I've wandered from the DS-rig for the past two years, but to tell the truth..I have YET to catch up to the numbers I got on the Drop-shot.   that set up killed for me.  (I got bored with it?, maybe)

 

my setup exactly.  20 braid on a 2500 spinning reel.   about 8 feet of 8lb flouro leader.  (Daiwa brand).  I use a #1 owner Downshot hook almost exclusively.   all on a 7' Med Phenix Maxim rod.  I tex-rig two baits.  both green pumpkin colored.  The Zoom Dropshot worm (Z-Drop is the name I think), or the 6" Zoom worm.  3/16th tungsten sinker

 

cast out as far as I can manage.  and let it sink.  pick up the slack and sit there.  maybe reel some, maybe jiggle gently.  a bite feels like a TICK.  any tick, I reel up and lift the rod back.  it is usually a bass.  

 

my drop shot game turned on when I went to relatively lighter lines.  and I have done a lot of it hiking in to a pond and casting from shore.  

 

heck...I am about to go Halibut fishing.  guess what?  I am going to Dropshot one with a Zoom Fluke.  that is the plan.   just a much bigger rig.  

39 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

I've wandered from the DS-rig for the past two years, but to tell the truth..I have YET to catch up to the numbers I got on the Drop-shot.   that set up killed for me.  (I got bored with it?, maybe)

 

my setup exactly.  20 braid on a 2500 spinning reel.   about 8 feet of 8lb flouro leader.  (Daiwa brand).  I use a #1 owner Downshot hook almost exclusively.   all on a 7' Med Phenix Maxim rod.  I tex-rig two baits.  both green pumpkin colored.  The Zoom Dropshot worm (Z-Drop is the name I think), or the 6" Zoom worm.  3/16th tungsten sinker

 

cast out as far as I can manage.  and let it sink.  pick up the slack and sit there.  maybe reel some, maybe jiggle gently.  a bite feels like a TICK.  any tick, I reel up and lift the rod back.  it is usually a bass.  

 

my drop shot game turned on when I went to relatively lighter lines.  and I have done a lot of it hiking in to a pond and casting from shore.  

 

heck...I am about to go Halibut fishing.  guess what?  I am going to Dropshot one with a Zoom Fluke.  that is the plan.   just a much bigger rig.  

Mostly the same here. Really love drop shot. Produced crazy numbers with Flick Shake Worm wacky rigged. Levante Whipsnake on 8lb. Really fun! 

 

And yet....I find myself fishing the Free Rig and poop baits more often...