Drop It Like It’s Hot
With no big tournaments in the near future, I’ve been experimenting with techniques that I’m not familiar with. Ever since fishing Smith Lake, I think drop shot whenever there’s bridge pilings or clear water.
It’s hot as hell outside and been droppin it on ledges to catch fish lately.
A shaky head is probably better suited for 90 degree water temperature but they’re eatin it right now so why question it.
I’ve been using a 1/8 mojo weight and Gamakatsu drop shot hook with a Zoom Finesse Worm. There’s a lot of shad where I’m fishing at the moment and the small fluke also seems to work well.
It’s pretty cool catching fish that you see on your graph. I’m from the Far East, so I guess I have a natural affinity for computers, cameras, and of course finesse fishing.
The only problem I’m having is that so many of the fish I’m catching are small. I’m thinkin I’ll have to upsize to a trick worm or super fluke to catch decent size fish but won’t know until I try it.
According to this video by drop shot guru, Mike Folkstead, you can use worms up to 8″ long. I’ll have to try some of the Roboworms and shaker worms they use out west.
Anyway, the drop shot has been around a while but I haven’t experimented with it too much until recently. It’s definitely a limit catcher but I’d sure like to hook a 7 or 8 pounder with this 8 lb test I’m throwing.
I’m still not quite sure what to do when you fish bridge pilings that are 100 feet deep like on Smith Lake. Do you let it fall all the way to the bottom? Do you suspend it? Do they just hit it on the fall? If someone has an answer to this, please make a comment.
In any case, the drop shot is one cool technique that I’m trying to figure out a time and place to use it effectively in tournaments.
This video will give you all the basics to get started but I would love to learn more about this technique.
