Using a float!

[John findley]

Am thinking ov trying a bit float fishing on weekend was curious on how long a should make me hook line from float or does this not matter?any help would be appreciated.

[PAUL1971]

i normaly have my hook mlength about 1 1/2 ft

[Scotty91]

Aye wood say about 3ft-5ft pending wer the fish r

[John findley]

Would u recommend putting any beads on aswel.? do the fish go for them this time of year?

[topbanana]

Totally dependent on where you fish, depth of water infront of you, what's infront of you etc. I've fished up to 18/20ft at some places and if the waters reasonably deep infront of me I start at about 10/12ft. Its just a case of reading the mark and adjust your depth until you find the fish. This my own opinion like, others may differ.

[topbanana]

Would u recommend putting any beads on aswel.? do the fish go for them this time of year?

I float fish with strips of mackerel for mackerel, coalies, Pollock etc and head hooked ragworm for Pollock as well.

[Philysafc]

I find it better to plumb ya depth , then work ya way up until you connect with pockets of fish .
Plumb ya depth with no hook length on and mark ya line with a black marker so ya can go back to fishing the bottom , most the time fish are in the bottom quarter of water but will move up if feed travels ,
Trial and error mate , good luck