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ThreeRivers
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07/31/2018 05:00PM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
I assume the purpose of glow stick tipped bobbers and battery powered bobbers are only for the fisher to see what's going on. I have thought about them, but figure its pointless. Fish don't care, and I have a headlamp.
 
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Savage Voyageur
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07/31/2018 07:47PM  
I really get a kick out of seeing that lighted bobber disappear underwater. I don’t like to have too much light on like a headlamp because it wrecks my night vision.
 
tarnkt
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07/31/2018 07:57PM  
Have you ever tried to find a bobber in the dark with a headlamp? If it works for you, more power to you, but it sounds miserable to me.

If I was night fishing without a lighted bobber, I would use a Lindy rig with a floating jighead.
 
mutz
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07/31/2018 08:36PM  
Savage Voyageur: "I really get a kick out of seeing that lighted bobber disappear underwater. I don’t like to have too much light on like a headlamp because it wrecks my night vision. "

+1
 
07/31/2018 09:19PM  
Not to mention the skeeters that are attracted to the lamp. Buy the ones from Thill that don't need batteries. They have two electrodes towards the bottom of the bobber and are good for a while and fun to watch, easy to find. Seems like more of a pain to try to find it all the time with a headlamp.
 
ThreeRivers
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08/02/2018 06:53AM  
Well, what the heck, I'll give them a try on my trip in 2 weeks.... hope there are still leeches available!
 
BearRaid
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08/02/2018 01:33PM  
Try it and you will like it!
 
carmike
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08/03/2018 07:40PM  
Cc26: "Not to mention the skeeters that are attracted to the lamp. Buy the ones from Thill that don't need batteries. They have two electrodes towards the bottom of the bobber and are good for a while and fun to watch, easy to find. Seems like more of a pain to try to find it all the time with a headlamp."


+1

I hate messing with the little glow sticks, lights, batteries, etc. Buy the Thill that turn on and off automatically. Waaaaay easier (and probably cheaper in the long run....they last forever).
 
oth
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08/05/2018 10:17AM  
Same here. No hassle that way. They hold up fairly well too.
 
08/05/2018 12:45PM  
not a big fan of the glow sticks but both the thill splash and nite brite are nice , i like the nite brite if your bobber fishing with a few people with the different colored lights available , and yes always fun watching a lighted bobber slide underneath the surface !!
 
newguy
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08/05/2018 03:29PM  
Anybody have a link to the Thill bobbers that are being recommended here?
 
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newguy
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08/05/2018 07:12PM  
I'm not seeing the ones that Cc26 said had no batteries. Which ones are those?
 
08/05/2018 09:28PM  
newguy: "I'm not seeing the ones that Cc26 said had no batteries. Which ones are those?"
thill splash , they have a battery just not a replaceable battery. if you click close up you'll see the 2 probes that make contact with the water.

 
newguy
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08/06/2018 10:18AM  
Thank you!
 
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