Bobber With A Brain Review

Review of the Bobber With A Brain for catfishing.

At first glance the Bobber With A Brain looks like a slip bobber on steroids and I have to admit that I was a skeptic after looking at the companies website, but the manufacturer of the Bobber With A Brain, Big Ten Tackle sent me some of these to test and do a product review on them (as well as some to give away to the readers).

The manufacturer of the Bobber With A Brain sells this cork as the worlds only ten function bobbers.

I took this product for a test drive to let the readers in on this product and exactly how it works.

The ten functions are listed as (this is just a summary, for more detail go to their website)

1. No Line Stopper Needed – Patented magnetic locking mechanism makes stops obsolete.
2. Vertical Jugging – Light whipping motion of the rod tip causes it to tip.
3. Trolling Action – Reeling it in slowly allows your baits to glide along the bottom as if you are trolling from a boat.
4. Resets – As you reel it in your bait raises with the sinker towards the surface. (I would imagine this would GREATLY reduce snags especially when bank fishing)
5. Multi Level Fishing – Makes multi-level fishing possible from any casting point.
6. Super Sensitive – Releases line as a fish bites, only has to pivot slightly to detect a bite, because of line release it seldom goes under which causes repeated bait strikes.
7. Stationary – Won’t drift in 25 mile per hour wind or medium current.  Also excellent for boat drift fishing.
8. Fishes From The Bottom Up – Uses bottom as a reference point, not the top. The baits distance off the bottom is determined by how far you place your bait above the sinker.
9. Automatic – Simply casting positions single or multiple baits, inches or feet off the bottom without a stop.
10. Works Any Depth – Automatically releases line until the sinker strikes the bottom, then pictors locking the line. Baits above the sinker never touch bottom.

Here is a video from the manufacturer of the Bobber With A Brain that explains the functions

And now the review of the Bobber With A Brain

After fishing with thisI found that it did exactly what the manufacturer said it does and works exactly as described. We had a very windy day where my guided fishing trip got cancelled so we tested the float out from the bank with different rigs and configurations. It worked exceptionally well.

At first, it was a little awkward to rig, as you rig it in reverse of a conventional slip float, feeding the line through the bottom of the float instead of the top. You do have to rig with the sinker on the bottom of the rig which requires some rigging that I don’t traditionally use. A three way rig would probably be preferable for catfishing with it. The company has the rigging options clearly listed on their website. There are a lot of different options and you can even take the top of out and use the top like a traditional slip float (if you add a split shot or stop). You can view all of the rigging options for here.

I can say that of everything that I tested when fishing with this slip bobber while catfishing it did EXACTLY what the manufacturer said it would.  It is a little bulky, but I think that bulk adds not only to the sensitivity but it’s ability to perform all of its functions. They sent us some light sticks and they attached nicely to the top and were highly visible from quite a way away.

I think the combination of the light stick with the sensitivity of the float would make it very effective for night fishing.

While I don’t think this would replace my traditional slip floats for fishing from a boat in some applications I do see where it could easily out perform a traditional slip float in many applications.

If you are fishing from the bank, I don’t think you would find a better tool in your arsenal. I think the fact that it automatically sets the depth is worse the price alone because when bank fishing with a slip cork you never know how deep you are actually fishing, which can be a deal killer when catfishing. This combined with the fact that it works well in high winds (according the manufacturer) would be a great asset as well. We tested it in about 45 mph winds and although it did not remain stationary, I don’t think anything would, and I was surprised at how well it actually did perform in those winds. Last but not least the fact that the sinker raises with it when reeling in (see resets above) would greatly reduce snags.

The bottom line, it does exactly what they say it does and performs well, As stated above I think it has specific applications but I especially think when catfishing from the bank it would outperform most other bobbers.

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