Dropshotting Deep Water For Suspended Bass.

[Fish_Whisperer]

I'm going to share with you all a technique I picked up the other day from another angler.  I haven't seen anything like it yet nor have I seen anyone else discussing it on here.  My local lake has had a trend of bass suspending around 15-16 ft in deep water (deep water is relative, in my case it was 40-50 ft.)  I came across a guy dropshotting in the deep water with success, and my curiosity peaked.  He showed me his rig which looked like a standard drop shot, until I noticed this guy was running 30 ft of tag end for the weight.  What he would do, was setup his DS rig with about 3 ft of tag line, then attach a small swivel.  He then took what looked to be a 1/2 oz DS weight and attach it to a spool of line, guesstimated how much he needed to reach the bottom to below the suspended fish, and attach it to the swivel.  I asked him about this, and he said the swivel allowed for quick change of depth without having to retie a whole rig.  Of course, I had to ask what he would do if he wanted to cast away from the boat instead of a completely vertical presentation.  he then proceeded to flip the bail on his reel, grab the tag line about 4 ft from the weight, and sling it by hand as far as he could throw it, engaging the reel once his weight hit bottom.  

 

It was a little unconventional, but he was catching fish when most others where getting skunked.

[Choporoz]

Awesome.  Thank you.  Gives new meaning to 'pitching', I guess.

[kickerfish1]

Odd, but whatever works. Suspended fish that are deep are challenging to get to know matter what.

[WRB]

Drop shot with 30' tag line length is bizarre.

Use your sonar and drop down to the depth the fish are suspened. If you can't see your rig, simply make a cast about the same distance and let is swing down though the suspended fish. Several rigs and lures work for this; spoons, dart head jigs with 4 1/2"-5" curl tail worms, drop shot rig with 12" tag line to weight.

Tom