![]() Have fun, anyway you do it, its a learning experience you'll find what works for you. I tend to use them more as the season slips into summer and fall. I love pulling bouncers, great locating mechanisms, It is incredible how much a 2 - 3 oz bouncer will wear your arm out after a day of fishing. Typically on a good bite the harness needs to be changed out anyway as the line becomes so damaged, so they really don't last that long when the fish are snapping, or the pike make short work of them. ![]() For the best results with Lindy rigs, use a pencil-style bottom bouncer or cut off the top arm off a 7-style bouncer and use just the weighted part. I have found over the years I did not really gain anything with longer harnesses. One is pulling a Lindy rig behind a bottom bouncer, which is a great way to fish rocky areas where conventional Lindy rig weights get snagged. My harnesses are typically less than 36in, most around 24in. I prefer to keep my bouncer and have 20 - 30 pre tied harnesses, and can quickly tie up more. Like trying to keep your line as vertical as possible but not more than 45 degrees angle, just touching or feeling the bottom every once in a while not dragging your bouncer on the bottom. Popularized in the Dakotas, this simple straight-line weight design gets your bait. Quickly adjust to depth or current changes while walleye fishing with Bass Pro Shops® Pencil-Style Bottom Bouncers. These work quite well for me.A simple snap is all you need, a better question maybe how to fish with your bouncer. Bass Pro Shops Pencil-Style Bottom Bouncers. I install a large diameter plastic bead between the sinker slide and a SPRO ball-bearing snap swivel to prevent the slider from going onto the snap swivel. I came across the following item from Bass Pro: Don’t like the bottom bouncer weights cause I have a hard time telling if just the tip is touching bottom or if the whole thing is laying down. ![]() Very big for what I’m used to catching for walleye. I was looking for something that would be installed on my fishing line that would facilitate swapping bottom bouncers as needed - changing depths of water, boat speed, waves or current. I’ve only used bottom bouncers a few times and produced some nice 24 to 26 walleye on the Chippewa River. I may be incorrect in my recollection as this was several years ago. In order to change bottom bouncers, I would have needed to cut my line, remove the bottom bouncer, install a new bottom bouncer and then retie my line to the spinner harness. I seem to recall that the slider was more-or-less attached to the bouncer. As I remember, the Northland bouncers came with a slider arrangement that was (in my opinion) somewhat feeble. ![]() I made the switch to the Northland style pencil-style bottom bouncers several years ago. They help to keep your bait off the bottom of the lake keeping it where fish can get to your bait. The Scheels Outfitters Pencil Bottom Bouncers are a favorite of walleye anglers. I was using a style of bottom bouncers that had a point for attachment of the fishing line that resembled a split ring - rather than a loop as found on the nose of a bucktail. Scheels Outfitters Pencil Bottom Bouncers 6 Pack. The bottom bouncers that I had been using for many years were regularly getting tangled in the fishing line while fighting the fish or in the net.
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