Why spinning gear for drop shot?

[haggard]

9 minutes ago, Darren. said:

Heck, you could use a stick and some line tied to the

end if you wanted. In my quest to go all-and-only 

baitcasting a couple/few years back, I found I could 

easily do nearly everything on a BC that I could do

on spinning gear.

 

Yes, the lighter drops you do have peel line off with

a BC. For that, spinning is better. Really light baits

go further, usually, with spinning gear (unless you're

tuned and have the right rod on BC).

 

But my quest ended with me realizing spinning was 

simply easier. Wind, backlashes, skipping, etc., are

the domain of spinning gear -- NOT that you canNOT

do it with BC, but me, I find it easier and less prone to 

day-wrecking headaches.

I recently began an all baitcasting quest and quickly ended it when I saw light-lure baitcasting becoming expensive and obsessive. For some, it works. For me, I want it to work. It just hasn't yet.

[S Hovanec]

57 minutes ago, haggard said:

I recently began an all baitcasting quest and quickly ended it when I saw light-lure baitcasting becoming expensive and obsessive. For some, it works. For me, I want it to work. It just hasn't yet.

 

I have plans for a BC to throw Slender Pointers, Shad Raps and Bitsy tubes.  I've settled on building a St Croix Inshore ML and probably getting an Aldebaran.

[haggard]

10 minutes ago, S Hovanec said:

 

I have plans for a BC to throw Slender Pointers, Shad Raps and Bitsy tubes.  I've settled on building a St Croix Inshore ML and probably getting an Aldebaran.

Aldebaran... so tempting

[Yudo1]

Drop shot is the one technique I prefer spinning gear for because of the vertical presentation. I use casting gear for everything else including finesse baits like ned rigs, wacky rigs, grubs, etc.

[ohtheguilt]

43 minutes ago, S Hovanec said:

 

I have plans for a BC to throw Slender Pointers, Shad Raps and Bitsy tubes.  I've settled on building a St Croix Inshore ML and probably getting an Aldebaran.

Similarly, I picked up a new old stock TFO GTS dropshot casting rod and am waiting for my Revo LTX to arrive...a bit more on the budget side than an Aldebaran/Inshore, but should do the trick for the light stuff.

[ww2farmer]

I use both casting and spinning gear for drop shotting.

 

It all boils down to cover, line, and hook choice for me.

 

Heavier cover/line/hooks = power shotting with casting gear.

 

Lighter cover/line/hooks = "finesse" drop shotting with spinning gear.

 

Usually both are rigged up and ready to go for me all the time.

 

I don't like to over complicate things, but I also don't like to not have the right tools for the job at hand.

 

Pitching a drop shot rig into a tight hole in a milfoil bed with a ML spinning rod, fine wire hook, and 6-8lb test line will work.............but hilarity will ensue if you get a bite.

 

You'd probably still get that bite with a MH casting rod, a heavier hook and 15lb test line, and stand a much better chance of getting the fish in the boat.

 

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

Scott martin was pitching a drop shot all over the place with a baitcaster in the Mississippi River flw event 

[Further North]

14 hours ago, ohtheguilt said:

Similarly, I picked up a new old stock TFO GTS dropshot casting rod and am waiting for my Revo LTX to arrive...a bit more on the budget side than an Aldebaran/Inshore, but should do the trick for the light stuff.

I have that same reel on an St. Croix Avid X that I use similarly.  You should enjoy it a lot.