Bottom bouncing?

[ccfish]

I am not familar with this technique. Where can I find out the particulars and or more specifics. Do you use crank baits or live bait? Thanks

[Pikeman]

There have been a few pretty good articles written about it. Check around this site on the pro-pages for more.
Most anglers use live bait or my favorite, try a Berkley Power Crawler. I ussualy like to put a few beads, and a spinner blade in front of the bait.
Crankbaits behind bottom bouncers is a very over looked tactic by a lot of anglers, but can produce big fish. Make sure you select a shallow diving crank to go behind the bouncer. Long slender cranks such as the ones made by reef runner work well.
Anymore questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Pikeman

[derrek]

You can use either live bait or cranks behind a bottom bouncer. 99% of the time, people will run some sort of spinner or floating rig or worm harness behind the bouncer, with anywhere from 2-8 feet of a leader. They can be made or bought commercially with blades beads and hooks already put together. For cranks, as suggested, a shallowdiver is a must.

I've also run floating jigs tipped with bait behind a bottom bouncer, with some success. Good luck.

[vetspet(ind)]

a trick which has worked for me is to use my 12 ft noodle rods made for lake michigan salmon...they are whippy at the tip but have a solid heavy butt section so that they bend a lot at the tip but have enough backbone to get big fish...the 12 ft length allows me to bounce the spinner higher than a 6 ft rod and sometimes i really outproduce the others on my boat...using a worm rig ....i like the four-six foot leaders better than the short ones....steve

[bigfish1965]

I use bottom bouncers in front of a crank bait. I fish a pier that helps protect a harbour that is a river mouth. I walk to the end of the pier and cast out downstream. I then walk upstream along the pier, keeping my crank just a bit above the bottom. This has caught me many big walleye. I too use a long Fenwick Blackhawk salmon rod. The longer sweep helps with control and hook set.