Going to finally learn DS

[Big dreams]

After much scrutiny   I am finally going to learn how to drop shot (or at least spend a day trying).  This Friday I am taking the wife out and am taking one, and only one, rod with me.  Special thanks to Laporte for helping rig it up correctly! 

[LAPORTE]

Just remember as the great Seth Valentine once told me "you know Don they don't have hands"... lol  You are going to be hooked... I want to see some pics...

[YpsiBass]

If you get bored, be like Mojo and drop shot some frogs.  I heard Don caught a nice bass drop shotting a craw trailer...

[robhj]

I aopologize for high jacking this thread but for those of you that do a lot of dropshotting, what kind of ds wt do you use most often- round, cylinder, teardrop? I've used several kinds and haven't seen much difference re how often I get snagged. I lost a round and a cylinder style this weekend. I also crawled a football jig & hardhead/biffle bug around in the same areas & got hung up a few times but was able to break loose.

Thanks,
Rob

[dartag]

you have the right idea with one rod all day.   rig one up for the wife.   That is all i let my wife do now.  Just have her cast it out and slowly reel it in.   

Nothing easier than a worm on a hook with a weight at the bottom.

[Manxfishing]

It's all to simple
But a great way to put fish in the boat

For weights
i myself like the round balls, I get a better feel
Mostly use a 1/4 oz, The tug. weights are nice. The 1/4 is the same size as the 3/16 lead
But there pricey and the pike like the rigs, So I stick it out with the lead

[Big dreams]

If you get bored, be like Mojo and drop shot some frogs.  I heard Don caught a nice bass drop shotting a craw trailer...

Seriously???  a frog?!?!

[Kal-Kevin]

Thjat might be just what I need do is spend the day do nothing but Drop Shotting!

[YpsiBass]

If you get bored, be like Mojo and drop shot some frogs.  I heard Don caught a nice bass drop shotting a craw trailer...

Seriously???  a frog?!?!

You should really come to the frog only event.  Last year was dismal and some of us got desperate...

[Waterfoul]

Heck, I spend most of my time on the water drop shotting.     It's my favorite technique (as most of you know).  I pour my own weights, I lose a lot due to snags and pike so it saves me a lot of money.  I have the do-it mold that makes the pencil/cylinder style.

[jjjmpv22]

I like 3/16 tear drop mainly because I can buy them at Northwoods outlet for $1 a pack! I just started ds this season and find myself having a hard time putting it down. I got my biggest fish of the year on ds. Also I have been using owern mosquito hooks I am been favoring size 1. What brand/ Kind and size hooks are you guys using?

[Big dreams]

I like 3/16 tear drop mainly because I can buy them at Northwoods outlet for $1 a pack! I just started ds this season and find myself having a hard time putting it down. I got my biggest fish of the year on ds. Also I have been using owern mosquito hooks I am been favoring size 1. What brand/ Kind and size hooks are you guys using?

If you live by Northwoods, you live in my neck of the woods.  Where abouts are you from?

[bob o]

maybe we need a dropshot only tourny 

[jjjmpv22]

I am from from saginaw I am friends with gmetime24 and fish on his boat all the time we have met before my name is Jon

[Manxfishing]

maybe we need a dropshot only tourny 

Oh, I'd be in on that

[Manxfishing]

I like 3/16 tear drop mainly because I can buy them at Northwoods outlet for $1 a pack! I just started ds this season and find myself having a hard time putting it down. I got my biggest fish of the year on ds. Also I have been using owern mosquito hooks I am been favoring size 1. What brand/ Kind and size hooks are you guys using?

You need to know
While all hooks have a size
There's no std. So a Gam hook might be larger or smaller then a Owner
I like a Gam 1/0 DS hook, With that I can fish small worms, Sinko's and 3-4" goby's

[dartag]

maybe we need a dropshot only tourny 

Oh, I'd be in on that

I'm. In.   How about Kent later this year

[LAPORTE]

maybe we need a dropshot only tourny 

Oh, I'd be in on that

I'm. In.   How about Kent later this year

How about StClair... in the fall

[bob o]

the DK DS Only 

[VinceR]

Dropshotting? Not very productive. I hate dropshotting, especially in June, July, and August on St. Clair.