My New Favorite Technique!

[Kowen117]

Just picked up a drop shot rig for the first time this week, and they are amazing! In 2-3 hours of fishing I caught 18 fish including two over 4lbs off of two sunken trees that lay about 15 feet apart. I was fishing the drop shot with about 15-18 inches in between the hook and sinker with a 6 inch zoom trick worm.

[Traveler2586]

Nice job, keep it up. I like to Drop Shot deep holes on river bends, creek channels, and in & around any cover I can find. It will get you into and out of places other baits can't swin through.

Years ago we use to call this "botton fishing"

[kylek]

I have never tried drop shotting. Is this a good technique to use when pitching to timber in 10' of water? Or maybe shallow laydowns? I would normally throw a T-rig worm or other soft plastic. Just looking to give the fish something different to look at..

[hookset on 3]

I'm here to tell you that drop shottin' catches more and more of my shallow water fish. This includes a lot of bigger bass, that turned their nose up, at a well placed jig or texas rig the previous cast!

For pressured bodies of water, there is nothing like it. I have been hitting a stained lake for the last couple of weeks with all of the power fishing techniques with mixed results. The minute I put on a drop shot with small soft plastics, it was one after another.

So, keep up the good work, Smokinshad.

[Kowen117]

I have never tried drop shotting. Is this a good technique to use when pitching to timber in 10' of water? Or maybe shallow laydowns? I would normally throw a T-rig worm or other soft plastic. Just looking to give the fish something different to look at..

best bait I have used recently in lay downs and wood in shallow water. You hardly ever hang up if you rig it right.