Drop shotting for smallies?

[mercman]

Xzone Slammers HANDS DOWN.

 

The "HammerShad" is a Slammer wanna-be.

 

 

 

 

Amazing! Been hammering Walleye and bass all year on them.

As mentioned above, they are also KILLER through the ice for lakers.

 

Yup....Slammers Work just fine.20 good smallies in 4 hours today near Valleyfield.Heres what i kept for lunch

[Stoty]

They've been eating well! lol

Nice fish! gonna taste great!

[ecmilley]

Yup....Slammers Work just fine.20 good smallies in 4 hours today near Valleyfield.Heres what i kept for lunch

nice fish1 enjoy lunch

should post this on bigfatbass

[myot]

check out VMC's spinshot drop shot hooks, won't be disappointed!!

 

 

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[Rod Caster]

Deadly for anything I use them for (seriously)

 

Re: swammers.

Agreed. Very versatile. Works great on a jig head for lakers, pike, walleye and bass.

 

I also mirror the sentiments about slammers on drop shot

[moxie]

Slammers, Gulp Minnow and leech . Veritas, President xt, 10lb Crystal uni-ed to a Vanish lead and fish it at any angle at just about any depth.

[kickingfrog]

 

 

This year I started using a bit of float gear on the drop shot and its been working out pretty good. I will tie a small barrel swivel to the main line to take up the twist. Slide the the leader through the eye of the hook but don't tie it. I will then slide a small plastic bead, then a bobber stopper, then another plastic bead. Now its time for the pencil lead, or what ever weight you prefer. the bobber stopper allows for height adjustment without having to cut and retie. Every time you hook up the fish will pull the hook down to the lead, so after removing the fish just slide the bobber stopper and the hook back up to where you want it. This also allows the bait to move around a bit more. I've been in some situations where the current or wind was pushing around to much and the hook would be up at the swivel, in this case I added a bead and bobber stopper above the hook as well to hold it in place.

 

I think I'm missing something. How does the hook stay in place so you can set the hook?

[singingdog]

Another vote for Slammers.

 

If you fish skirted grubs, save them after the rock bass tear the twister tails off. The body/skirt makes a great dropshot bait rigged with the skirt out like a small, solid bodied tube. Yamamoto sells them as "Ikas". A couple of my other favourites are Pro Senkos and Jacks worms (one of the best kept secrets for smallies).

 

On many of our lakes, a shakey head will catch fish head-to-head with a dropshot rig. It's much easier to rig, and much easier to fish. Occasionally the dropshot will catch more fish, but not that often. All the baits mentioned so far work for both presentations.

[BucktownAngler]

was smashing them this weekend on dropshotted wacky rigged senkos. 4 & 5"

 

im no drop shot expert though...this is just what worked for me.

 

 

 

 

Anybody use a baitcast setup? im more comfortable with a baitcaster, not sure if it is ideal though for this technique

Edited September 10, 2012 by Boss

[DaveMc]

was smashing them this weekend on dropshotted wacky rigged senkos. 4 & 5"

 

im no drop shot expert though...this is just what worked for me.

 

 

 

 

Anybody use a baitcast setup? im more comfortable with a baitcaster, not sure if it is ideal though for this technique

 

nothing saying you cant, if thats what you are comfortable with then go for it. I am more comfortable with a spinning setup (7'2" crucial MED dropshot rod and stradic 2500)

[Christopheraaron]

where do you guys buy the slammers? I looked thu lebarons catalog and at can tire and didnt see them.

 

I got some at the sail in burlington.

[Live2fish85]

Yea I personally like spinning rods for dropshot. I also use a Crucial right now with a Supreme XT.

 

My friend uses a Legend Extreme with the core and it works awesome to. So yea baitcasters will work.

[Stoty]

Spinning reels typically have a better/smoother drag system for dropshotting with such light line, that's why I prefer spinning over casting.

 

With that being said...My preference is my Big Bear 7'0 ML Dropshot rod with a Shimano Sustain spinning reel, but I always have a baitcasting setup rigged with a dropshot with a heavier weight/line setup in case there's some structure/cover that would require that little extra strength.

[reelinrolly]

Really started honing in on the smallies this week.

 

I won 120 on our work football pool. Looks like I'm buying a new rod

[LucG]

Amazing info in this thread! Keep it coming!

 

My piece of advice is to try wacky rigging a 3" senko on a dropshot rig. Shhhhhh

[Cudz]

Roboworms and cross tail shads for lures. Size 1 hooks, I believe their gamakatsu. 7lb sunline line.

 

I use a nrx dsr822 and a stella fe. Awesome setup. But costly.

 

LOL

I am laughing because your drop shot setup is worth same amount of $ as my boat.

[hawk-eye]

I think I'm missing something. How does the hook stay in place so you can set the hook?

 

It doesn't.

 

I find it feels like setting the hook with a 3 way swivel set up, feels kind of soft. Hook slides down and locks up against the weight. The time between the snap of the rod for the hook set and the hook sliding down to engage the sinker could only be measured by NASA. Just a nice sweeping hook set seems to do the trick.

 

Just something I've be experimenting with, thought Id throw it out there. Maybe someone else will try it and like it.

 

Remember...we're all in this together.

[hoops12]

I like to drop shot 3in senkos for smallies, wacky rigged.. The best part about dropshotting, is you can put pretty much anything down there you want

 

 

I agree 100%. I was at the French this weekend and was killing it on this setup!

[hotsky]

Tried drop shooting today and caught a crappie with it fishing from my boat. When fishing from shore do you guys use a bobber?

[pics]

Geeze..I have to get with the times....good info but I might need a 3rd job to pay for it all...

[BucktownAngler]

anybody use this technique for walleye?

[sneak_e_pete]

When I ice fish I always have a drop shot line with minnow. Has consitantly outproduced.

[Stoty]

anybody use this technique for walleye?

 

I havent used it "targeting" Walleye, but I sure have caught quite a few in the Kawartha's on Slammers this year...

[Cudz]

I havent used it "targeting" Walleye, but I sure have caught quite a few in the Kawartha's on Slammers this year...

I have caught walley on slammers drop shotting

[Aaron Shirley]

I've done well with Cross Tail shads, 4" Trigger X drop shot probe worm, minnows and slammers.

 

I really like the Rapala Concept 7'2" drop shot rod. It is amazing to feel bites and the entire rod is just over 3oz. I use a Shift reel spooled up with 8lb castable Sufix fluorocarbon tied to a steelhead micro swivel. I then add 6lb fluoro as a leader or keep 8lb in later fall for big fish. I've been using size 1 Gammy drop shot hooks and wide gaps for drop shotting, although I recently got some of those VMC drop shot hooks with the built in swivel. This set-up has been pretty sweet to fish. I'll be using it real soon

 

Have fun drop shotting!