papajoe222 Posted March 25, 2013 Posted March 25, 2013 I just got into drop shotting last season and, ever the tinkerer, decided to add a little twist to the traditional rigging. I started using a shakey head jig as the weight vs. the tube style weight with the line clip. Picked up a number of fish on the jig as well as a few on the French fry I was using above it. With that success, I continued to improvise and tried something I've done with C-rigs. I used a 3/8oz. Terminator jig as the weight and a paddle tail worm in combination. I would catch on the jig or the suspended worm depending on the fish's mood. From there, I'd switch to either a heavier jig so I could maintain bottom contact and work a little faster, Or I'd opt for a swim jig or spinnerbait with a small blade that I could keep deep, but off the bottom/ Anyone else ever have success with something similar? Quote
Super User Crestliner2008 Posted March 25, 2013 Super User Posted March 25, 2013 Good to hear about your success. However, in time, the odds may not necessarily be in your favor. Problem being is that the hook-set on a jig vs. a drop shot, are two distinctly different animations. Happy to see it appears to be working for you anyway. 1 Quote
Crappiebasser Posted March 25, 2013 Posted March 25, 2013 For fun fishing I tie a sunfly about 12" up from the shakey head and another 12" up from that. I have never caught a big fish on it but catching 2 spots at once is fun on light tackle. Quote
Super User Felix77 Posted March 25, 2013 Super User Posted March 25, 2013 Good to hear about your success. However, in time, the odds may not necessarily be in your favor. Problem being is that the hook-set on a jig vs. a drop shot, are two distinctly different animations. Happy to see it appears to be working for you anyway. x2. Two vastly different hooksets. I heard of this for the Power Drop Shot (Bubba or Power Shot). Seems to make more sense there. Quote
gobig Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 The hookset on a light wire jig and a dropshot are not that different. Quote
Will Wetline Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Innovative rigging, papajoe222. Glad you've had some success with it. Quote
mc6524 Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Actually, I've had success with using a jig as the wait. Flip it under a boat dock, and slowly drag the jig. It can be deadly. Quote
georgeyew Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 That's pretty creative. It can't hurt to have two lures for the fish to bite, right? Quote
Trailer Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 If you are a numbers guy your odds are better that way. Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted March 26, 2013 Super User Posted March 26, 2013 Make sure to use a traditional t-rigged bait as your drop shot presentation instead of a nose hooked bait. Should make the hook set the same! Jeff Quote
Super User Fishing Rhino Posted March 26, 2013 Super User Posted March 26, 2013 Sounds somewhat like a mackerel rig with only one bait with a tube worm. When I lived on Cape Cod we used them to catch tinker mackerel as bait for stripers. The ones we used had a silver spoon with a hook instead of a bank sinker. The plastic tubes were various colors, red, yellow, green, etc. Quote
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