How to hook up a dropshot.

jooleyen · 07-10-07, 07:07 PM

I know I've been asking a lot of quesitons lately. Here is another one.

How do you hook your dropshot rig onto your rod when you're done fishing. I hook the hook onto the hook keeper, but the sinker dangles and tangles with everything. I've tried to wrap the leader around the rod handle, but that doesn't work too well.

Rebbasser · 07-10-07, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jooleyen

I know I've been asking a lot of quesitons lately.

Noooo-you? Ask a lot of questions

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I either wrap it around the reel seat when putting it down or remove the sinker when storing it.

jooleyen · 07-10-07, 07:51 PM

Haha. Thanks Reb.

spego · 07-10-07, 08:31 PM

I put the sinker in between the roller and the bail arm. It works on my reels and should on most. It seems to be about the neatest way I could figure.

carolina-rig-01 · 07-10-07, 11:27 PM

you can take a twist tie like come on a loaf of bread and use it to secure the weight to your rod. i have done this a lot but i have trouble keeping the twist ties....i always seem to lay them on the deck of my boat and forget about them, they don't handle boat rides that well.

Bender · 07-10-07, 11:58 PM

I use these: http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/st...=SearchResults
Also they work well on any rod without a hook keeper or on some that make my hooks rust.

bassfisher02 · 07-11-07, 12:10 AM

Rubberband, piece of string, twisty-tie like Carolina-Rig said, surgical tape, electrical tape, fishing line, lots of different things. I deffinitely would not buy anything for this use, there are too many other options.

islandbass · 07-11-07, 02:59 AM

I take the weight off if I don't have a piece of velcro. It's not that hard to do or to reattach.

links_man2 · 07-11-07, 09:08 AM

Get some velcro cable ties at Walmart, Best BUy, Circuit City, .... They work very good and are inexpensive.

07-10-07, 07:07 PM	#1
jooleyen BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,509	How to hook up a dropshot. I know I've been asking a lot of quesitons lately. Here is another one. How do you hook your dropshot rig onto your rod when you're done fishing. I hook the hook onto the hook keeper, but the sinker dangles and tangles with everything. I've tried to wrap the leader around the rod handle, but that doesn't work too well.

07-10-07, 08:31 PM	#4
spego BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Drums PA Posts: 66	I put the sinker in between the roller and the bail arm. It works on my reels and should on most. It seems to be about the neatest way I could figure. __________________ Sponsored by CB's Hawg Sauce cbshawgsauce.com/walker

07-10-07, 11:27 PM	#5
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	you can take a twist tie like come on a loaf of bread and use it to secure the weight to your rod. i have done this a lot but i have trouble keeping the twist ties....i always seem to lay them on the deck of my boat and forget about them, they don't handle boat rides that well. __________________ You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.

07-11-07, 12:10 AM	#7
bassfisher02 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 4,765	Rubberband, piece of string, twisty-tie like Carolina-Rig said, surgical tape, electrical tape, fishing line, lots of different things. I deffinitely would not buy anything for this use, there are too many other options. __________________ Good Fishin'

07-11-07, 02:59 AM	#8
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	I take the weight off if I don't have a piece of velcro. It's not that hard to do or to reattach. __________________ ARX "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Doug Larson (Shimano 2005 Reel Catalog)

07-10-07, 07:51 PM	#3
jooleyen BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,509	Haha. Thanks Reb.

07-10-07, 11:58 PM	#6
Bender BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brighton, MI Posts: 2,414	I use these: http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/st...=SearchResults Also they work well on any rod without a hook keeper or on some that make my hooks rust.

07-11-07, 09:08 AM	#9
links_man2 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sanford, NC Posts: 134	Get some velcro cable ties at Walmart, Best BUy, Circuit City, .... They work very good and are inexpensive.

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