floating slip rig (catfish)

[WaffleJaw]

Ive been doing alot of catfishing lately...But Ive been having really bad days at it..Either getting skunked or hitting up dinks....I did some research and read a few articles about how catfish will shy away if they feel tension on a bait...We use drop shots with rod holders and alert bells...Those little bells will go off for a split second and then nothing,so I thought ''maybe the tension of the drop shot is scaring em off''....I was looking to do a slip rig,but I dont like the idea of letting the bait rest on the floor..I know they feed off the bottom,but I wanted to suspend my bait just sightly off the lake floor.....I found a way after combining a few ideas,Im sure its been done before,lol

I took a normal slig rig, 1/4oz egg sinker and barrel swivel with a 12'' leader attached.....Then I bought the smallest bobbers I could,gutted them just for the foam,slip the bobber on the leader followed by a glass bead then the treble..The glass bead keeps the bobber off the hook....Then I took the plastic stem that I took from the bobber and slide it back in...With the line going through it held snuggly.

I field tested it (bathtub)...and it worked perfectly.....So now I can keep a tight line using the egg sinker,but leader/bobber floats freely for the fish to take.

Now Im waiting on the Secret 7 bait that I order to try it all out.....