it was a lazy afternoon on the lake so I asked my bored teenaged son if he wanted to go kill an hour fishing a rock line off a nearby island. He got a couple 1 lb smallmouth off senkos and I decided to try out the drop shot rig. Haven't had any success with it all summer, but I decided to try and get the hang of it today. Well, on the famous "last cast, then will go in" line, I hooked this old girl. Didn't have a scale in the boat but she was a TANK. And yes, this was my first fish on a drop shot. Was using a 6'8" MXF St Croix LTB, Plueger Supreme XT spinning reel, 6# Yo-Zuri Hybrid, a 1/0 Octupus hook, 3/16 oz pencil weight, and a Yamamoto 4" Shad worm in Green Pumpkin w/ Black Flake.

That is a hippo!!! Sweet

Nice fish!

That's a heck of Bass - especially on the DS ~ 

 

Congrats

 

So probably it's safe to say that you may fish that rig at least one more time . . . .

 

A-Jay

That's a heck of Bass - especially on the DS ~ 

 

Congrats

 

So probably it's safe to say that you may fish that rig at least one more time . . . .

 

A-Jay

Guess you've never seen 21 lbs of largemouth caught on dropshot before.  

Guess you've never seen 21 lbs of largemouth caught on dropshot before.  

 

Guess not.  Maybe I just don't fish it enough.

 

I'm still hopeful though.

 

A-Jay

 

 

Nice congratulations!

That`s a pig! congrats!            

He** of a first drop shot catch!  I know what I'm doing before work tomorrow morning!

 

Congratulations!

Wow, Look at that pig! Congrats!

Guess not.  Maybe I just don't fish it enough.

 

I'm still hopeful though.

 

A-Jay

Now that's funny.

Boom!