Crushed 'em on the drop shot.

[flippin4it.]

         Went out to my confidence ponds for the second Sunday in a row to get a handle on this dropshot thing and landed 6 keepers today. All but 1 in the 1.5-2.5 range and one over 4 pounds. Last weekend I landed 9 total and one pushed 5 pounds. On 6 pound test and a Standout drop shot hook it was a incredible fight. I really like the new dropshot rod and reel I purchased over the winter and it has definetly made the learning curve alot shorter. It's a Prolite Finnese  rod matched up with a Pflueger Supreme reel spooled with Trilene Sensation.  

[Grey Wolf]

Sounds like a great day of fishing.

[HesterIsGod]

Cool, drop shot is such an awesome technique.

[smallieking]

nice  yea the drop shot is kinda of a boring technique but works like a charm  

[slomoe]

nice  job!!

[flippin4it.]

      Boring is an understatement.

[ba7ss3in]

      Boring is an understatement.

x3

[flippin4it.]

             But very very productive.

[jrhennecke]

It will definately produce, but d**n it's boring.

[Glenn]

Sweet!

[PondBoss]

I've been wanting to try drop shotting this year.  What are the best ways to do it?  My understanding is that it is mainly a verticle presentation.  I mainly fish from the bank, would I fish it basically like a worm in the horizontal sense?

[Branuss04]

I've been wanting to try drop shotting this year. What are the best ways to do it? My understanding is that it is mainly a verticle presentation. I mainly fish from the bank, would I fish it basically like a worm in the horizontal sense?

It basically is putting the worm in the fishes strike zone, instead of a t-rig on the bottom.  

To rig it tie on a drop shot hook and just leave a long tag end on it.  Take the tag end and stick it in the hook eylet from the top to bottom and pull.  Attach the DS wieght on the end.  I like to have around 16-18" between my hook and weight, maybe more if the fish are higher up.  

When I first started dropshotting, I had a tendancy to lift the rod tip too much.  I don't know about other people, but I get most of my fish from a real light shaking, only moving the tip 1-2", just enough so the worm will shake.

But do a search on dropshotting and you'll find lot's of good info by some really good guys.

flippin4it- a 5#er on 6# line.  NICE JOB.

[flippin4it.]

    I'm taking one of the guys from the forum tomorrow and will arm myself with something I don't carry.........A CAMERA!  I hope to post up some pics. Every time I have a camera in the boat........dink city.

[MattStrykul]

Flippin4it you are gonna have to teach me how to dropshot sometime!

[flippin4it.]

  Matt, you know I'm up for that. We should hook up at this one pond I know of. Water is super clear and perfect for learning how to feel the bite. Feeling it sometimes is tricky.