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dropper rigs for bass?

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Recently, I had a very successful day fishing for bream with an dropper rig. The top bait was a weightless Zman micro-TRD, and the bottom bait was a small (size 14) rubberleg nymph fly. Caught multiple species around cypress trees on both components of the rig.

 

Has anyone used a similar rig for bass? Any thoughts on combinations? Maybe a streamer rigged behind a senko? Thinking about giving it a try...

Take a drop shot rig, but instead of using a weight a foot beneath it use a jig and put a soft plastic on the hook.

Now you are fishing on the bottom and above the bottom.

Should work good with flies and streamers for bass or panfish.

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That's a great rig! I met quite a few folks who used that approach with walleye, too (back when I lived in MI).

 

I guess what I'm asking about, specifically, is weightless rigs. I often find a slow fall is a key trigger for bass on the lakes/rivers that I fish.

I've thrown a size 6 streamer/nymph under an oversized hopper fly on a spinning setup.

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Multiple drop shot lures is called stacking.

Tom

I have with a shakeyhead, but 99.99% of the time I just run a regular dropshot rig. 

Would a donkey rig or double fluke rig count?

I've done this.

 

Drop Shot up top and a Jika Rig on bottom.

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Great ideas, all. Thanks!

 

The typical donkey rig (with two flukes) never produced well for me. It would be interesting to change the presentation or maybe downsize

 

If it’s legal in your state to use three hooks, put two drop shot baits above the jig. It’s fun fighting three bass at the same time

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