Co-angler

[GoneFishingLTN]

Hello I'm a co-angler and have a senko tied on/shaky head but I'm waiting to drop shot. Because I heard it's an amazing technique even for largemouth bass in deep water. I'm just curious how you would fish it though just rig it up and throw in blind? Slowly brining it back to the boat?

[Chance_Taker4]

52 minutes ago, GoneFishingLTN said:

Hello I'm a co-angler and have a senko tied on/shaky head but I'm waiting to drop shot. Because I heard it's an amazing technique even for largemouth bass in deep water. I'm just curious how you would fish it though just rig it up and throw in blind? Slowly brining it back to the boat?

easiest way to drop shot is vertically. Short cast let the line sink until your weight makes bottom contract. Shake the rod softly to only move the bait and not the weight, reel up the slack (this is a tight line presentation). Hope that helps.

[GoneFishingLTN]

1 hour ago, Chance_Taker4 said:

easiest way to drop shot is vertically. Short cast let the line sink until your weight makes bottom contract. Shake the rod softly to only move the bait and not the weight, reel up the slack (this is a tight line presentation). Hope that helps.

I've used it a few times and was just wondering does anyone cast it out into the open water and drag it back slowly or are there just better techniques? As a co-angler here in Iowa we fish a lot of large mouth tournaments. 

[Crestliner2008]

You can certainly cast it out and retrieve it with a slow pull for a few feet followed by and pause and a few shakes and repeat. As long as you maintain contact with the weight. However, I'll be honest with you, I've always done much better using a vertically presentation vs. casting.

[Chance_Taker4]

3 hours ago, GoneFishingLTN said:

I've used it a few times and was just wondering does anyone cast it out into the open water and drag it back slowly or are there just better techniques? As a co-angler here in Iowa we fish a lot of large mouth tournaments. 

If you are casting out and slowly dragging it back than you might as well just Carolina Rig your bait. It'll be much easier and have the same effectiveness.

[scaleface]

First of all I have never drop shotted so maybe it has some magical properties that I am missing out on  but just blindly throwing it out in deep water doesnt sound like very good strategy . 

[deep]

Is there a depthfinder on the console, and is it turned on? (Re: vertical drop-shotting)

[Bluebasser86]

Sounds like you'd be better off with a C-rig or split shot rig for what you're wanting to do. A dropshot is more of a vertical, precision presentation to break out once you've found the fish. 

[SWVABass]

I constantly use it in the manner your talking about. I'll fish it in 2-20 feet of water. I've done really well with it too, helped me win our club tourney last month as a non boater. I'll pitch or cast to targets, work points, and drop offs with it as well. I believe one reason it works so well is our lake has an enormous shad population and fish seem to almost always feed looking up here. Give it a cast!

[webertime]

If you are a Co-Angler and are not throwing a Carolina Rig, then you are hurting yourself.  As for Drop Shots, just pitch off the side and barely move it, just keep it tight.

[WRB]

As a co angler you are at the mercy of the boater regarding where and how fast the boat in moving. If the boater is using the same presentations that you want to use then you will be OK, if the boater isn't and is covering water faster or fishing heavy cover you are in trouble.

Tom

[Catt]

23 hours ago, deep said:

Is there a depthfinder on the console, and is it turned on? (Re: vertical drop-shotting)

 

[Ktho]

On 9/6/2017 at 2:50 PM, scaleface said:

First of all I have never drop shotted so maybe it has some magical properties that I am missing out on  but just blindly throwing it out in deep water doesnt sound like very good strategy . 

I mean blind is bad but when isn't blind pretty bad, it's a staple rig for deep structure. If you're on a deep hump or point the drop shot is like insane insanely good and casting it out and working it back is one of my go-to methods. I rarely vertical fish it unless it's really deep like ~50ft in winter and/or keeping it extremely still is key. 

 

For OP, drop shot like lots of other stuff isn't going to be good if the boater is moving along at a good clip, slow is pretty important for a classic drop shot. Using a long drop with a heavy weight and a curl tail or swimbait and slowly reeling it in maintaining bottom contact with the sinker is becoming more popular but is still kinda niche.