Bobber and Eggs 4-13 Bonnie

[Fshklr]

Well..with all the reports of the masses back bouncing eggs up at bonnie, I headed there with a pint of eggs, my 11 foot fiberglass rod rated for 8oz's and a shimanoTR200 w/30#mono and 40#leader to give it a go.

I arrived at 10am and made 3 stops..the bankie deadline just below the dam...the boat ramp located at the western tip of bonnie and the mid point(the bank located halfway between the each.)

It was here in the middle I made my way down to the water, rigged up enough floats (2) to cast and float 4oz's and set my bobberstop for 30feet, with a 5 foot leader for the 4/0 gami.
12 casts and 3 baits later!! BOBBERDOWN!! Chrome 24lb finless Springer ..had 5 more takedowns that didn't stick and I added a dropper 3/0 gami.
Another 5 mins later..BOBBERDOWN!! Chrome 14lb finless Springer .
Camera's up at the girlfriends, but you should have seen the BANKIES thinking..BOBBER??? YOU NUTS??
Needless to say...bobbers will be a regular site from now on!!
Tight lines..Dan.
If you saw that guy tossing the YELLOW bobber..IT WAS ME

Sidenote..the boats stay off the bank some 100feet..I was casting 60 to 100 feet out and this seemed to be the 30foot line as once in a while I'd tag bottom.

[txaggie]

That sounds like it was a blast!

[steelheadslayer]

Good job Dan
I'm going to have to learn a few things from you on bankie fishing sometime.

[Grant Scheele]

My boat saw you there. We were jeolous before you even hooked those fish. Every day we talk about bringing a bobber rod and today you proved a point. Nice job on the pioneering. Grant

[Fishfaced]

How much lead were you using? Great idea. Never fish the norm. Always keep'em guessing.

[Fshklr]

Grant, Thanks..saw you too!

Fishfaced,
I was using 4oz cannonball, under a large egg shaped styro float with a standard egg size styro under the other float.

It took a few secs to get to the 30 foot bobberstop but well worth the effort. Keep the belly out of the line and a tight reel..be prepared to pull one from 100 feet out away from the seals!

[LuckyDuck1]

That's awesome!!!! Bobber fishing for Fall chinook is my favorite!! Now I can add that to my to do list for springers. Thanks for the info Fshklr ----------Tight lines-----------LD1

[The Overfishin Condition]

Dan- This is why you're the bank master, always doing something a little different, and usually havin success at it. Imagine if you had hooked all seven, would that have been enough to keep you off your local low, clear trib? Probably not, but now that "zipperlip" hole at bonnie will prolly see a lot of bobbers, that is for sure. Congrats to you, just missed seeing you do the slaying by one day, let me know when you're going up again, and I'll spectate/help land fish, as I think I'm too week at heart to actually fish that area, as I discovered yesterday. Congrats again, TOC.

[ANDYCOHO]

Way to go Dan!!

Nice to hear you found some fish today!!

[Fshklr]

Toc, Erik sent you a pm..

Andy, thanks..when I called you from the river I was so jazzed..kid in a candy store wasn't even close!!

[SKP]

Bobbers do not work for spring chinook.

SKP

[Danderson]

Bobber Down...... Just think of the bite you could start with all the boats using bobbers I would love to get that on video on Sat. as the best bobber bite in Columbia history it would be awsome to see boats with doubles and triples on all around... Good Job I knew it would work i'am glad someone finnially went an did it wish I could of been in the boat with you.... Grant would of got a taste of what he saw all fall Derek with a fish on LOL

Derek

[blacktail519]

Congrats on the fish We will be there in the morning puttin the hurt on em!!

[Tilla]

HMMMMMMM!

[KingFisher85]

Right on dan!!! So when you wanna go?? :grin:

[wootersen]

Man, talk about innovative. That's the kind of thinking that impressess me about you Dan.

Well done.

You must not have been able to do much of a hookset with all that line underneath the bobber. Especially if it was 30 ft out from the bank and 30 ft. down in the water. Very impressive.

[Twitchs_Tackle]

I love a good bobber story!

Hum, whats next, maybe a tuna on a bobber?

[redfish89]

Thanks for the info..

[Elwix]

Fantastic! Way to go! Got to love it when you try something new and it works!

[Quasimodo the fish killer]

its funny to see the looks on peoples faces when ya do something out of the ordinary isnt it?

I remember many years back going to visit some friends in raymond wash they were getting their fall run fish up the wilipa river so I took a bober rod with me and figured I would give it a go.

I got to the fishing hole below the hatchery and looked around everyone was throwin spinners or plunking. I didnt think nothing of it and started rigging up a bobber and a curious fellow beside me asked what the heck I was planin on catching with that set up , I looked at him and said well it works where I am from I thought it might work here. the guy looked at me chuckled and said well we aint fishin for crapie and walked off.

I finished settin my gear up set my bobber stop to 8 ft and fired it out sat my rod down to wash my hands and looked for my bobber and notice it was gone. I grabbed the rod set the hook and the fight was on I got a chinook about 30 lbs a little dark but not bad at all so I rebaited and flipped it out again and no sooner had my bobber hit the water she took a dive again boom second fish in less then 20 minutes.

the look on the fellows face that thought I was settin up a crapie rig was priceless.

I cleaned my fish went back to the house and decided I would try it again the next morning. I get to the same hole and you guessed it everyone there had red and white hard plastic crapie bobbers on their rods lol

some times trying something a little different then everyone else is doing can make for a great day fishing and a memory that last for ever

quasi.

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[Amahnee]

Nice job Big D. Sounds like a hoot!

[fishbait]

There are the bold and the fishless..... Guess we know which group you belong to

[BUGLEMAN]

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[Bounty Hunter]

well we aint fishin for crapie

[luguando]

Nice job! Way to school the bankies! I bet a bobber is getting pretty hard to come by now.

Personally, I think <font color="red"> you </font> could catch one in a mud puddle. :grin:

[Fshklr]

Thanks all..some great feed back and posts..
I was so jazzed from yesterday I took the day off and made a beeline to again try my luck!
I started out with a batch of eggs that have been put in the fridge a month ago..looked great but most of the fish smell was gone. By 11am I had, had 1 takedown!

So..into the new jar I went, and decided to plunk!
After 1 hr..5 hook-ups, 2 lost at the bank, 1 Sturgeon, I landed the pig of the day!! It was bigger than my biggest yesterday and the crowd gave many cheers!!(3 guys ) Win some lose some!!
Weather was tough today..not alot of wind, but the RAIN, and HAIL storms were exilerating!!