Uh Its Dropshot Time

Fishie1 · 10-14-06, 04:58 PM

For all you midwesterners its time to start throwing the dropshot on your lakes...esp if they have gone clear....don't was your time with anything else on blue sky days from now until febuary.......this is the time of year I really catch some hogs on this rig.

JB · 10-14-06, 05:19 PM

thanks fishie
i am open to suggestions at this point.
I did find a frog colored mini torpedo top water lure this morning in the brush, but no fish..tomorrow I'll try the drop shot with a zoom finese worm

Fishie1 · 10-14-06, 05:22 PM

Yeah make sure you try the ds this time of the year because it will pay off....use a b caster with 10 pound line perferably though.......try some green worms and some shad worms....I like to use robo worms or some zoom finese worms.....just last year I got into the whole hand poured worms and they have really outshined the others except for the robo's but they are the same thing really. Go with a 3/16th oz weight this time of the year......
When the lakes get clear this is what works for me.....trigs and all that other stuff just doesn't get me many bites late in the year...

Hef · 10-14-06, 07:09 PM

I've already got the "shakey head" rod ready to rock.

JB · 10-14-06, 07:10 PM

the water here is crystal clear, so I am opting to throw a 4 inch dead ringer in punkin, on 10lb test

lizardsrule · 10-14-06, 08:33 PM

Fishie do you ever use a PNJ as the weight, instead of just a weight?

Lizards

zooker · 10-14-06, 09:40 PM

hef
might early for a shakey head bit here..they work best in the mid 50's-and lower- water temps..

zooker

Fishie1 · 10-15-06, 08:15 AM

I never use a pig n jig as the weight because I have tried it when the water is clear and it can actually scare some fish away that are spooky. It's funny but the fish don't hit jigs that often in the colder months for me.....oh and the shakeyhead is the other thing that I forgot to tell yahs to use...good thing someone remembered.....

TackleTester · 10-15-06, 11:53 AM

if the fish are real finicky use a spinning rod and 6 lb fluorocarbon......less stretch so you'll get better sensetivity and easier hook-ups

Hef · 10-17-06, 04:38 PM

Zooker,

Might want to start...........I've been slaying them!

pig n jig · 10-17-06, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishie1

I never use a pig n jig as the weight because I have tried it when the water is clear and it can actually scare some fish away that are spooky. It's funny but the fish don't hit jigs that often in the colder months for me.....oh and the shakeyhead is the other thing that I forgot to tell yahs to use...good thing someone remembered.....

You don't catch fish on them, because you don't use them ?I hate using a drop shot rig, about as exciting as watching the grass grow. Of course I don't use them much, because fish don't hit drop shot stuff much in colder months for me.Kalin grub on a 3/8 oz. leadhead works well for me though, better than a drop shot rig, go figure ?

P N J

Fishie1 · 10-17-06, 07:44 PM

Haha....yeah I guess I gave up on the jig for winter bass...so far that is.....Well I got out today and got 6 on the dropshot with a keeper custom worms finese worms.....they have some groovey plastics....might want to check them out....lost a good one that spat the hook.....used a 7foot rod with 8lb line on a baitcaster.......a baitcaster can handle 8lb surprisingly well..plus no line twist problems....I got two on a crank....and 4 on a c rig....
lake was up a foot but the deep bite was on.....I got them on a channel swing with rocks.....biggest one about 15 inches only though but they put up a fight.

Fishie1 · 10-17-06, 07:45 PM

that abu C3 can throw a dropshot hella far......and will cast 8lb nicely.

skeeter944 · 10-17-06, 08:39 PM

sounds like you had a pretty good trip. what size abu? the 4600 or the 5500?

FishinWrestler · 10-17-06, 08:42 PM

does anybody have a pic of how to rig a drop shot, im not exactly sure how it should look and it seems like it would be usefull to know how since i amm in central illinois.

FishinWrestler · 10-17-06, 08:46 PM

i have 2 4600 C3s and they can throw just about anything. I actully prefer them to my other bait caster it is a curado 200BSF.

Hef · 10-17-06, 09:06 PM

Here ya go.

bassresource.com/fishing/drop-shot.html

TackleTester · 10-17-06, 09:07 PM

There ya go

FishinWrestler · 10-17-06, 09:24 PM

So you just cast it out and basicly leave it in the same spot for a period of time and just jiggle the rod to give the bait action.

Fishie1 · 10-17-06, 09:34 PM

How I have worked this rig for success over the past 5 years or so is to throw it out there.....let it hit the bottom.....start shaking violently a real slack line wit the tip of the rod......when the line tightens up...reel fast and meet the fish with a good pull......I perfer to use a med. rod because there is more tip action and I can get a good hookset......you have to watch the line.

Another way you can fish it is to throw it out to a school and swim it through them.....did that on KY lake a couple of years back....

another way is to cast it out on a windy day and let it sit on a tight line......the current does stuff to the bait...

lastly take the rig and drog the weight around much like a c rig....this is good in the spring for some reason.....

Make sure you get yourself some handpoured worms for this technique...get some 4inch and 6 inch worms and go to town...

best hooks are the Gamas no 1
I have been fishing with the mustads and I have lost a few fish which normally doesn't happen....the wire is too thick on the mustads for d shotting I think...you just have to set harder....

I typically use a 3/16th oz weight or a 1/4th oz weight.......anything heavier and your going to miss fish....

Try a baitcaster with this setup.....just use a lighter rod like a med or med light....eliminates some line twist problems I have found....

one of the biggest things while dropshotting from a boat is to have high speed reel because the fish shoot straight to the surface sometimes and you better be able to catch them....Ish Monroe lost one on Bassmaster on T ROck because of this I think...I watched him and it looks like the fish burnt him but that can happen to anyone.....

Good fishin

Fishie1 · 10-17-06, 09:34 PM

Oh I use the 4600C3

FishinWrestler · 10-17-06, 09:39 PM

i have a 6'6" st.croix legend elite ML with a quantum PTi 30 energy spooled with 10lb vanish transion. Should i use this rod or go with my heaver bait caster.

skeeter944 · 10-17-06, 11:42 PM

that should do fine.

Fishie1 · 10-18-06, 07:25 AM

yeah sounds like a good rod for the d shot.......only time to go heavier would be on a mega shot rig...thats a offset hook with a sweet beaver on it and a 1/2 oz weight for flippin docks....then you would want to use a med heavy rod but for all dropshotting that would work great.

10-14-06, 04:58 PM	#1
Fishie1 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 308	Uh Its Dropshot Time For all you midwesterners its time to start throwing the dropshot on your lakes...esp if they have gone clear....don't was your time with anything else on blue sky days from now until febuary.......this is the time of year I really catch some hogs on this rig.

10-14-06, 07:09 PM	#4
Hef BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pasadena, MD Posts: 565	I've already got the "shakey head" rod ready to rock. __________________ U.S. Navy "The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his" - Gen Patton

10-14-06, 08:33 PM	#6
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Fishie do you ever use a PNJ as the weight, instead of just a weight? Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

10-14-06, 09:40 PM	#7
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	hef might early for a shakey head bit here..they work best in the mid 50's-and lower- water temps.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

10-17-06, 04:38 PM	#10
Hef BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pasadena, MD Posts: 565	Zooker, Might want to start...........I've been slaying them! __________________ U.S. Navy "The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his" - Gen Patton

10-14-06, 05:19 PM	#2
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	thanks fishie i am open to suggestions at this point. I did find a frog colored mini torpedo top water lure this morning in the brush, but no fish..tomorrow I'll try the drop shot with a zoom finese worm

10-14-06, 05:22 PM	#3
Fishie1 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 308	Yeah make sure you try the ds this time of the year because it will pay off....use a b caster with 10 pound line perferably though.......try some green worms and some shad worms....I like to use robo worms or some zoom finese worms.....just last year I got into the whole hand poured worms and they have really outshined the others except for the robo's but they are the same thing really. Go with a 3/16th oz weight this time of the year...... When the lakes get clear this is what works for me.....trigs and all that other stuff just doesn't get me many bites late in the year...

10-14-06, 07:10 PM	#5
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	the water here is crystal clear, so I am opting to throw a 4 inch dead ringer in punkin, on 10lb test

10-15-06, 08:15 AM	#8
Fishie1 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 308	I never use a pig n jig as the weight because I have tried it when the water is clear and it can actually scare some fish away that are spooky. It's funny but the fish don't hit jigs that often in the colder months for me.....oh and the shakeyhead is the other thing that I forgot to tell yahs to use...good thing someone remembered.....

10-15-06, 11:53 AM	#9
TackleTester BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Indpls, IN Posts: 333	if the fish are real finicky use a spinning rod and 6 lb fluorocarbon......less stretch so you'll get better sensetivity and easier hook-ups

10-17-06, 07:44 PM	#12
Fishie1 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 308	Haha....yeah I guess I gave up on the jig for winter bass...so far that is.....Well I got out today and got 6 on the dropshot with a keeper custom worms finese worms.....they have some groovey plastics....might want to check them out....lost a good one that spat the hook.....used a 7foot rod with 8lb line on a baitcaster.......a baitcaster can handle 8lb surprisingly well..plus no line twist problems....I got two on a crank....and 4 on a c rig.... lake was up a foot but the deep bite was on.....I got them on a channel swing with rocks.....biggest one about 15 inches only though but they put up a fight.

10-17-06, 07:45 PM	#13
Fishie1 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 308	that abu C3 can throw a dropshot hella far......and will cast 8lb nicely.

10-17-06, 08:39 PM	#14
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	sounds like you had a pretty good trip. what size abu? the 4600 or the 5500?

10-17-06, 08:42 PM	#15
FishinWrestler BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: charleston,IL Posts: 58	does anybody have a pic of how to rig a drop shot, im not exactly sure how it should look and it seems like it would be usefull to know how since i amm in central illinois.

10-17-06, 08:46 PM	#16
FishinWrestler BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: charleston,IL Posts: 58	i have 2 4600 C3s and they can throw just about anything. I actully prefer them to my other bait caster it is a curado 200BSF.

10-17-06, 09:06 PM	#17
Hef BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pasadena, MD Posts: 565	Here ya go. bassresource.com/fishing/drop-shot.html __________________ U.S. Navy "The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his" - Gen Patton

10-17-06, 09:07 PM	#18
TackleTester BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Indpls, IN Posts: 333	There ya go

10-17-06, 09:24 PM	#19
FishinWrestler BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: charleston,IL Posts: 58	So you just cast it out and basicly leave it in the same spot for a period of time and just jiggle the rod to give the bait action.

10-17-06, 09:34 PM	#20
Fishie1 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 308	How I have worked this rig for success over the past 5 years or so is to throw it out there.....let it hit the bottom.....start shaking violently a real slack line wit the tip of the rod......when the line tightens up...reel fast and meet the fish with a good pull......I perfer to use a med. rod because there is more tip action and I can get a good hookset......you have to watch the line. Another way you can fish it is to throw it out to a school and swim it through them.....did that on KY lake a couple of years back.... another way is to cast it out on a windy day and let it sit on a tight line......the current does stuff to the bait... lastly take the rig and drog the weight around much like a c rig....this is good in the spring for some reason..... Make sure you get yourself some handpoured worms for this technique...get some 4inch and 6 inch worms and go to town... best hooks are the Gamas no 1 I have been fishing with the mustads and I have lost a few fish which normally doesn't happen....the wire is too thick on the mustads for d shotting I think...you just have to set harder.... I typically use a 3/16th oz weight or a 1/4th oz weight.......anything heavier and your going to miss fish.... Try a baitcaster with this setup.....just use a lighter rod like a med or med light....eliminates some line twist problems I have found.... one of the biggest things while dropshotting from a boat is to have high speed reel because the fish shoot straight to the surface sometimes and you better be able to catch them....Ish Monroe lost one on Bassmaster on T ROck because of this I think...I watched him and it looks like the fish burnt him but that can happen to anyone..... Good fishin

10-17-06, 09:39 PM	#22
FishinWrestler BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: charleston,IL Posts: 58	i have a 6'6" st.croix legend elite ML with a quantum PTi 30 energy spooled with 10lb vanish transion. Should i use this rod or go with my heaver bait caster. __________________ When the fish dont bite ...............life does

10-17-06, 11:42 PM	#23
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	that should do fine.

10-18-06, 07:25 AM	#24
Fishie1 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 308	yeah sounds like a good rod for the d shot.......only time to go heavier would be on a mega shot rig...thats a offset hook with a sweet beaver on it and a 1/2 oz weight for flippin docks....then you would want to use a med heavy rod but for all dropshotting that would work great.

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