Drop shot vs shakey head

[MDbassin]

When the bite gets tough which do you throw? Does it depend on situation? Do you consider these techniques interchangeable? Or does each have a time and place?

 

Me personally I can't stand throwing a shakey head I just have 0 confidence in it I have never gotten a fish on a shakey head but if I tie on a drop shot and throw to the exact same spot I was throwing the shakey head I start catching fish

[WRB]

When bass are feeding on bottom critters a jig on the bottom represents something they are targeting and they maybe more active. A drop shot is something off the bottom suspended in front of the bass, easy meal for less active fish. You may also be using too heavy of a jig weight, lighter weight falls slower and often triggers strikes. The ideal jig in that situation may be a 1/8 oz dart head with a finesse worm fished at the depth are biting the drop shot.

Tom

[LCG]

My confidence is in the drop shot and the neko rig (weighted wacky rig) . Slow, methodical, finesse approaches. 

[BassThumb]

Of those two, I'd pick the dropshot, but I'd much rather fish a Turd over either of them when the bite gets really tough.

[Bluebasser86]

I'm going with a solid neither of them. When it gets tough, I reach for a wacky, Ned, and recently added this little guy to the mix.

[Pro Logcatcher]

For some reason the fish at lake Norman, NC really love the shakey head. A drop shot is still a go to on very pressured ponds. 

[ww2farmer]

I'll drop shot before I shaky head, and I'll throw wacky rigs before I drop shot.

[NHBull]

I am with Mr Farmer 

Today was a great example.

One spot had fish suspended 15 feet down in 30 ft, and the wacky killed it.

The next spot had the just off the bottom, and the drop had success.

That isn't saying the other techniques would not work, but It did today for me

[GetBent]

Depends on the lake. My lake , where the fish are at anyway, has lots of rock. I like 15lbs fluro with shakey head and a 5-7" soft plastic. 8-10lbs test line on Falcon lake will leave you heart broken. 

[clh121787]

It's rare I catch fish cleanly on a drop shot my lines get crossed a lot. Even with the swivel hooks. For that reason I like a shakey headr. Or even better a .25 oz swing head with a 6 inch floating worm. Though i do have a little more confidence in a drop shot

[Bassnado]

11 minutes ago, clh121787 said:

It's rare I catch fish cleanly on a drop shot my lines get crossed a lot. Even with the swivel hooks. For that reason I like a shakey headr. Or even better a .25 oz swing head with a 6 inch floating worm. Though i do have a little more confidence in a drop shot

 

I used to have that problem with the drop shot.  But I figured out if you take your tag end after tying the hook and run it back through the eye of the hook before tying the sinker it helps a lot.  It keeps that hook upright and perpendicular and seems less likely to wrap up and tangle with the line running to your hook. 

[clh121787]

3 hours ago, Bassnado said:

 

I used to have that problem with the drop shot.  But I figured out if you take your tag end after tying the hook and run it back through the eye of the hook before tying the sinker it helps a lot.  It keeps that hook upright and perpendicular and seems less likely to wrap up and tangle with the line running to your hook. 

I do that when I don't use the d.s. swivel hooks... it still happens. Usually the smaller the fish the more jacked my rig is. I don't like kinks in my little bitty flourocarbon

[Hot Rod Johnson]

One technique seems to be working for pressured fish more than another at times... Deep shaky head fishing is great for fishing offshore, whether it’s on clear reservoirs like Lake Lanier and Clarks Hill or Northern Body's like Lake Champlain and Lake Erie... The drop shot excels in deep clear water, around Docks, Rocks, and other Hard Cover... In clear water, the subtle wiggle and up-off-the-bottom posture of the drop shot makes it the "Ultimate Clear Water" finesse presentation.