Bottom bouncer vs. bell sinker

[thump55]

A different sinker could have changed how far off bottom your spinner was running. Even a change of a couple inches could affect your catch rate.

Even if the sinker was the same weight, a bell sinker is shorter and will have different hydro-dynamics than a pencil sinker with a wire end which could change the angle of the main line and easily raise or lower the lure position a couple inches.

Color could also have been a factor if the pencil sinker was painted.

Just sayin'.

[dan cardinal]

Hard to argue with what is working regardless of the reason. In this instance I credit REW for making the adjustment, which should encourage us...regardless of how experienced we are...to be receptive to do the same. Through my many years of angling I have concluded one thing...I am never going to come close to figuring it all out.
REW..."the bell sinker theory"...for whatever reason it works...I bet you got some guys on this forum taking note. For that...thanks for posting!

[eriksat1]

I don't care who, or how good a fisherman they are, if they are out fishing me I will switch to whatever setup they are using.

[adempsey]

Originally Posted by eriksat1

I don't care who, or how good a fisherman they are, if they are out fishing me I will switch to whatever setup they are using.

Lol. Amen.

[BigGameBalls]

I was fishing over gravel the other weekend. Had 2 rods rigged with the new stainless steel northland bouncers and one with a standard bouncer. The standard bouncer didn't catch a single fish and the 2 with the northland boucners caught 6. All 3 had differnt colored blades on them so it could've been the blade color but I think it was the sound from the stainless rod.