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Shallow Water Drop Shot

Bassyak
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I tried my hand at the shallow water drop shot in heavy cover this weekend with decent results and managed to pick up my first fish on a drop shot ever. I used my new Pflueger Summit spooled with 15lb Stren Magnathin on a Kistler MgSJCB610, and rigged a green goby Sweet Beaver on a 3/0 hook about 18" above a 3/8oz tungsten bullet weight (point down to punch through the lilypads). It took a little practice to get the rig to slide down in the holes in between the pads without hanging the weight off one side and the bait on the other, but after only a couple tries, I noticed my line continue to disappear down a hole in only three feet of water. So I reeled down and set the hook and came up with this three pound beauty. It's definitely a tactic I'll continue to use and refine.

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