Drop shotting

[Dryrod]

[cool][#804000][size 2]Drop shotting which originated in Japan apparently is a very effective method of fishing. Have never used this type of rigging myself. Have you? Next week I will give it a try with the samples of gulp I recently received.[/size][/#804000]

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[davetclown]

yep we were using the drop shot method 40 years ago, long before it was ever called drop shotting. at least to my recolection.

truly a killer method on most any species. you can set a depth form the bottom any where from inches to 5 feet above.

this method has proven it self time and again on both lake and river situations.
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[daymere]

we have been useing it here to for as long as i can remember and is very effective on rivers and lakes,
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[DanielJRioux]

I am not sure what the drop shotting rig looks like, can you describe it or post a pic? Thanks,
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[Dryrod]

[cool][#804000][size 2]Hey there DJR,[/size][/#804000]

[#804000][size 2]Here is a pic for your reference.[/size][/#804000]

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[patches]

what a stick of dynamite, haha just bustin, me too. just distance of lettin your line out little by little to find the depth?? guess idont know neither,. hha later[][]
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[DanielJRioux]

Thanks Ted, I have seen and used them before, I just did not recognise the name.
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[FisherMOM]

[size 3]Yes, I have drop shotted.... and the funny thing about it is that I didn't know that there was such a thing. I wanted to fish at night in the creek... so I rigged up a bottom bouncer, like this.... [/size]



[size 3]I tied my line to the bend and added a leader to the swivel snap. I have caught trout and catfish this way in the creek. If I don't use this when I feel like fishing a worm in the creek.. the current drags the bobber and worm to the shore down stream! (Or, it gets stuck in the rocks!)[/size]

[size 3]I thought I had invented something new, until I read about drop shotting! [angelic][/size]
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[davetclown]

this one in your picture is the favorite of walleye anglers on the detroit river.

they keep off the rubble wich usualy grabs other type of sinkers that would hang up and snap lines while drifiting.
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[lakelurker]

Drop Shoting also works well on a change in bottom structure on lakes. Like say you are trolling slowly acrossed a jagged shale or rock outcropping.This also works with crankbaits as also live baits,especially for walleyes and smallmouths.
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[davetclown]

I have never bought one, but I do have two. I caught them off the broken concrete piles by bell isle (Hog Island) bottom of the detroit river. nothing is fool proof, these do come close.
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[tubeN2]

Hey there lakelurker, Hi and welcome to the BFT message boards. Thanks for you input on this post. We all learn from each other here on this site.

I too have found dropshotting very effective for the Small Mouths. It tends to drive them nuts.
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