Bottom bouncers........yup they can be key at times. When we used to stay at a fish camp near Sioux Lookout we would drift a reef and use large chubs and suckers. Popped some very nice walleye that way.

We also use bottom bouncers on Lake Erie while trolling crawler harnesses.

A few thoughts. If the bottom isn't fairly constant.......Lake Erie basin for example may be flat for a mile or more, your bottom bouncer will require almost constant attention to keep it in the "zone". Drifting the reefs on Lake Minnitaki (sioux lookout) was done in the comfort of a tin boat and keeping an eye on your rig was fairly simple.

Not trying to pop anyones bubble........with a good depth finder and someone else paddling you about a bottom bouncer can have some success. But in canoe country the bottom changes so often and dramatically that trolling under power might be tough.

Drifting, on the other hand would be the way to go with them out of a canoe IMO........drift sock might be helpful to get the boat pointed into the waves.

I like the product........quite innovative.