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Bobber Dude
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New Bobber Creates Stir
By Johnnie Crain
After years of field testing new products, every once in awhile a new product comes along that gets my attention. The new BulletBobber invented by Paul Lieb in Ohio has me excited, and I want to be sure MidWest Outdoors readers are aware of the product and it possibilities. Why would a dedicated bass and walleye angler get excited about a bobber? There are numerous reasons.
The BulletBobber is much more than just a floatation device for live bait. It offers the angler unlimited possibilities to use not only live bait, but also artificial lures. It doesn’t even matter if you’re bank fishing or fishing from a boat. The BulletBobber works just as well either way. The BulletBobber can be attached stationary or used as a slip bobber giving the angler complete depth control. The new innovative product is as much a planer board as a bobber. The bobber’s design allows anglers to “guide” the bait in any direction. Bank fishing anglers can cast the BulletBobber to the shoreline on their right and work the bait all the way from the right shoreline of the angler to the left shorline and cover all the depths and cover in between. The two-tone orange and green colors make visual contact easy at all times.
Boating anglers can use the BulletBobber to actually swim a bait under any floating dock, swim up to and around stumps, tress or other stationary cover and keep the bait in the strike zone for long periods of time which can be the key to success in cold water situations or during a cold front.
The BulletBobber can also imitate the popular Zara Spook’s “walk the dog” action and impart that zigzagging action to any bait below the bobber. Imagine a jig and twister tail walking the dog underwater! How about a spinnerbait that darts back and forth instead of swimming in a straight line? I used the BulletBobber with a ¼-once jig and twister tail, a 3/8-once spinnerbait and a small shallow diving crankbait. Each lure performed well under the bobber.
Edging The Dock
One of my favorite techniques with the BulletBobber is to skirt the edges of boat docks. With conventional bobbers, you can only cast to the outside edge of a dock and leave the bait to sit. With the new bobber and a slow retrieve, the bobber will actually keep contact with the support barrels, Styrofoam or whatever the floating dock is made of. This gives fish hiding under the dock a clear and unique look at the bait. The BulletBobber keeps the bait parallel to the dock. By using a little force, the BulletBobber will even make a little scratching noise as it skirts the dock which can attract fish out from under the dock to investigate the sounds. The bobber can also be “popped” to create additional noise.
Shoreline Saturation
No matter which bait you select to use along riprapped or diked shorelines, the BulletBobber assures that the bait will stay in contact with the structure at all times. When using a crankbait, the lure tends to deflect off the cover and each time it does, it moves farther away from the cover. With the bobber’s guidance system, the bait hugs the shoreline all the way back to the angler. This gives fish hiding in the rocks plenty of opportunities to attack the bait.
Scraping Stumps
When fishing stumps, the bobber will swim the selected bait right up to the stump, but with the BulletBobber’s unique design, the bait won’t snag. The pointed end of the bobber strikes the stump, but keeps the hook about an inch from the wooden structure. By gently pulling on the line, the bobber will slide around the stump, instead of snagging it.
There are just too many possibilities for uses to describe in one article, but you can gain additional information from the BulletBobber website.
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Crappie Cruncher
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Yaaawwwwwwwwnnnnnn
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Please keep your expectations fairly low, I'm an engineer.
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Shad Lips
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I've got to have some of those ..... NOT! ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
I hate it when a first time poster tries "spamming" the site. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Bobber Dude
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All right I can see you folks are not interested. I spent a lot getting this far and had no idea you all would condem me for inventing something to make shore fishing more fun for all ages. I have contacted "Fishing Has No Boundaries" national headquarters and the handicapped get them at cost with no profit for me.
I did get favorable responses from many sites I visit. Bass guys are **** hard nose egotist most the time when it comes to something new like this. I heard "I don't use no **** bobbers" from enough of Bass Guys to last a life time.
Cabelas forums were quite welcoming and a much more friendly crowd. Might even get an article in their magazine for a couple samples.
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R00k
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Originally posted by Bobber Dude:
All right I can see you folks are not interested. I spent a lot getting this far and had no idea you all would condem me for inventing something to make shore fishing more fun for all ages. I have contacted "Fishing Has No Boundaries" national headquarters and the handicapped get them at cost with no profit for me.
I did get favorable responses from many sites I visit. Bass guys are **** hard nose egotist most the time when it comes to something new like this. I heard "I don't use no **** bobbers" from enough of Bass Guys to last a life time.
Cabelas forums were quite welcoming and a much more friendly crowd. Might even get an article in their magazine for a couple samples.
Your very first post and your spamming. What do you expect?
Its obvious the only reason you came to the site was for a free advertisement.
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speedy
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sad thing is its not his first time doing this. under a diffrent name he posted the same junk about the same bobbers a few months ago and got the same results. think he would have learned..lol
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FisherMike
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I guess he sure did tell us, didn't he Guys?????
I guess he really wants us to spread the news about the BULLET BOBBER. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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fly_freebird90
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Originally posted by R00k:
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Originally posted by Bobber Dude:
Cabelas forums were quite welcoming and a much more friendly crowd. Might even get an article in their magazine for a couple samples.
Your very first post and your spamming. What do you expect?
Its obvious the only reason you came to the site was for a free advertisement.
That's Odd, Cabelas doesn't even have a forum. I can't find one on there site. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Waterwings
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How about a photo or drawing of the product? Do you have a website where we can get a look at the invention?
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MattB-21
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Originally posted by Ross:
That's Odd, Cabelas doesn't even have a forum. I can't find one on there site.
I thought the same thing last night when I read his post. Then I even went and looked, signed into my account and everything. (Wishlist account)
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RatherBeHuntin'
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http://forums.cabelas.com/
be careful over there though. you even mention basspro in a post and the admins delete it. well, not quite that hardnosed but someone, not me, did put a link to these forums up there awhile back and they raised quite the stink over it. i had just signed up and posted a couple times but after that i havent been back. maybe they are that way here as well, but i know i have seen links for alot of outdoor fourms, and links for merchandise from other stores and nothing was said about it.
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Blake R
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Yeah man you got a warm welcome over there.... one reply! WOOOO! The reason bass guys dont pay attention is because someone is always saying that they have invented something that is beyond believable... so good it was outlawed from all major tournaments!
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G.MAN
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Originally posted by speedy:
sad thing is its not his first time doing this. under a diffrent name he posted the same junk about the same bobbers a few months ago and got the same results. think he would have learned..lol
I thought this looked familiar
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FisherMike
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Cabela's forums??? I thing that is great news!
I've sent to Cabela's and asked if they could manage a forum. That was about the time I joined this one.
I never got a reply, but I'm glad to see they did. I will be joing that on too.
Bullet Bobber???????? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
I still won't have one regardless.
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Bobber Dude
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The website is I keep track of 50 web forums and will continue to do what I can to promote the BulletBobber.
If you knew me you’d know I’m a hard worker and a responsible husband and parent of 2 college students.
I am not taking any profit from the business; it all goes to my helpers that glue, trim and seal coat them and to my web gurus.
If I do ever get that big order from Wal-Mart I will have earned it.
It’s a better fishing bobber for shore and small boat fishermen of all ages and abilities, and some with disabilities will have more fun and success using it.
I’m getting great feed back from guides that use the Float N Fly technique because a directional control bobber is the perfect bobber for it.
Q: Why do most Bass Guys have Bobber Phobia?
It can help in many situations as Johnnie says in his article.
You all have nice day.
[ 09. April 2006, 02:11 PM: Message edited by: Joe. S ]
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FisherMike
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I can tell you now. I am not a bass fisherman. As far as I'm concerned,,, there is not a bass worth my attention. A personal preference and nothing more.
I fish mainly walleye, perch, bluegill and crappie. If you are interested,
I use a bobber at times for each species when it's warranted.
As far a a phobia goes,,, I don't have a clue.
I do have a clue about bass fishermen using balloons for bass above a live shad. OOPS,,, that's like a bobber!! Does that count?
I have one *****.
I don't want to be bothered by a bobber pushin, spam totting (self proclaimed) helper. We all know what your up to so go away.
Wow, I needed that and I apologize to the people that are interested in his bobbers.
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Bobber Dude
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BulletBobbers will rule one day and crush all the little munchkins that can not stand to see a little guy working hard to make it.
I'm gone but will be in a year so you all have something to complain about.
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Bobber Dude
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[ 09. April 2006, 02:12 PM: Message edited by: Joe. S ]
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jerkb8man
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Yes, I clicked on the cabelas forum link, and there was just so much intrest in this bobber that a whole one person replied.......Have you ever considered that some people don't fish with a bobber because maybe they don't need one, I have no idea what this "bobber phobia" is about.
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Ballistik
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Originally posted by Bobber Dude:
The website is I keep track of 50 web forums and will continue to do what I can to promote the BulletBobber.
Well your work just got easier now you only have to keep track of 49 forums that promote the bobber. ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
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Waterwings
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Not siding with Bobber Dude, but there are a lot people that fish with bobbers. Perhaps once it is sold to a major company and it has Thill, or some other bobber brand name on it, it will catch-on and the guy will be laughing all the way to the bank.
If I was him I'd copyright the design and start submitting the design to major tackle companies. Just my .02 worth. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Bobber Dude
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Orders are picking up slowly – 1 or 2 a day now –and when I get to point where I can budget real advertisement I’ll help those that helped me.
I am in for the long run and not selling out. I knwo what I have will make it.
I will keep the price cheap so all can afford them even though they are made in the US.
I have 17 years left on the patent and will be set for life by then and will only be a young 71 by then.
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Waterwings
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Although maybe not comparable, Bill Gates started in a garage.
I believe it's called entepreneurship (sp).
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Joe. S
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As you can see advertisement and spamming is frowned upon here. Like said above I believe we have been through this before.
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