Drop Shot weights

[Catt]

Just a random thought running through my little pea brain!

 

Y'all ever consider using a bullet weight held in place by a bobber stop?

 

I have a pretty good supply of lead bullet weights & they're still legal here.

 

Edited January 1, 2021 by Catt
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[Hook2Jaw]

I've done it in a pinch to power shot, but never with bobber stops.  I do most of my dropshotting with $0.99 a pack Eagle Claw Bass Casting Sinkers, so doing things outside the norm isn't really foreign to me.

 

What's your theory with the bullet weights, @Catt?  Drop your knowledge on me, or are you just being more cost effective?

[scaleface]

8 minutes ago, Catt said:

Just a random thought running through my little pea brain!

 

Y'all ever consider using a bullet weight held in place by a bobber stop?

 

I have a pretty good supply of lead bullet weights & they're still legal here.

 

Thats how I do it . I tie a simple overhand knot on the end  , that keeps the bobber stop from being flung off but still pulls free on snags 

[Catt]

6 minutes ago, Hook2Jaw said:

What's your theory with the bullet weights, @Catt?

 

Uhh cause I got em ?

 

I'm going be using it in a bayou with a fairly decent current with little grass on the bottom.

 

@scaleface my exact thought process!

[Fishes in trees]

My thought is that the bobber stop would slip when you didn't need/want it to.  Not certain if sn overhand knot would stop it.  I use an overhand knot at the tag end of the line when I'm using drop shot weights with the built in line clip and the overhand knot works some of the time, not all the time.  

For me and drop shot fishing it isn't a matter of if I'm going to lose a weight but when.

[georgeyew]

I just tie a big enough knot to keep the weight from falling through.

[Catt]

6th Sense bobber stops fit pretty snug & the single overhand knot should hold if cinched down tight.

[WRB]

When I started stacking, then down shot before the term drop shot became popular used a small split shot below the bullet weight, easy to adjust and pulled off when snagged.

When using a bobber stop is the bullet weight can’t spin causing more line twist.

Tom

[TnRiver46]

I always use bullet weights for drop shot . I just tie them on with an improved clinch knot, I’ve never owned a bobber stopper 

[Team9nine]

If you're just looking to try it a time or two, and not make it your primary presentation, about anything will work, including your idea. Personally, in a pinch, I'm a big fan of stainless steel - never rusts. With dropshotting, the weight's job is to just sit in the mud and hold your bait/line in one place. Anything that accomplishes that is good for a one-off attempt. If it works well and you end up dedicating a rod to it, then go fancy with the swivel weights, etc. Until then, use what ya' got  

 

[Tennessee Boy]

1 hour ago, Team9nine said:

 

You just gave me a great idea for a new fishing product.   Fishing Nuts!  They’re just like the ones you get at the hardware store except they’re for fishing and they cost $7 for a pack of 3. ?

[Team9nine]

17 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

You just gave me a great idea for a new fishing product.   Fishing Nuts!  They’re just like the ones you get at the hardware store except they’re for fishing and they cost $7 for a pack of 3. ?

 

Be sure and refer to them as 'titanium' or 'tungsten' and you could probably get $12 a pack...

[Way north bass guy]

58 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

You just gave me a great idea for a new fishing product.   Fishing Nuts!  They’re just like the ones you get at the hardware store except they’re for fishing and they cost $7 for a pack of 3. ?

You’ll have to name them something else, cause fishing nuts would be the name of  the people that would buy them ( likely everyone on this site?).

[Jigfishn10]

Not sure if this will help but here it goes:

Overhand knot forming a loop:

Thread loop thru weight and split ring

Fold end loop over split ring and pull split ring tight

[Bankbeater]

I've never used a bullet weight.  I always tie an overhand knot around a large split shot, and then close it with a pair of pliers.

[Jigfishn10]

Just noticed I installed the weight upside down...?

Oh well. You get the idea

[TnRiver46]

6 hours ago, Team9nine said:

If you're just looking to try it a time or two, and not make it your primary presentation, about anything will work, including your idea. Personally, in a pinch, I'm a big fan of stainless steel - never rusts. With dropshotting, the weight's job is to just sit in the mud and hold your bait/line in one place. Anything that accomplishes that is good for a one-off attempt. If it works well and you end up dedicating a rod to it, then go fancy with the swivel weights, etc. Until then, use what ya' got  

 

Those are NOT cheap. I just rebuilt a transom and had to buy several, probably 10x more expensive than lead bullet weights of the same size 

[Team9nine]

Just now, TnRiver46 said:

Those are NOT cheap. I just rebuilt a transom and had to buy several 

 

I customized a whole jon boat with them...I had a bunch in the boat to choose from. Just needed them the one trip I didn't have my finesse stuff in the boat with me  Good DS swivel weights aren't cheap either...tungsten DS weights run $1-$4 a piece. Stainless nuts run $0.07-$0.75 a piece depending on size/wt..  

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, Team9nine said:

 

I customized a whole jon boat with them...I had a bunch in the boat to choose from. Just needed them the one trip I didn't have my finesse stuff in the boat with me  Good DS swivel weights aren't cheap either...tungsten DS weights run $1-$4 a piece. Stainless nuts run $0.07-$0.75 a piece depending on size/wt..  

lead bullet sinkers should be cheaper than all of it 

[Team9nine]

8 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

lead bullet sinkers should be cheaper than all of it 

 

Agreed, but I almost never carry them because I don’t worm fish (Texas rig)...

[rtwvumtneer6]

I've used a lead bullet weight, added a bead/clacker and tied on an old split ring to keep them from flying off.  

 

Wasn't plan A, but it worked.

[Bluebasser86]

Nah, I've got a mold for dropshot sinkers and the swivels are pretty cheap. I can't get a peg through most lead weights anyways.

[Catt]

@Bluebasser86 

 

Mold $40

Palmer Hot Pot 2 $45

Gloves $25

 

Lead bullet weights $0.00

6th Sense PegX $1.99

 

 

[Bluebasser86]

10 minutes ago, Catt said:

@Bluebasser86 

 

Mold $40

Palmer Hot Pot 2 $45

Gloves $25

 

Lead bullet weights $0.00

6th Sense PegX $1.99

 

 

You don't know someone with a melting pot and mold? I figured a guy like you would. I hook my good fishing buddies up when they need stuff.

[Catt]

58 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

You don't know someone with a melting pot and mold? I figured a guy like you would. I hook my good fishing buddies up when they need stuff.

 

The guys I know who pour their own & makes lures are in business to sale them.

 

I quite confident the bobber stop will work since I doubt I'll be use anything over 1/4 oz.