I feel ya Bigtex! I have tried from the bank and out of the boat with no luck. I see other guys use it and have seen a few fish caught but not me. All I caught was snot grass!!!!
-Joe
-Joe
There is no real difference presenting a drop shot to smallies, spots or largemouth. The presentation is identical, the location and style of worm, tube or grub is different. During the cold water periods when the water column temperature is below 55 degrees, most bass switch to eating baitfish because the crawdads have started to hibernate. Smallies and spots will tend to target crawdad size and color combinations for a longer period because they were a major factor in the diet. So you need to locate largemouth near structure to be successful with drop shotting and use baitfish profile soft plastics like 6" shad or perch colors. Brass-Trix flash minnows are great cold water tube type bait for drop shotting. Use a #1 Owner mosquito or Gamakatsu hook and nose hook your soft plastics. Also try to work up hill more than down hill for LMB.Rich said:Drop shotting is one of my top tactics for smallmouth.. but I also have trouble getting the largemouths to hit one. Even when fishing them at 15-20 feet I just always do better with a jig/pig or a jigging spoon.
Dave, Every presentation technique does not need to be mastered to catch bass. As I mentioned in the post discussion on colors, you can get by with a few choices. However you also limit your opportunities to catch bass when the bass are not responding to your choice of lure presentation. Not catching bass when others are is what motivates us to try new things, it is fun and one of the things that make bass fishing the sport it is.dave0331_69 said:I havent had any luck with the drop-shot yet but i make it a point to try it once and a while. But then again im having trouble with the whole finesse thing anyway. Dave
"ty" from the bass insider forum?hi steel basser said::bowdown: :dance01: Thanx for the tip, old school, ty, whatever your real name is.I just got back here from ordering the book. Man, the more you talk about fishin, the more I learn.