Answer these questions?

[BassMaster]

1.) Do you always have to fish dropshots vertcally.  If you don't, tell me how to fish them after casting.

2.) I'm not very good with the oversized buzzbaits(i always use little ones), do i fish them the same way....?

3.) I know all about the porkbait trailer idea for the jig, and i've had alot of sucess with it.... but are there any different modifications i can do to my jigs?

Thank you for your understanding!

[abelfisher]

bassmaster, good question about the dropshot...beenwondering that myself.  let's hope we get an answer.

[Nick.Culver]

I like working drop shots horizontally. I cast it in on docks or shallow rocky ledges. You work it the same way as you do vertically. Give it a little twitch here and then drag it about 5or6ft then twitch it again. I've even started to pitch with a drop shot.

[ernel]

Useing the drop shoot rig with a horizontal presentation is very effective for several reasons. One is that the lure will have more life when you twitch your rod tip with out the weight of a sinker in front to deading the action.

One of my favorite methods during the spawn is to cast it all the way up on the bank, then drag the whole rig back into the water so there is no splash. Pull the rig untill the lure reaches the nest, and set the lure down in the nest. Let it set there for a few seconds and then make it bounce up and down in the nest a few times. Let it set back down again and repeat the same process. A bass gaurding a nest really can't stand this much activity in it's nest and will get so mad that it has to bite something. You have to be sure not to pull the weight forward or the lure will come out of the nest, so I use a heavier weight for this set up. I also use at least 4 feet of line between the weight and the lure to give it plenty of action.

Another method is the reverse of a carolina rig. This way I can hold the lure above the weeds and shake it in one place or make it dart in and out of the weeds by allowing slack in the line.

[D.Taylor]

2) Over sized buzzbaits are just as easy to use just strat reeling as soon as possible because they dont rise as fast.

3) cut the skirt on a jig, the weed gaurd can be cut thinned, spread. rattles can be added or removed.

Pork chunks, plastic pork chunks in all shapes and sizes, worms, grubs, lizzards, frogs, crawdads. all can be used as a jig trailers

you can add a piece of different colored pastic to the throat of  the hook to give it a flash of color

any more?

[BCAlbin]

I usually trim my jig skirts a little so they don't cover up the action of my trailer. Some skirts are really long right out of the pakage and unless you have a monster trailer, a lot of the action gets masked. I usually bunch up the skirt, pull it tight behind the hook then trim between a 1/4 to 1/2 inch behind the end of the hook. I also trim some of my clear water spinnerbaits (white or translucent skirts) to make a smaller profile presentation. Just my $.02, hope it helps...

[playmaker47]

I love to use about a 4" twin tail grub on my jigs. i use the color that isnt the main color on the jig (example: a black and blue jig is mostly black with a little bit of blue so i use a blue grub) but i find that twin tail grubs give excelent action and help slow the fall a little bit to.