How to Use a Planer Bobber

Unlike traditional bobbers, a planer bobber is a directional bobber. A traditional bobber moves directly toward the tip of a fisherman's pole. With a planer bobber, fisherman can troll, drift or cast and reel with a planer bobber and control the bobber's direction -- right or left at a 45-degree angle. The secret to a planer bobber are the fins: one on the top and one on the bottom. The fins track through the water and move the bobber through the water at an angle in relation to the pole. The fisherman flips the bobber over to change the direction the bobber tracks.

Things You'll Need

  • Fishing pole
  • Spinner
  • Hook
  • Live bait
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Instructions

    • 1

      Remove the plug located on the side the planer bobber. Slide the fishing line from the pole through the hole on the opposite side (in relation to the hole from which you removed the plug) of the bobber. The line emerges out of the hole from which you removed the plug.

    • 2

      Tie a simple loop in the end of the line. Slide the plug back in place. The plug presses the line against the wall of the hole and holds the bobber in place. Tie a spinner to one end of the monofilament leader with an improved cinch knot; use the same knot to tie a hook to the other end. Hook the leader to the loop. Bait the hook.

    • 3

      Cast the line into the water. Reel the line in if fishing from shore, or set the reel to prevent it from continuing to feed line if trolling. The bobber tracks right or left. Pull the bobber as if setting the hook in a fish; turn the bobber over so it tracks in the opposite direction.