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Are "bobbers" what you tend to call fishing floats, ​@@FishingwithNat? Over here, "bobber" tends to mean a couple of specific types of floats...

@@NobleKorhedron I use the term "bobber" fairly loosely to mean any type of floating plastic/foam/balsa hardware that keeps a bait suspended below it. Sometimes I use that term specifically to mean a round, plastic bobber and "float" to mean a skinnier one made from foam or balsa. But the term "slip bobber" generally refers to a skinny balsa float, so I think the terms "bobber" and "float" get used interchangeably a lot. How do you distinguish between the two?

I'm not sure, @@FishingwithNat; haven't been fishing with floats in a while... I guess over here, "bobber" means either those hollow ball floats, or wooden/plastic floats with a large rounded part near the top. In the plastic ones this will be an air pocket, but on wooden ones it's just made of the same wood as the rest of the float.

@@NobleKorhedron That would make sense as a way to distinguish them. Air-filled vs foam/wood.

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I've actually heard this multiple times. Very resourceful. Skill means most, equipment means least. What matters is getting out there and giving it your best shot

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The dropshot clip serves both of those purposes. You're absolutely right - it lessens the amount of hardware you lose if you get snagged. That's also the reason why tungsten is good for dropshot rigs, because lost lead sinkers often get eaten by waterbirds and cause them to die from lead poisoning, along with anything that eats the dying bird.

@@FishingwithNat That's a good point about using lead and poisoning the water and fish. Next time I'll buy tungsten. I like that it's more dense than lead so you get the same weight at a smaller size.

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Yes, that's true. The clip-on dropshot weights like I showed will slide off of the line if they get jammed in something. Unfortunately, the sinker is far more expensive than the hook so it doesn't end up saving you much money. Just a bit of time to not have to re-tie the rig.

Pyramid weights are nice for surf fishing because they resist rolling very well and have a streamlined shape. Sand will often build up behind the flat part and that really helps them hold in one spot in strong currents or waves.

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Yes, there are several lead alternatives now (including those you mentioned and tin), which are more environmentally friendly, particularly when a bird or other animal swallows them by accident. Lead will slowly poison a waterbird over a period of a few weeks. Pyramid sinkers are good in sandy rivers with fast current. Torpedo weights are heavy and pointed for trolling without a downrigger. I'm not sure about the "spoon" style you mentioned.

You don't have to use any weight with a float, but you certainly can. Some people actually prefer to have their float lying horizontally on the water, which can be useful for detecting light bites because the float will pop up without the fish really feeling much. You can also add more weight with a float so that the float is mostly underwater, and then the fish will not have to pull very hard to get it entirely underwater.

A cylindrical drop shot sinker is very similar to a pencil sinker. Usually, a drop shot sinker has a clip at the top that can be repositioned to change the distance from the sinker to the hook. A pencil sinker tends to have a solid ring at the top and is generally used when drifting in current or with the wind. The sinker bounces along the bottom and the bait is held just above the bottom.

Inline sinkers have the line passing directly through instead of through an extra wire loop. Egg sinkers, bullet sinkers, and no-roll sinkers are all inlines. Coin and no-roll sinkers are both flat to resist rolling like you said, but the inline is definitely the best at hugging the bottom and not moving. The eye on the coin sinker allows it to lift up and be pulled on an angle across the sand if the current or surf is strong enough to move it.

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Interesting. Thanks for sharing - I hadn't heard that term before.

Some people add weight to a tall bobber/float in order to make it stand up. You also might want to add weight for extra casting distance or to decrease the amount of force that a fish needs to exert to pull the bobber under.

@@FishingwithNat thank you, appreciate the clarification!

Are you asking about the teardrop sinker specifically?

I would peg it. If you don't, your sinker might sink down through the vegetation, while your plastic is sitting on top.

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That works too!

Yes it's commonly used for catfishing

I didn't want to make the video too long so I cut a couple of styles out. I've found that the pyramid sinkers perform similarly to no-roll sinkers or bank sinkers.