At the early stages of the ice season the fish are still fairly active in their search for food and the bites are as well. What we are getting at is that the bite detection is fairly easy to see on your ice rod and this makes it a little easier to detect the bites. We are not using bobbers when we ice fish and the sensitivity in the ice rod is very crucial and very important for what we look for in an ice rod. So as the ice season continues on, the fish start to slow down in their feeding mood and the weather conditions start playing a major role in a successful day on the ice. When these conditions happen the fish are biting so very lightly that the bites are going on without detection a good part of the time. There is a product out there that helps with these light biters and it is called a “Spring Bobber”. This is a wire or very thin flat piece of metal that attaches to the end of your fishing rod and you feed the line through it. When these light biting fish bite, these spring bobbers will move ever so slightly and that is when you set the hook. You may and will not feel these bites but by concentrating on the motion of this spring bobber you can detect the upward and downward action that the bite is doing to your bait. If you are getting bites and not catching fish, you will need to attach one of these “Spring Bobbers” to your ice rod and start catching more fish. These come into their prime especially once we get into January and February when the bites are getting very tough when those high pressure days are taking over our winter months....
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