales
Great memories…I thought I was going to be rich haha.
Richie
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When I came here back in 87, the man that taught me how to fish inshore used them and I have used them ever since then. Like one man said, they are very versatile. My dad used them for lake catfishing back in the 60’s. I love to watch that cork go under like when I was a kid fishing with him.
Jack Taylor
Did not know that Richie!! Anyone local carry them?