Abstract: Systems and methods for a terminal tackle system with a bobber and bead. The bobber includes a grip portion with a grip housing and grip insert and a slip portion with a slip housing and slip insert. The grip insert includes a grip channel, an insert aperture, a tab, and a first groove. The slip insert includes a slip channel, an insert peg, an upper snap fit recess, and a first tongue. The insert peg includes a vertical quadrant channel and a horizontal quadrant channel that separate the insert peg into four quadrants. The bead includes a longitudinal channel, an upper notch, a lower notch, and an insertion channel. The upper notch and lower notch are wedge shaped and in communication with the longitudinal channel, with the outer end of each wider than its inner end. The insertion channel is positioned vertically between the upper notch and the lower notch.

Abstract: A counterbalanced fishing hook having an eye oriented at an angle to the shank. A weight is mounted to the eye and shank in a position to counterbalance the weight of the hook when a line is connected to the eye and the hook is suspended underwater. In a second embodiment, the shank has a horizontal straight portion and a portion that is bent at an angle with the curved portion and the barb oriented in a plane parallel to and displaced from the plane of a straight shank portion. The second embodiment employs a flat weight that is oriented parallel to the plane of the curved portion and the barb for holding the barb above the bottom of a body of water.