Drop Shotting Question

[playmaker47]

Now i know that droppshoting is mainly a finnese technique of fishing. but i am wondering if you guys have tried or even think it might work to pitch a drop shot rig with heavier line. I have always thought that this might work but have never gotten around to trying it. I thought that having the bait hover about a foot to a foot and a half above the bottom and having the accuracy of pitching and being able to go in the thick and heavy cover put together could be the ticket to winning some tournements with nothing else would work.

Also can I use soft plastics like Zoom Utails and 4" tubes or creature baits to drop shot instead of the more finnesse drop shot speacialty baits.

Thanks for the help guys

Tight Lines!

[Shad_Master]

The "technique" as it is usually discussed is a finesse presentation and therefore uses light line and small baits. However, I would see nothing wrong with pitching a rig with the weight on bottom. Some people use a jig as the weight for the drop shot with a plastic tied on above. I have even heard stories of people catching two bass on a rig like this.

[basser89]

A few years back, I remember reading an article in Bassmaster. I beleive they titled that article "The Power Dropshot".

[Keepin_It_Reel]

I saw the g-man throw a dropshot into a nasty lookin tree and it broke off his line (he was using 6 pound test) so if he would have had the same rig with stronger line he would have one that tournament

[Will]

Sure you can pitch the drop shot, just use some heavier line and a bigger hook with the plastics texas rigged. I have caught some fish pitching it around docks.

[rocknfish9001]

in-fisherman wrote an article about this a while back. They talked about using bigger hooks, lures, etc. and called it a bubba rig. It pretty much was just refering the dropshot as a largemouth bait instead as a smallmouth bait like most people use it as.

[skeeter944]

yes,you can do that.i think mark kile did that article in bassmasters magazine. i am not a member but i get the magazines from my friends who are.just remember that you can experiment and try new things. sometimes it's all that works!

[Nick_Barr]

I mainly do it for finiky spawning bass, but i have also caught them on the power dropshot around docks.

[squid]

You can use heavier line if you use Fluorocarbon.  You want it to sink to the bottom as quicly as possible.   Plus this type of line is virtually invisible to the fish, unlike other heavier lines.  Gamma has Fluorocarbon line in 6 to 20lb testline, which could mean you can also go smaller and have the strength to pull out a big one in heavy cover.

Squid

[mjbfsh07]

I have used it in many applications with light line and with heavy line.  By light I mean 4-6lbs and heavy I have used as much as 12lb Flouracarbon.  It works great.  Keep the hook small and you will get more bites and always use Flourocarbon, you can get away with heavier line that way.