Bounce Ball Questions

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by rossman

Way too much hardware for my liking. Probably is a little better on a peddle boat but on a real kayak it's too hard to control in the real world of wind and structure.

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by rossman

Way too much hardware for my liking. Probably is a little better on a peddle boat but on a real kayak it's too hard to control in the real world of wind and structure.

Are you referring to a standard bounce ball rig or the way I do it?

I hear you on the standard rig but the rig I use consists of a weight a swivel and a lure. No bait, no trap rigs, no flashers. It's actually the simplest easiest way I know to fish for halibut with a kayak. You don't need a bait tank you don't have to buy bait or frozen squid, and all the tackle fits in your pocket and a small box.

This is actually the way I fish when I don't want to carry a bunch of gear.

You can tie up before you ever go out hook the lure to a rod guide then when your on the water all you have to do is put a weight on, unhook the lure from the guide, drop it in the water lower it to the bottom and either drift or paddle.

It's really pretty simple which is kind of the beauty of the thing.

[makobob]

Originally Posted by Fiskadoro

Are you referring to a standard bounce ball rig or the way I do it?

I hear you on the standard rig but the rig I use consists of a weight a swivel and a lure. No bait, no trap rigs, no flashers. It's actually the simplest easiest way I know to fish for halibut with a kayak. You don't need a bait tank you don't have to buy bait or frozen squid, and all the tackle fits in your pocket and a small box.

This is actually the way I fish when I don't want to carry a bunch of gear.

You can tie up before you ever go out hook the lure to a rod guide then when your on the water all you have to do is put a weight on, unhook the lure from the guide, drop it in the water lower it to the bottom and either drift or paddle.

It's really pretty simple which is kind of the beauty of the thing.

2X if it wiggles and is within 0-10 feet of the bottom it will get butt bit. Keep it simple.

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by makobob

2X if it wiggles and is within 0-10 feet of the bottom it will get butt bit. Keep it simple.

Yeah people think bait fishing is simple but it's not. You have to buy the bait or make bait you have to have the equipment to keep it alive you have to put the bait on watch the rod, constantly check the bait and then replace it with fresh bait when it get's chewed on.

Often when I drift fish fish bait I'll put one of these rigs out as second rod so I'll always have something down there when I'm checking or changing bait etc... Basically if your moving it's fishing and you only have to pull it up when you have a fish.

[rossman]

Originally Posted by Fiskadoro

Are you referring to a standard bounce ball rig or the way I do it?

I hear you on the standard rig but the rig I use consists of a weight a swivel and a lure. No bait, no trap rigs, no flashers. It's actually the simplest easiest way I know to fish for halibut with a kayak. You don't need a bait tank you don't have to buy bait or frozen squid, and all the tackle fits in your pocket and a small box.

This is actually the way I fish when I don't want to carry a bunch of gear.

You can tie up before you ever go out hook the lure to a rod guide then when your on the water all you have to do is put a weight on, unhook the lure from the guide, drop it in the water lower it to the bottom and either drift or paddle.

It's really pretty simple which is kind of the beauty of the thing.

Actually Jim yours looks a bit easier but it took 1652 words to describe it so I figured it wasn't for me. I actually used a scaled down version of what you described for fishing Walleye when I lived in Minnesota. Same technique but smaller versions of hard baits.

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[Zed]

Same technique but smaller versions of hard baits.

You're forgetting the inflated nightcrawler threaded through all three trebles.

I prefer a deep diving floating hard bait when bouncing on a 12-16oz ball. CDs are good for a boat BB but I find they're too close to the bottom to have a slow sink lure while kayaking.

YMMV