What size bottom Bouncer

I'm going to Lake Erie Reefs this spring early summer.Trolling and drifting???

I use 2oz from inline planner boards. If the fish are suspended 1.5oz let the line out till touch bottom then real up 4-10 cranks or feet on line counter reels, attach board. For drift'n in deep water 30ft you may need 3oz if there is current, ie. river.

1-3 oz. The rule is 1 oz per 10 ft of water. But, adjust according to wind, waves and speed to keep line at 45 degree angle. Let it down quickly to get bottom contact, crank up a few and hook the board on. Play around with the depth until you find where the fish are holding.

[perchjerker]

Depends also on how fast you are going.

Far and away my best selling bouncer size for Erie is a 4 oz. Not sure about the reefs though since I dont personally fish there.

I would rather be on the heavy side then the light side. I would have a selection between 1-4 oz unless you are in the central or east basin. I sell a lot of 6-8 oz size to those guys if you can believe it.

Like Jerry said strive for a 45 degree angle, it will give you the best preformance and sensivity

We run Church boards and they don't seem to run well in rough water with over 3 oz BB's on even when you move the counterweight all the way forward. I usually
run rods out the front with 4-4.5 oz BB's on when we're slow trolling 1.0-1.4 mph using the TM in order to keep the baits down under the boat (these are my lines since I can see'im while operating the boat). These lines catch a LOT of fish.

We run Church boards and they don't seem to run well in rough water with over 3 oz BB's on even when you move the counterweight all the way forward. I usually
run rods out the front with 4-4.5 oz BB's on when we're slow trolling 1.0-1.4 mph using the TM in order to keep the baits down under the boat (these are my lines since I can see'im while operating the boat). These lines catch a LOT of fish.

I fish Crane Creek-Turtle Creek area pretty hard.Up on the beach we will use 2oz-2 1/2oz.out to 24ft after that its 3oz at 27-28 it is is3-4oz's depending on waves.I use mast planer boards and this is what works good for me.I troll up to 2.1mph with the bb's because I also pull stinger spoons on jet divers on the inside.Tell me if I'm wrong guys but you need to try some things out.I will start pulling them at 1.o-1.6 but some days(like last aug.2.1-2.2 was best for me)I hope this helped not confused you..

I fish Crane Creek-Turtle Creek area pretty hard.Up on the beach we will use 2oz-2 1/2oz.out to 24ft after that its 3oz at 27-28 it is is3-4oz's depending on waves.I use mast planer boards and this is what works good for me.I troll up to 2.1mph with the bb's because I also pull stinger spoons on jet divers on the inside.Tell me if I'm wrong guys but you need to try some things out.I will start pulling them at 1.o-1.6 but some days(like last aug.2.1-2.2 was best for me)I hope this helped not confused you..