Storing a drop shot rod.

Jigger · 02-14-08, 11:20 PM

How do you guys wrap and store a drop shot rod with the weight and hook on it???? Since the weight is below the hook, I don't know how to wrap the weight around the rod to carry it from the house to the boat without the weight flopping around. Do you understand my question? If not, I'll elaborate.

basskicker · 02-14-08, 11:30 PM

You could tape the line or sinker to the rod so it wont flop around and just take it off when you're ready to fish.

wargoth · 02-14-08, 11:42 PM

Twisty tie on the weight... cork or pencil eraser tipping the hook.

islandbass · 02-15-08, 12:03 AM

Use a strip of velcro. However, I prefer to remove the weight if I am done fishing. No matter how secure you make it, I don't like idea of the weight banging against the blank. Just my 2 cents.

Fish4food · 02-15-08, 01:41 AM

Yup, best way to keep it from banging against the rod or reel is to put it on just before use, and take it off when your done with it. If you find tying to be a PITA, use a snap swivel. The drawback to that is, you will get hung up on things easier.

carolina-rig-01 · 02-15-08, 02:37 AM

i use the twistie tie trick. keep several of them in the boat because they have a way of coming up missing.

jasonfish320 · 02-15-08, 12:19 PM

A Rubber Band! Easy & Cheap

Bob Smith · 02-15-08, 02:17 PM

The nice part about the Crucial Drop Shot rods is a wire hook at the butt of the handle that you simply hook the sinker behind. I leave a worm on the hook T-rigged to keep the point from being exposed.

You can acheive the same thing with some of the suggestions already mentioned in this thread (twisty, rubber band, store bought drop shot rod caddies), or you can actually epoxy a small wire sinker keeper on the butt of the rod like the Shimano Crucials.

lunker-lander · 02-15-08, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by islandbass

Use a strip of velcro. However, I prefer to remove the weight if I am done fishing. No matter how secure you make it, I don't like idea of the weight banging against the blank. Just my 2 cents.

Quite!

-Lunk-

Rebbasser · 02-15-08, 03:55 PM

I just remove the weight.

basschick · 02-15-08, 09:47 PM

Use a velcro cable tie. They are the perfect size right out of the box and very cheap. I found a pack of 10 at the dollar store. Let your drop shot weight down to almost the bottom of the rod and secure with the cable. Then your weight will not hit your blank. It works for me.

pig n jig · 02-15-08, 09:53 PM

I have used a garbage bag twist tie .It ain't the prettiest thing though.

P N J

Bender · 02-16-08, 08:02 AM

I use these.
and crank the line so that the weight is snug against the velcro.

Jigger · 02-16-08, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by basschick

Use a velcro cable tie.

What is a "velcro cable tie"????

Thanks for all the replies and ideas.

lunker-lander · 02-16-08, 02:33 PM

Try these form Tackle Warehouse. I might pick up a few when I get the cash.

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/descpage-BPDSW.html

They look pretty nice!

-Lunk-

Raul · 02-16-08, 03:06 PM

"Store" like in storing pre rigged for an extended period of time

....... I never do that, if it´s going to be stored then everything is taken appart, rod is stored in it´s sock and then into the rod tube, reel in it´s cover and then to it´s box.

If you mean keeping it pre rigged let´s say for tomorrow, then a velcro tie is enough.

lunker-lander · 02-16-08, 04:23 PM

Rah-Ool,

Can you please explain these oh, so elusive "velcro ties"?

-Lunk-

Raul · 02-16-08, 04:36 PM

Those velcro ties you use for cables to keep them away from tangling. You can find them in a any Home Depot or hardware store or in a Radio Shack, they come several to a pack, in various lengths and they are dirt cheap.

02-14-08, 11:20 PM	#1
Jigger BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 490	Storing a drop shot rod. How do you guys wrap and store a drop shot rod with the weight and hook on it???? Since the weight is below the hook, I don't know how to wrap the weight around the rod to carry it from the house to the boat without the weight flopping around. Do you understand my question? If not, I'll elaborate.

02-14-08, 11:30 PM	#2
basskicker BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ashland City, TN Posts: 111	You could tape the line or sinker to the rod so it wont flop around and just take it off when you're ready to fish. __________________ other anglers are hard to beat, but the fish are the real competition.

02-14-08, 11:42 PM	#3
wargoth BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Thompson, Ohio Posts: 223	Twisty tie on the weight... cork or pencil eraser tipping the hook. __________________ -Wargoth

02-15-08, 12:03 AM	#4
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	Use a strip of velcro. However, I prefer to remove the weight if I am done fishing. No matter how secure you make it, I don't like idea of the weight banging against the blank. Just my 2 cents. __________________ 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)

02-15-08, 02:37 AM	#6
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	i use the twistie tie trick. keep several of them in the boat because they have a way of coming up missing. __________________ You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.

02-15-08, 01:41 AM	#5
Fish4food BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 29	Yup, best way to keep it from banging against the rod or reel is to put it on just before use, and take it off when your done with it. If you find tying to be a PITA, use a snap swivel. The drawback to that is, you will get hung up on things easier.

02-15-08, 12:19 PM	#7
jasonfish320 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: MAINEIAC Posts: 585	A Rubber Band! Easy & Cheap __________________ "If at first you don't succeed; have another beer"

02-15-08, 02:17 PM	#8
Bob Smith BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cartersville, Georgia Posts: 1,472	The nice part about the Crucial Drop Shot rods is a wire hook at the butt of the handle that you simply hook the sinker behind. I leave a worm on the hook T-rigged to keep the point from being exposed. You can acheive the same thing with some of the suggestions already mentioned in this thread (twisty, rubber band, store bought drop shot rod caddies), or you can actually epoxy a small wire sinker keeper on the butt of the rod like the Shimano Crucials. __________________ Bob Smith a.k.a. "Porko" (vintage Strike King variety!)

02-15-08, 03:55 PM	#10
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	I just remove the weight. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

02-15-08, 09:47 PM	#11
basschick BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26	Storing a dropshot rod Use a velcro cable tie. They are the perfect size right out of the box and very cheap. I found a pack of 10 at the dollar store. Let your drop shot weight down to almost the bottom of the rod and secure with the cable. Then your weight will not hit your blank. It works for me.

02-15-08, 09:53 PM	#12
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	I have used a garbage bag twist tie .It ain't the prettiest thing though. P N J

02-16-08, 08:02 AM	#13
Bender BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brighton, MI Posts: 2,414	I use these. and crank the line so that the weight is snug against the velcro.

02-16-08, 02:33 PM	#15
lunker-lander BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,628	Try these form Tackle Warehouse. I might pick up a few when I get the cash. http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/descpage-BPDSW.html They look pretty nice! -Lunk- __________________ I don't see why schools are Public. If all schools were made Private, trespassers would be eliminated!

02-16-08, 03:06 PM	#16
Raul BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,030	"Store" like in storing pre rigged for an extended period of time ....... I never do that, if it´s going to be stored then everything is taken appart, rod is stored in it´s sock and then into the rod tube, reel in it´s cover and then to it´s box. If you mean keeping it pre rigged let´s say for tomorrow, then a velcro tie is enough.

02-16-08, 04:23 PM	#17
lunker-lander BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,628	Rah-Ool, Can you please explain these oh, so elusive "velcro ties"? -Lunk- __________________ I don't see why schools are Public. If all schools were made Private, trespassers would be eliminated!

02-16-08, 04:36 PM	#18
Raul BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,030	Those velcro ties you use for cables to keep them away from tangling. You can find them in a any Home Depot or hardware store or in a Radio Shack, they come several to a pack, in various lengths and they are dirt cheap.

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