06-24-2009, 05:54 PM
bottom bouncers are a whole differant deal. it's not just a drop and go setup. you would use a wormharness or a minnowharness. you want to troll them at about 0.5 to 0.8 mph, no more them 1.5. you will want to hold your rod straight out the side of the boat. this way you will be able to fish them better, and hook set better.
you need to be moving at your trolling speed and them drop your line down. don't drop your line very fast or you will tangle the harness. once it hits bottom tighten up you line. you will want to check for bottom contact about every 5 to 10 seconds. you should be able to touch bottom with about 1 to 2 feet of dropping your rod back, if not you need to adjust your line either up or down. thats one reason for holding your rod straight out the side. when you get a bite don't set the hook right away, feed it back a little and wait for it to start to get heavy. now set the hook with a long sweep forward motion (not up) forward.
trolling a bottom bouncer works better on a baitcast reel. also trolling a bouncer is adjusting your line up or down all day. you want to be able to touch bottom not drag bottom. hope this helps. later chuck
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