Bounceballing

[Austin_McHalek]

Im looking into new techniques to catch halibut in o'side harbor besides dropper loop and chovies or drifting squid. I hear people are having a lot of luck bounceballing a dodger rig. Has anyone had success bounceballing while slow trolling in a kayak?

Plan on going out Sunday morning in the harbor.

[spicolly]

Originally Posted by Austin_McHalek

Im looking into new techniques to catch halibut in o'side harbor besides dropper loop and chovies or drifting squid. I hear people are having a lot of luck bounceballing a dodger rig. Has anyone had success bounceballing while slow trolling in a kayak?

Plan on going out Sunday morning in the harbor.

I have caught them on Hammer style swimbaits and drop shotting gulp minnows. But, I've had the best results with live chovies, using either Carolina or Drop Shotting. I haven't used a dropper loop or cannonball in the Harbor, but I have in LJ - sorry!

[taggermike]

I've BB-ed from the yak in SD bay several times. It was not too hard from a hobie, but I think it would be tough on a paddle kayak. Trolling a 1 lb cannon ball is not fun. Its not a complicated technique but they're are lots of little tweaks you can make. I caught many short butts, bass and even a 15 lb black sea bass, but no legal butts. Give itca shot. Mike