Ive never used a slip bobber but it seems to me that if you set your bobber stop say, 15 feet up the line, wouldn't it get stuck on the guides when you reel in? Does the stop end up on the reel? Doesn't seem like it would make it over the bail. Maybe this is a really stupid question. I am pretty ignorant about slip bobber but I'm trying to learn. Thanks

The stop I use is thread that is cinched onto the line. Once cinched down tight and tag ends cut-off it is very small and will pass through rod guides and into reel easily. You may be using a different system than I do, but I never have any trouble with it hanging up on me.

+1 on the thread stops easier to manage depth setting and eases through the guides without much hassle. Might need to change them out every couple trips though.

I do the same thing

I use the tiny football shaped ones. They pass through the guides pretty easy.

Same as these guys and it will pass thru micro guides no problem...

It will work fine, I use the green and black ones from Wally World or Academy. But, you may just wanna jig that deep. Miss alot of fish with a bobber that deep.

I use the same as what they are talking about but if you need to go cheap you can get small rubber bands and tie them yourself. i think you tube has videos showing how to tie it.

This is what I do. Just take a small diameter rubber band and tie it on your line with a regular over under knot (like the first step in tying your shoes). Pull it tight to shrink the knot so you don't have issues with it going through the guides and then cut the tag ends off and you're good to go. Just move it up and down your line as needed.

You didn't ask about the bobber but I thought I would throw this in. Mr. Crappie bobbers allow you to place or remove the bobber at anytime. It has a slit in the bobber and the orange stick has a groove that allows you to turn the stick to align with the bobber slit to remove from the line, viola, you can now jig vertical without a bobber. Just remember to move the stopper (rubber football or thread) to above your jig about a foot or two for ease of operation. Some use a bead and some don't - your choice. I find either way doesn't interfere with fishing vertical. Bead can act as an attractant but I have no scientific data to support that.

Want to return to bobbering? Reverse the removal process and you are back in business. No cutting of line or waste of bobber stopper/bead (if used).

Other bobbers such as Thrill are great because they are balsa (and more expensive). I like the ease of Mr. Crappie bobbers. Mr. Crappie bobbers are the only bobbers I am aware of that allow this versatility. If there are others, I'd like to know so I can compare them.

Bobbering is an effective method often overlooked. Very effective up to ten feet and can be used deeper. Some pros use bobbers while spider rigging in deep and/or shallow water.

Caution: after catching a crappie, be sure to check that your stopper remained on the line where set. Sometimes, especially on a large crappie, the stopper will sort of catch on the rod tip as you are reeling in and move the stopper, no matter how tight you may think the knot is. In this case, thread stoppers work better than football types.

Yes Sir

I have quite a few rods that I use the bobber stop ties on and I have no problems except when I am fishing right over the edge of the boat (not casting the line) and the line goes out slow and it "sometimes" hangs slightly on the last eye of the rod but a simple flick of the wrist and it comes through easily. That is the only time you may have issues because if you cast the line it goes out smoothly from the inertia and the knot does not hang one bit.

Use a rod with larger eyelets, and you will have no trouble at all...sometimes with the smaller eyelets, they will hang up a bit (or not allow you to cast well)..either way, where there is a will there is a way...

Fish that slip cork unstable as I call it. Use just enuf weight to get the bait to the depth you need but not enuf weight to straighten out the cork when floating. Its best floatin at about 60 degrees angle. If crappie are slammin baits it don't much matter how you rig that float. But on the light bite days, as that crappie barely touches that bait, that float will fall on its side and never go under. Hit em the minute that cork falls and you got em. You will miss very few crappie fishin a slip float this way.