I grew up fising in creeks and rivers, using fixed bobbers to drift baits over holes and to slide them downstream into eddies. I caught a large number of catfish and carp with this technique, but was always prejudiced that it was lazy fishing. Who hasn't seen images of a guy sleeping on the bank over an unattended pole? And who would not prefer the thrill of a cast and retrieve strike on a spinner or crank bait?
Slip bobbers are a completely different deal. In fact, there are many times when they are the only presentation that will take fish.
You can learn everything you need about slip bobbers in the books of Greg Bohn. They are well worth the read.
Be aware that what works one day may not work the next. Or even the next hour. I have seen aggresive fish that one day will hit only cast baits, and slip bobber baits the next. I have no idea why. I didn't get the memo.
I do recommend fishing with one pole at a time. You might be tempted to throw out a slip bobber rig and cast to either side of it. But two things will likely go wrong. First, you need to be ready to respond to the bite on the slip bobber. You may also need to twitch the bobber occasionally to provoke the bite. Take your hand off the bobber pole and you will miss more than half the action. Second, you might, as I have more than once, catch two fish simultaneously. I landed and good size smallmouth bass and a midling northern clentching the second pole between my knees. It was not a pretty site. This is a good way to lose fish and break tackle.
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