Preferred bait for drop shot rig

[Luke at Gouldsboro]

Just wondering what bait everyone likes to use on their drop shot rig... And what size hook you use...

[fishermantony]

A 4 inch Berkley Power Worm with the tail pinched off wacky rigged.  Roboworm also makes an excellent variety of drop shot baits.

[HookSetDon]

strike zone slammers

[Hooligan]

Depends on the lake, depends on the time of year, depends on the depth.  I can't pick any single bait and say I use it first time all the time on a dropshot.

Hook size depends greatly on the bait and whether I am nose hooking, wacky, or rigging.

I could expand but we've seen how  you feel about that.

[Sam]

Roboworm.

#2 Gamakatsu. 

[J Francho]

Any soft plastic can be used, just match the hook to the bait size.

[JacobK]

i love my roboworms!

[Big Bass Chaser]

Jackall Flick Shake worms, wacky

[RoLo]

I've found that most any short, slender soft-plastic lure will do the trick.

But one lure I tend to favor is the Zoom 4.5 Finesse Worm (watermelon seed)

Roger

[tritz18]

I really like to hook a zoom fluke through the nose with a 4/0 or 3/0 finesse wide gap hook.

[Munkin]

Discontinued Berkley 3" drop shot worm (interested if anyone has any to sell). Hook size is 1 or 2 I can't remember? I just match hook to the bait size.

Allen

[hookingem]

Roboworms!!!!! 

[Fat-G]

Hookingem and I have a couple resolutions for this year, and one of them is to put me on a drop-shot fish for the first time. I flip or pitch 95% of the time, so ds'ing and shakey heads have never really crossed my mind. I hope I'll be able to tell you all what my favorite bait for this technique is later on in the year, but for now I'm going to try a Baby Rage Craw.

On the other hand, Imma teach him how to flip. 

[hookingem]

Hookingem and I have a couple resolutions for this year, and one of them is to put me on a drop-shot fish for the first time. I flip or pitch 95% of the time, so ds'ing and shakey heads have never really crossed my mind. I hope I'll be able to tell you all what my favorite bait for this technique is later on in the year, but for now I'm going to try a Baby Rage Craw.

On the other hand, Imma teach him how to flip.

Bassresource buds here....  ;D and this is gonna be your worm of choice by the end of the summer! Roboworm staight tail 4.5 Oxblood Light Red Flk 

[Nibbles]

#2 Owner Mosquito Hook

Zoom Tiny Fluke in Baby Bass

Hang on tight. 

[BobP]

I'll use any 4 1/2 - 6" finesse worm.  Roboworm is excellent but Zoom and Netbait worms work fine too.  The 2 1/2 or 3" Berkley Gulp minnows are outstanding when the fish want something small.  I use size 1 (not 1/0) dropshot hooks.

[WanderLust]

Roboworms for sure....

Also want to try Jackall Crosstail Shad... Lots of buzz on this one.

[Crestliner2008]

Just wondering what bait everyone likes to use on their drop shot rig... And what size hook you use...

As has been mentioned, just about any plastic worm will get you bit at one time or another. Here's a good site to get you started as far as hooks are concerned, as well as getting you set up properly from the git-go:

http://www.richz.com/fishing/blog/?p=224

Some other things to try - which I find to be especially effective - 4" Roboworms, 3" Sluggos and Case Helgrammites. All nose hooked. Good Luck!

[A-Rob]

4" floating finesse worm, Strike king make them in the Elaztech group. They got nice action and don't get pecked apart by baitfish (perch in my area).

I also use a hook for my drop shot rig.

[Vinny Chase]

Roboworm

Zoom tiny fluke baby bass

Zipper worm

NorthStar has a new ds bait called the Aurora shad...can't wait to throw that this year

[bassgeneral]

For me its the Jackell cross tail shad