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[Harry Hill]

Originally Posted by MITCHELL

Harry I only use the bounce ball when I don't have live bait you drag it across the bottom and it made to a track fish with all the comotion, it put a lot of drag on your kayak I have done it before and it a nice little work out, and you better hope you don't snag the bottom.when I kayak fished the bay I would always check the tide for a big movement of water that's when the clams on the bottom open up and the bass feed and I would go the same direction of the tide and scrape the bottom with a 3in gulp shrimp on one spinning pole with 8lb test and my second pole which got a 32 in halibut with a sartruce twin tail scampi with a red lead head just paddle with the tide and keep both jigs scraping the bottom and you will get a leagal halibut if you put your time in.I would plan my trip going with the tide and turn around when the tide would change to come back fishing both sides of the bay in one trip good luck.I launch at two places tidelands park and shelter island depending on which direction the tide was going

Duke, why not live bait? Also, you have a motor on your boat I think so you don't have to paddle while you are bouncing the ball. But I have to paddle to keep going so I can't hold the rod. I think what you are telling me don't paddle but let the tide move you so you are bouncing while the tide moves you, then when the tide changes to let it bring you back? I think you launch from tidelands on an outgoing tide and shelter island when the tide is rising? I wish I lived closer to the bay so I could fish more than twice a month.Thanks for the help with this, you and others are helping me a lot with this, eventually I will put this all together in the right order and start catching the butts