Drop shotting on the river

just wondering if this was a good technique. i know it works alot of other places around the us. jw if any body had tried it on the river and if it is worth getting set up to do it.

It works for eyes and panfish so I see no reason why it wouldn’t work on carps.

who you calling a carp . them eyes are more a bottom feeder than bass are

It’s all about jealousy. They’ll learn!

Bass?!!!!? Oops, sorry. I was on my way to the “mudsucker” forum when I happened to see this thread and decided to post. I’ll be more carefull next time.
Now then, where was I heading again?
Bass are good.

Ive done some drop shotting on the river last year with OK results. I didn’t spent too much time doing it, but this year Im gonna give it more time. I’ve located some spots last year where I felt drop shotting would work great, but like said, didn’t give it much of a chance. It’s a little too slow of a presentation for me, but it’s something i’d like to become better at when the bite is slow.

Ok…I didn’t want to read this post…but after reading the subject line.. I have to ask the question…what’s drop shoting?

Please don’t tell me you guys look down a hole in the ice and drop a 5 oz barrel sinkers on unsuspecting bass. I know there easy…but …it must be something else….

I’d like to reiterate Brians Question. What is drop shotting? Something to do with jigging? The Avid I just bought says “Drop Shot” on the side I’m assuming this is the same thing??

Thanks!! Chris

It looks something like this:

http://bassresource.com/fishing/drop-shot.html

Hmmm, kinda make a suspending lure out of one that would normally sink.

I’m guessing it’s not trolled, but either jigged or held in place and the current supplies the action… Wouldn’t a regular jig work as well?

It just hit me…bass fishing in the…SLOP! Gotcha…drop it down the little window in the weeds and hang on…make sense to me….

lol i dont think its really ment for any type of applicaton. the whoe point is for you to cast it out and you being able to supply action the whole time its down there. its a finese techinque . as long as its not a floating lure, you can let the bait sink a little and then pull it back up again and give it action as many times as you want without moving the wieght which is on the bottom. i think this would work goon in the spring jw if anyone has really gave it a good shot or not

I’ve tried it in varying conditions on the river. Sometimes it was excellent, sometimes poor. I think it can be a very effective technique and a highly modifable (is that a word) one, but you have to be creative.

So when you fish this rig, the “drop shot” isn’t dragging on the bottom?

Just the weight is touching the bottom, the plastic is suspended above the bottom, how much depends on how high the hook is above the weight.

Has anyone tried this technique for walleyes? Lake or River? Whenever I have walleye fished (not much), you generally get bit when the bait is suspended off the bottom 6-12″. This set up would be ideal for that. Just curious???

Sounds like a question for the walleye forum

Jeremy & I are going to make a strong effort to learn this technique this year. Isn’t that right Jeremy?

Ducklr…

What Slop meant was…these guys haven’t a clue.

And I’m saying that in a nice way

I know nothing and I can tell you more about eye fishing.

Did I just say that out loud…in the bass forum?

I would think it would work well..if you could keep the sinker out of the rocks ect. It might be better used for the edge of weed lines. Or on lakes, like Winni.

Am I still in the bass forum? Dang!

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I would think it would work well..if you could keep the sinker out of the rocks ect.

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Many terminal tackle mfg. have taken care of this problem. I use Brovarney Baits drop-shot weights because they are able to pull free from my line without breaking off my hook and bait.
This means if you walleye guys want to fish the rocks, run your bait 6-12″(or whatever) above the weight, and if your weight gets hung up, you will save TIME and MONEY by simply sliding a new weight on the tag end of your line instead of replacing an entire jig, or whatever it is that you guys use.

I’m sure this technique could be deadly with leeches (yuck) or minnows! Might be worth giving it a try.

– d-nort