Wacky or Nose hooked for Dropshot?

[airborne_angler]

Earlier in the week I asked about everyones favorite DS bait.

Now I want to explore another aspect.

With your favorite bait in mind,how do you prefer to hook your bait when throwing a Dropshot?

Do you prefer Wacky(through the middle) or Nose Hooked?

I know some will agree that at times,depending on the bait,there may be no other option than nose hooking,but other baits,like a Finesse worm,Cut Tail or Robo worm,you have the option of throwing it Wacky rigged.

I used to throw my 3" Berkley DS worms Wacky rigged on a DS,and caught lots of fish,no size but still fun as heck.

I have primarily been throwing my Cut tail worms Nose hooked,but did experiment with them Wacky rigged and the fish were hooking themselves up on the drop of the initial cast.Only happened a few times though. Otherwise I havent had luck with wacky rigging a Cut tail on the DS.

So what works best for you all?

Currently im "stuck" on throwing a DS. Cant put it down and cant bring myself to try any other technique. I know im limiting myself,but when the DS gets bit like it does ,its pretty addicting(for me at least).

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Lake Fork Magic Shad  -  Nose hooked

Senko  -  Wacky

 

 

[Carrington]

i nose hook all of the baits i put on a drop shot.

[scrutch]

I wacky rig most of the time, but it seems that when I do dropshot with a wacky-rigged worm (especially a senko), it ends up being a dink parade.

[JDK.]

what!!! Just last week you were buying every crankbait known to man and asking questions on every crankbait technique haha ;D ;D

To answer your question i do both but nose hook 80% of time wacky 10% and regular Texas rig other 10%

[airborne_angler]

I dunno,im sorta over Crankbaits. I have enough to last me a lifetime. Theres a time and a place for em,I feel more comfortable throwing a DS.

[Carrington]

you need to learn how to throw everything and know the times when to throw them.  dont get into saying your more comfortable throwing one thing and then you throw that say 90% of the time.  Learn to throw everything so you can truly key in on a pattern when your on the water.

[soccplayer07]

nose hook 90% of the time.

[Grey Wolf]

You'll eventually learn to throw the baits that the fish want , not what you want.

Nose hooked most of the time.

[KYntucky Warmouth]

nose hooked

[J Francho]

If its a senko, wacky all the way, and with a long drop line.  For anything else, nose hooked.  I let the fish and cover do the talking when determining dropper line.

[Crestliner2008]

To my way of thinking, it depends on the mood of the fish. If they are finicky, I nose hook to give them a subtler presentation. If they hungry and chasing, the extra action of a wacky rig can sometimes give you a really great day on the water. It increases the attraction factor.

When I nose hook though, I'm usually using the smaller 2 1/2" - 3" baits. When wacky rigging on a drop shot, it's usually the larger 4" & 5" worms; although I will nose hook that size fluke sometimes.

Further, I believe the Senkos (and those kind of stick baits) - any size - are best used wacky style on the drop shot, but that's just me.

[LunkerLust]

Nose hook, but I do it a little different than I've seen in pictures on the forums. I like to push the shaft of the hook into the bait with just the curve sticking out the top instead of just hooking the very tip.

[Sam]

X2 for South Florida Bass Addict.

I usually nose hook everything except when adding a 4-inch Senko.

I will nose hook the Senko Kut-Tails.

Hey, the fish don't mind. Just give it a try and see what works.        

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Nose hook, but I do it a little different than I've seen in pictures on the forums. I like to push the shaft of the hook into the bait with just the curve sticking out the top instead of just hooking the very tip.

I've done that before.  Learned about it on a different website.  You get a little more action just straight nose hooking the plastic.  Threading it on like you mentioned is a little more subtle.  I haven't really noticed a difference in the catch or hookup ratio.

One of the key things to a drop shot is to not impart a ridiculous amount of action.  In most cases just the motion from the boat will give you all the action you need.  Occasionally popping the rod can also give you a reaction strike from those fish that were just sitting and staring at the lure.  I've become a big fan of the drop shot this year.  Oh, and it isn't just a typical "finesse" presentation.  You can rig one up on heavier gear and really throw it into some nasty junk and pull out good fish.

[NorcalBassin]

I always nose hook but am getting closer and closer to going wacky. Most of my wacky rigging to date has been on a wacky jig or a bare senko... so it's about time to mix it up.

[5bass]

I nose hook any bait that has a tail action. Only things I wacky rig are senkos and finesse/trick worms.

[islandbass]

I use both. I'll start with say a nose hooked bait and if that doesn't work, then I rig the same bait wacky.  This season, they have definitely prefer wacky over nose and it's probably because I had been killing them (figuratively, folks!) for nose hooked that they probably started to catch on.

I have noted how such a small change in the bait's configuration has been the difference between catching and not catching. For every nose hooked catch, there have been at least 5 caught wacky, and it was the other way last season. : I reckon the lesson here is to learn to be flexible in using both methods vs. debating which is preferred by the angler.