I'm going to share with you all a technique I picked up the other day from another angler.  I haven't seen anything like it yet nor have I seen anyone else discussing it on here.  My local lake has had a trend of bass suspending around 15-16 ft in deep water (deep water is relative, in my case it was 40-50 ft.)  I came across a guy dropshotting in the deep water with success, and my curiosity peaked.  He showed me his rig which looked like a standard drop shot, until I noticed this guy was running 30 ft of tag end for the weight.  What he would do, was setup his DS rig with about 3 ft of tag line, then attach a small swivel.  He then took what looked to be a 1/2 oz DS weight and attach it to a spool of line, guesstimated how much he needed to reach the bottom to below the suspended fish, and attach it to the swivel.  I asked him about this, and he said the swivel allowed for quick change of depth without having to retie a whole rig.  Of course, I had to ask what he would do if he wanted to cast away from the boat instead of a completely vertical presentation.  he then proceeded to flip the bail on his reel, grab the tag line about 4 ft from the weight, and sling it by hand as far as he could throw it, engaging the reel once his weight hit bottom.  

 

It was a little unconventional, but he was catching fish when most others where getting skunked.

Awesome.  Thank you.  Gives new meaning to 'pitching', I guess.

Odd, but whatever works. Suspended fish that are deep are challenging to get to know matter what.

Drop shot with 30' tag line length is bizarre.

Use your sonar and drop down to the depth the fish are suspened. If you can't see your rig, simply make a cast about the same distance and let is swing down though the suspended fish. Several rigs and lures work for this; spoons, dart head jigs with 4 1/2"-5" curl tail worms, drop shot rig with 12" tag line to weight.

Tom