Well Duh!!!!

[Catt]

Y'all ever read a topic & think Well Duh!!!!

While reading five.bass.limit's Drop shotters.....gather around! when that little light went off.

I thought of a place I've always thrown jigging spoons, never tried a drop shot...ya dummy

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

To me that's one of the best things about this forum. You can get totally new ideas, but also makes you think about better ways to employ tactics you already use. 

[Nitrofreak]

Y'all ever read a topic & think Well Duh!!!!

While reading five.bass.limit's Drop shotters.....gather around! when that little light went off.

I thought of a place I've always thrown jigging spoons, never tried a drop shot...ya dummy

Your not alone Homer Your not alone.

[Fishing Rhino]

Welcome to today's duh club.

I've stuck to the small hook drop shot rig for no good reason I can think of.  That is so unlike me.  All my life I've tried to build better mousetraps at whatever I do.  I love tinkering and experimenting.

Why I "played by the rules" for drop shotting is beyond me.  Maybe because it worked so well.  Now I'm wondering how many of the missed strikes I could have hooked.

Oh what might have been.  Well, I'm going to find out.

[bear7625]

To me that's one of the best things about this forum. You can get totally new ideas, but also makes you think about better ways to employ tactics you already use.

I agree!

What it boils down to, is there are no "set" rules. I have been fishing over 50 years and can't believe all the new things I've learned on this forum. It's also helped me remember some techniques from the past.

[Raul]

Y'all ever read a topic & think Well Duh!!!!

While reading five.bass.limit's Drop shotters.....gather around! when that little light went off.

I thought of a place I've always thrown jigging spoons, never tried a drop shot...ya dummy

Old habits hard to break, uh ?

Not exactly d-shot nor jigging spoon in my case, Rapala jigging jerkbait, yup that kinda stuff them northern guys use to fish through holes in the ice, there ain 't a lot of iced lakes in my neck of the woods, one of those what if ? moments

[J Francho]

Here's some irony for you.  I've left fish that simply would not bite a drop shot, tube, or jig.  Two days later, say to myself, "Why didn't you try a shorty spoon!!!!!"

[Catt]

Its not like I wasn't catching on those spots but with ability to offer two techniques instead of one I've greatly increased my odds of catching.

[bear7625]

We are all creatures of habit. Sometimes we just have to force our selves to try a different technique. When I fish a certain type of structure, I try to have another technique in mind to try. That doesn't always work if your catching fish.