@catcharium: Most beginners strike right here... and miss. 🎣 Your bobber was telling you to wait: the fish was only tasting your worm. Here's the whole bobber language. Tap-tap, tiny rings? A fish is tasting. Wait. Goes under and stays under? It has it: reel up the slack and lift. Slides across the water, even against the wind? It's running with your bait. Strike. Pops up and falls flat? A fish swam up with the bait and lifted the weights. Strike! Drifting with the breeze or rocking on the waves? Ignore it. Dances all day but never goes under? Little fish are stealing your worm: try a smaller hook. And the mistake almost every beginner makes: a bobber that's way too big. Go small and add weights until just the tip peeks out. Anglers have been reading bobbers since a fishing book from 1496. Save this for your next trip. #fishing #bobberfishing #fishingtips #fishingforbeginners #panfish