Fishing805Fever | Thu Feb-15-07 09:09 PM |
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#16711, "RE: Drop shotting"
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I dropsshot with 6 when i fish the exposed hook style and have heard of people going as low as 4 but to me thats wayt o light.ten lb floro when rig the worm texas style. tight lines, BRIAN
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swimbait | Thu Feb-15-07 10:03 PM |
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#16712, "RE: Drop shotting"
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Aside from your equipment, what do you feel contributes to drop shotting being a weakness? And it's ok to say that you just don't like finesse ;)
I would not say that I am great at drop shotting but it is something that I'll do from time to time. Keys for success for me have been:
- Using the proper weight to match the cover (pencil weight for grass, round for rock, etc)
- Hook selection (nose hook for open water, straight shank robo rebarb hook for more weedless approach).
- How to hook the worm (hook lightly in the nose for best action)
- Line weight ( 6 for small fish and in general, 8 or 10lb for larger fish or around cover)
I think there are about 1,000 types of soft plastic that will work on drop shot but whether they get bit or not depends more on your basic terminal tackle. Rod and reel are important for fighting the fish, and to a lesser extent for imparting action to the worm, but even if you're using an ugly stick with a spincaster, you should still get plenty of bites with the right setup on the business end.
Tell me more though about what it is that is hurting your confidence in the technique. Let's diagnose :)
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swimbait | Tue Mar-06-07 02:41 PM |
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#16778, "RE: Drop shotting"
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ChouDawg
You know what really helped my drop shotting... Spending some time watching how my bait moved in clear water in relation to my rod action. Basically just toss your bait somewhere you can see it and shake it different ways. You'll see that if you shake it and give slack with the right rhythm, the worm will start to wave up and down or quiver depending how fast you shake it.
You'll also start to see which worms are good and which ones aren't. There is a reason why Robo is so popular for drop shot, their worms have terrific action.
If you try different hook rigging (like nose hook vs. small EWG vs. Robo rebarb hook) you'll get a sense for how the hook affects the action on each worm. How you hook the worm can really affect the action! For example, a small EWG hook on a 4" worm will kill the action most times. In that case a nose hook rig is usually appropriate. If you put the same EWG hook in a larger 7" worm, you may get all the action you need.
It's the kind of thing where you need to put together a good combination. Just having the right worm or the right hook doesn't always get it done, it's having the combination of worm, hook, hooking method, shaking method, and to a smaller extent line diameter that will get you bit. I am by no means a drop shot master, but I do have some combinations that I can put out there with confidence, and they usually get bit.
Drop shotting is a little more complicated than tossing a weightless senko or a rattle trap but a little time on the water experimenting and watching the results of your combinations in shallow/clear water will get you going I think.
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