Alternative To Nose Hooking On Drop Shot?

[kLuo]

I know nose hooking gives the best action for a bait on a drop shot, but I end up losing a bait for every fish I catch. Is there another way or a trick to keep your bait on the hook without losing too much action? I mainly use 4 inch straight tail worms like roboworms and zoom finesse worms.

[ripinthem]

Robo has a hook with a plastic keeper thats works really good. It comes in different grades of wire. I flip with the heavy 4-0, but the light wire is great for drop shotting. The light wire hooks really get em,too, so have some plier ready. You lose a little action, but its really weedless, and your worm doesn't slide down, with the keeper. You will get tears with some bites, and you might have to pinch some off the front of the worm(after a bite), but you won't lose as many worms. I would love for Owner to come out with one with a 90 degree eye, and their center pin keeper, now that would be a great hook(that thing hardly ever rips baits.

[Bluebasser86]

You could always use some little thin wire offset worm hooks and t-rig your worm on the dropshot, it's what I have to do dropshotting around cover sometimes. You lose a little action but it keeps you from getting snagged and your baits last longer.

[Sam]

1/0 worm hooks can work.

A gold Aberdeen 1/0 is a possibility.

Since I pitch the drop shot into structure I use the weedless 1/0 hooks and they work fine.

If you want more action for your plastic, cut a trick worm to the length you want and use it as it will give you good bait movement.

Let us know what you do and the results.

[Aluma-Bass]

You could always use some little thin wire offset worm hooks and t-rig your worm on the dropshot, it's what I have to do dropshotting around cover sometimes. You lose a little action but it keeps you from getting snagged and your baits last longer.

I do the same...

[Wisconsin Heat.]

wacky rig!

[fishermantony]

wacky rig!

X2!! I've caught more fish on a 4 inch straight worm wacky rig than any other set up.

[kLuo]

If you want more action for your plastic, cut a trick worm to the length you want and use it as it will give you good bait movement.

Could you elaborate on this more? Wouldn't this be the same as using a zoom finesse worm?

[Raul]

Wouldn't this be the same as using a zoom finesse worm?

Not quite the same, the worm width and diameter is different so they have slightly different actions.

[kLuo]

Not quite the same, the worm width and diameter is different so they have slightly different actions.

interesting, so trick worms have better action than finesse worms? when cutting it, should I save the head end or the tail end?

[BobP]

If you're using dropshot hooks, you can just as easily thread the worm on the hook and leave the point exposed. We're talking about 1/2 " of hook shank here, so it's not like you're killing the action on a 4-5" worm. I always thread on the Gulp worms that I dropshot; otherwise I'd be losing a bait on every bite.

[WRB]

Owner Down Shot hook #5133-101, size 1, works good with Roboworms soft plastics. This is a special off-set light wire hook design for drop shotting a skin hooked worm in lieu of nose hooking.

Wacky rigging is another option, however the soft plastic worms will tear off. A bass per worm shouldn't be a problem; if it is use a cheaper high production injection molded worm. You decide; fish for hours without catching a few bass and save lots of worms or catch lots of bass and use up worms.

Tom

[J Francho]

Get yourself some clear heat shrink tubing, and slide it over the worm wherever you impale it on the hook.

[Rant]

Get yourself some clear heat shrink tubing, and slide it over the worm wherever you impale it on the hook.

or just use a drop of gel super glue.

[J Francho]

Super glue only holds it in place. The heat shrink greatly prevents the bait from tearing off the hook.

[Glenn]

I'd never use super glue. Just makes the bait hard and brittle and practically makes it impossible to remove off the hook, thus making the hook a one-time use...very expensive over time.

[hookset on 3]

Owner Hooks has a new finesse soft plastic hook with the Centering Pin Spring.

It comes in very small sizes - #2 #1 1 .

[Sam]

"The heat shrink greatly prevents the bait from tearing off the hook."

Excellent advice. Take it.