Hello all,

 

I have recently had much success with dropshotting since all of the fish appear to be at the bottom of the water column here in SoCal harbors.

 

I am bank fishing rocky harbor coastlines in SoCal. I had crazy success one day using 4lb Seaguar Invizx fluoro, I caught a fish or had a bite on nearly every cast. I also snapped my line 5x that night and have never had that happen before...So I am convinced the low test line was the reason for the success, but I can't handle having my line snap that frequently...

 

What combination would you guys make with the given gear I have?

 

My idea was to was to make an ultimate finesse (dropshot/C-rig/ned rig) setup:

Daiwa Tatula LT 2500 w/8lb Suffix high-viz braid and 6lb Seaguar Invizx on a 7'0 MXF St. Croix Avid Inshore.

 

My other setup is: (not sure what it is specialized for, but I love this setup!)

Shimano Stradic 2500 CI4+ w/10lb Suffix low-viz braid and 8lb Seaguar Invizx on the 7'6 MLF St. Croix Avid Inshore 

 

 

My reel options: 

Daiwa Tatula LT 2500 

Daiwa Tatula LT 4000

Shimano Stradic 2500 CI4+

Shimano Stradic FL 4000 FL

 

Rod Options (all spinning):

7'0 MXF St. Croix Avid Inshore

7'6 MLF St. Croix Avid Inshore

6'8 MLF Legend Tournament Bass*

6'3 MXF Legend Tournament Walleye Series

 

Line Options:

Seaguar Invixz 4, 6, and 8 lb (leader)

Suffix 8lb high viz or 10lb low-viz green

 

You might as well check out San Diego forum, there are ton of ppl there dropshot from either float tube or bank for bay bass. I myself don’t like FC for dropshot especially when used as leader. I’d prefer my bait to have a little bit of buoyancy from mono and FC trend to have problem with knot especially smaller diameter 4-6lb. Where was your line snap? If you convinced that smaller line is key to your success, try 2-4lb Copolymer or similar diameter. I’m really doubt if it is the claim of FC invisibility.

Spotted Bay Bass or Calico Bass ( salt water coastal harbors) are not line shy fish. Fishing around concrete pier pillar or breakwater rip rap that are covered with razor sharp mussels and barnacles you need a high abrasion resistant line li’e a Copolymer. 

If you think .008/.009 diameter leader use 5 or 6 lb Maxima Ultra Green Copolymer.

Saint Croix Victory VS70MF with Shimano Vanford 2500 is an excellent combo for fresh or salt water drop shot use.

Tom

On 7/27/2021 at 4:12 PM, WRB said:

Spotted Bay Bass or Calico Bass ( salt water coastal harbors) are not line shy fish. Fishing around concrete pier pillar or breakwater rip rap that are covered with razor sharp mussels and barnacles you need a high abrasion resistant line li’e a Copolymer. 

If you think .008/.009 diameter leader use 5 or 6 lb Maxima Ultra Green Copolymer.

Saint Croix Victory VS70MF with Shimano Vanford 2500 is an excellent combo for fresh or salt water drop shot use.

Tom

Great advice! Thanks for your input! I don't know why the 4lb really seemed to do something for me that night. Do you have any tip on cadence for dropshot? I try to keep it as still as possible and just keep the line tight. That's been my only method so far. 

On 7/27/2021 at 3:08 PM, Bass_Fishing_Socal said:

You might as well check out San Diego forum, there are ton of ppl there dropshot from either float tube or bank for bay bass. I myself don’t like FC for dropshot especially when used as leader. I’d prefer my bait to have a little bit of buoyancy from mono and FC trend to have problem with knot especially smaller diameter 4-6lb. Where was your line snap? If you convinced that smaller line is key to your success, try 2-4lb Copolymer or similar diameter. I’m really doubt if it is the claim of FC invisibility.

Hm honestly I think it was just abrasion from the fish teeth or structure. But my line snapped so much. It is also incredibly hard to see - the 4lb Invisix that is. I can't recall where every line snap was though. Good tips and thank you for the advice! I see, so mono gives the bait some buoyancy? I didn't realize that!