Bottom bouncing soft bottom

[submoa]

I have the best results when my bouncer touches bottom occasionally not all the time. The line should be no more than a .45 degree angle and hitting bottom, your speed will determine that, I'm usually bouncing at .05 - .08 mph GPS speed. Very your weight of bouncer and boat speed to make that angle happen. Feeling the bottom should not be hard at all, different rods have different sensitivity obviously, that would be where I'd start to look if you can't feel the bottom. There is obvious exceptions but for the most part that's money for me.
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