Modified Drop Shot

[gitnby]

I was goofing around on our dock last Friday, and was dangling a conventional drop shot rig around the outside corners and inside stalls. Hooked up a monster, but he threw the bait as he jumped between a boat and the dock! Caught 2 other nice keeps doing the same thing, and they all hit it on the fall.

I decided to experiment a bit, so I replaced the teardrop-style weight with a small split shot and hooked the worm wacky-style, which slowed the fall considerably. Bang, bang, bang! 3 nice fish, including a huge smallie.

Decided to try other docks and took the boat out and hit other deep-water docks near points . Caught fish on all 4 docks I tried, and had 4 or 5 keeps and another big boy that broke me off around a cable.

I was using a Zoom finesse worm in Watermelon Candy, spinning outfit and 8 lb Silver thread.

Was in 6-20' depth and was fishing Fisher Creek, White Branch and Schooner Creek areas.

Tried it again the next day. Not as good, as it was mostly overcast that day.

Haven't been out since, but will definitely give it another try on a sunny day!

[motoman]

Good info gitnby, way to experiment!

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We did a similar thing, fooling around with a drop shot rig this spring. We had a traditional drop shot rig tied on. We would cast it out, keep the line slightly taught, and slowly drag the bait back to the boat. It just gave the fish a different look, and it worked. One of us would throw the dropshot ssetup, and the other a carolina and/or texas rig throughout the day. The dropshot drag setup had far better results. Pretty impressive actually. I guess it was just a different look, at the same ole bait.

[S&M]

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[gitnby]

Well done

You gave the bass a different presentation they probably hadn't see for a while, or for that matter, ever. Did you experence line twist with using a split shot ?

Didn't notice it as a problem? The rig pretty much falls straight and the worm doesn't "helicopter" or spin on the fall like a Texas-rigged worm on the drop shot.

I used to get line twist using a regular split shot rig, but I've been putting a small black barrel swivel just above the split shot, which not only eliminates line twist, but seems to cause less hang-ups on the rocks.

I guess because the split shot can rotate a bit and work itself free?

Stay tuned for my next experiment, which will be a baby fluke on the drop shot.