This article is about freshwater angling floats. For fishing net floats, see fishing net. For glass net or dropline floats, see glass float.
Selection of UK (top) and US (bottom) fishing floats
A fishing float or bobber is a lightweight buoy used in angling, usually attached to a fishing line. Angling using a float is sometimes called float fishing.
A float can serve several purposes:
firstly, it serves as a visual bite indicator that helps the angler assess underwater status of the baited hook and decide whether to start retrieving the line;
secondly, it can suspend the hook and bait at a predetermined depth, which helps the angler target fish in specific depths;
thirdly, as a terminal tackle, it adds mass and allows the hook and bait to be cast farther against air resistance;
and lastly, due to its buoyancy, it can carry the baited hook to otherwise inaccessible areas of water by drifting along the prevailing current.
A fishingfloat or bobber is a lightweight buoy used in angling, usually attached to a fishing line. Angling using a float is sometimes called float fishing...
Glass floats were once used by fishermen in many parts of the world to keep their fishing nets, as well as longlines or droplines, afloat. Large groups...
water by means of floats at the top. Various light "corkwood"-type woods have been used around the world as fishingfloats. Floats come in different sizes...
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techniques used are floatfishing, bottom fishing (legering) and lure fishing. In floatfishing, the bait is suspended beneath a float made of hollow plastic...
handlining, one or more fishing lures or baited hooks are attached to the line, and a fishing lure and often a weight and/or a fishingfloat can also be attached...
of a fishing line that gets cast out along with the bait are referred to as terminal tackle. Terminal tackle can include hooks, leaders, floats, sinkers/feeders...
no float is used with the fishing line. A common rig for bottom fishing is a weighted tackle called sinker, which is tied to the end of the fishing line...
such as Surf fishing, the Reach cast, and Spey casting. Float tubes - small doughnut-shaped boats with an underwater seat in the "hole". Float tubes are...
A float tube, also known as a belly boat or kick boat, is a small, lightweight inflatable fishing craft which anglers use to fish from. They were originally...
manner of fishing gears in the market, including rods, reels, lines, lures, electronic depth and fish-finding instruments, drift boats, float tubes, kayaks...
weights, floats, swivels and method feeders, collectively referred to as terminal tackles. Lures are frequently used instead of fresh bait when fishing for...
areas subject to high fishing pressure. Light fishing lines and sinkers are used to avoid spooking the fish and, as with all fishing, live bait produces...
Good carp fishing can be found in many different types of water. Many find rivers to provide some of the most challenging, but rewarding, fishing. For rivers...
for fly fishing, and locality records. The IGFA also organize the world saltwater championship tournaments. Fishing tournament Coarse fishing List of...
effort to conserve a healthy fish population. Dry fly fishing is done with line and flies that float, joined by a leader, usually made of fine polyamide...
one can imagine being a fisherman, holding a fishing rod, sitting in a boat. Both the boat and the float are flowing according to vector field X, and...
Surf fishing is land-based game fishing while standing on the shoreline or wading into the surf zone. A general term, surf fishing may or may not include...
Dry fly fishing is an angling technique in which the lure is an artificial fly which floats on the surface of the water and does not sink below it. Developed...
Seine fishing (or seine-haul fishing; /seɪn/ SAYN) is a method of fishing that employs a surrounding net, called a seine, that hangs vertically in the...
ancient Gaelic term for a person who acts as a servant or attendant on a fishing, hunting, deer stalking or hawking expedition, primarily in the Scottish...
as turbidity and water temperature. Anglers use both spinning and fly fishing tackle to pursue shad. Spin fisherman use a shad dart or a flutter spoon...
when fishing. Tackles that are attached to the end of a fishing line are collectively called terminal tackles. These include hooks, sinkers, floats, leader...
either float on the water surface, slowly sink or float underwater, and represent some form of drowning insect. There are many types of fishing lures....
8 pound (floatfishing) to 30 pounds over rough ground. When fishing from rocks several different methods can be used such as bait fishing, spinning/plugging...
Centerpin fishing, also called floatfishing or center pin fishing, is a fishing technique which uses a centerpin rod, a centerpin reel, and Roe, or an...
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