bobber

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An inflated rubber buoy about the size of a cantaloupe serves as a bobber.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2022

The Dakes cast upstream and let their baits drift down, ready to set the hook should the bobber dip below the surface.

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2017

Fishermen will not get bored there like they might on Crane Prairie, staring at a strike indicator or bobber all day long.

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2014

Fish the same jig and slip bobber combos in the mainstem of the Columbia, but bait them with a chunk of shrimp cured with Pautzke's Fire Cure.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2011

I spun in the hallway like a bobber in the river.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly