Dropshot fishing technique?

Question

i have recently bought a packet of those berkley gulp sand worm dropshots. i have no clue how to fish with them! i'm always getting them stuck on rocks. are u slowly supposed to reel them in or do u just leave them out in the water? it's kind of difficult to keep tension on the line so u can feel the bite without getting it stuck on rocks. help please! Saltwater fishing, not freshwater

Answer 1

dropshotting for the most part is straight down under you from a boat. if you are fishing jetty's it's the wrong method. it is designed to be done in weeds, stick-ups and downed trees. However, off the Long Beach Breakwall you can use the method from a boat and drop into the ruins (the scrap used to build the breakwater and discarded to the bottom) it is great cover and I have pulled out 8 pouind cabazons and legal halibut in there! Though mostly bass the method involves a small wieght (split shot) weight would be depending on the depth. from your electronics use and knowledge you set the hook up the line from the wieght in order to involve its dancing around at the level of and above slightly to the cover below .....

Answer 2

How to Fish a Drop Shot Rig



The drop-shot rig is a finesse technique that has taken the bass fishing world by storm. A drop-shot rig will often catch fish when reaction baits just won't do the trick.

Steps

1. Yamamoto has a complete kit for drop-shotting

Drop-shotting is a finesse technique that requires light line, so use a spinning outfit spooled up with 6- to 10-pound-test line.

2. Streamers make great drop-shot baits

Using a Palomar knot, tie a small drop-shot hook onto the line, about 18 inches up from the end. Tie so that the hook stands out perpendicular from the line.

3. At the tag end of the line, about 18 inches from the hook, tie on a drop-shot weight.

4. Put a small finesse bait on the hook. Four-inch worms, small tubes and grubs are good drop-shot baits. In California, the bass anglers are beginning to use some flies, like streamers, on their drop-shot rigs.

5. Lake Powell drop-shotting

Drop the rig straight down over the side of the boat (no casting right now). When the line goes slack, reel up until the line is taut and the weight is on the bottom.

6. With the weight on the bottom, shake the rod gently. You just want to wiggle the lure without lifting the weight.

7. A bite may be anything from a tug to a sideways movement. If your hooks are good and sharp, all you have to do is reel hard to set the hook.

8. Don't horse the fish in. Remember you have light line on.

9. After landing a fish, check your knots and hook and go back to it. On a good piece of structure, there may be several good Bass.

Tips

• Fluorocarbon line costs more, but since it is crystal clear and has no stretch, it is ideal for drop-shotting.

• You can make your own drop-shot weights by pinching one end of a barrel swivel in a split-shot. The swivel helps reduce line twist.

• Once you get good at drop-shotting vertically, you can start to experiment with casting out and dragging the rig back, and fishing it over breaklines and other kinds of structure.

• You dont have to tie a hook directly to the line. You can add a barrel swivel, and extend a piece of line, and hook approximately 2-4" from the swivel.

Warnings

• Casting a drop-shot rig can be dangerous, so be careful, and don't try it if you don't have plenty of fishing experience. Since the weight and hook are separated, it's easy to hook your partner (or yourself)if you don't watch out.

Things You'll Need

• Monofilament or fluorocarbon line in 6- to 10-pound-test.

• Hooks (many companies now make hooks specifically for drop-shotting.

• Drop-shot weights

• Small soft plastic baits such as worms, Yamamoto Senkos, grubs, tubes, etc.

Answer 3

Try to reel it slow but if you feel the rocks try higher longer jumps of the bait.