Stecher rigged our spinning outfits with a 3-foot leader beneath the four-inch cork bobber and attached a Berkley Gulp shrimp-type bait to a 1/8-ounce red, Mann’s jig head.

It's the best bite indicator to ever come about for catfish. Youngsters and octogenarians alike stare fascinated at it, can't keep their eyes off it. What is the it? It is the fishing float ...

We all have fond childhood memories of using a cork or bobber, watching it bounce a little then go down. It is probably most angler’s first memory of catching the fishing bug. When I first ...

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That involved a float and a worm-baited hook tossed into the water, and you sat and waited until the bobber twitched. The bobber was made of cork, and I only knew that it floated very nicely ...

That involved a float and a worm-baited hook tossed into the water, and you sat and waited until the bobber twitched. The bobber was made of cork, and I only knew that it floated very nicely ...

That involved a float and a worm-baited hook tossed into the water, and you sat and waited until the bobber twitched. The bobber was made of cork, and I only knew that it floated very nicely ...