Once the lure is on the bottom reel the line till it is taut and shake the rig in place. Casting out away from the bank and letting the rig fall til it hits bottom or the line goes slack. The drop shot rig can even be fished from shore. Another place the drop shot rig is thrown, is in and around brush found on the bottom either man made or natural. Usually when throwing the bait the user will want to target harder bottoms having rock or gravel. Because the bait is above the weight it is held up off the bottom, it makes for an easier target for fish that are suspended. The rig can be dropped down onto a school of fish directly under the boat. Another commonly used application of this rig is on deep suspended fish. ![]() Similar to jig fishing the weight will need to hit the bottom, and fished along the bottom by twitching the rod. The Drop Shot Rig can be used in any place that looks like it could hold a bass. This rig is commonly used in bass fishing for catching smallmouth, largemouth and spotted bass, but can be used for a variety of other bottom-dwelling fish species, as well. The aim is to present a free floating, slow twitching lure to induce a strike from non-aggressive fish. This simple but versatile technique has endless combinations with the different hooks, soft plastics and weights that can be used. Usually the bait is fished by letting the weight hit the bottom and then twitch the rod tip, causing the lure to shake in a jumping-like action, but can also be flipped, dragged, hopped or jigged along the bottom. The dropshot rig provides the ability to keep a hook and lure off the bottom with a more "weightless"-looking posture. This is in contrast to the more traditional Texas Rig, where the weight slides inline, resting on the nose of the bait or the Carolina Rig, where the weight is fixed above the bait. JSTOR ( February 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭrop shotting is a highly finesse angling technique using plastic baits, consisting of a small thin-wire hook with a weight ( sinker) attached to the tag end of the line. ![]() Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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