I use the Buzz Bomb allllll the time! I fiddle around with cut plug herring, and if the fish are in, I'll switch to BB's. It's a standing joke in our boat about how many fish I can catch with them.
I taught my son how to fish them a couple years ago. He has a lot of fun, and it's a lure that he can actively fish with, and CATCH fish with, without having to cast. ( Trolling is really boring for kids ) I can't count how many silvers I caught with these this year.
I fish them from the boat and I fish them from the beach. Last August, I went down to Ediz Hook, 200 yards up from Daishowa Mill. I fished for an hour and caught 7 silvers. I called my husband from the cellphone in my pocket just to rub his nose in it, as he was in New Jersey.
A favorite place to cast them from is on the beach in Seiku. The beach in front of the Coho was the hot spot this year, but in years past it has been the beach over by the USCG house....we've caught many kings off that beach when they're running. I almost enjoy playing fish from the beach more than out of the boat.
So fine....let them fall out of favor with everybody else. There'll be more of them for me!
diana