Went out to my confidence ponds for the second Sunday in a row to get a handle on this dropshot thing and landed 6 keepers today. All but 1 in the 1.5-2.5 range and one over 4 pounds. Last weekend I landed 9 total and one pushed 5 pounds. On 6 pound test and a Standout drop shot hook it was a incredible fight. I really like the new dropshot rod and reel I purchased over the winter and it has definetly made the learning curve alot shorter. It's a Prolite Finnese  rod matched up with a Pflueger Supreme reel spooled with Trilene Sensation.  

Sounds like a great day of fishing.

Cool, drop shot is such an awesome technique.

nice  yea the drop shot is kinda of a boring technique but works like a charm  

nice  job!!

      Boring is an understatement.

      Boring is an understatement.

x3

             But very very productive.

It will definately produce, but d**n it's boring.

Sweet!

I've been wanting to try drop shotting this year.  What are the best ways to do it?  My understanding is that it is mainly a verticle presentation.  I mainly fish from the bank, would I fish it basically like a worm in the horizontal sense?

I've been wanting to try drop shotting this year. What are the best ways to do it? My understanding is that it is mainly a verticle presentation. I mainly fish from the bank, would I fish it basically like a worm in the horizontal sense?

It basically is putting the worm in the fishes strike zone, instead of a t-rig on the bottom.  

To rig it tie on a drop shot hook and just leave a long tag end on it.  Take the tag end and stick it in the hook eylet from the top to bottom and pull.  Attach the DS wieght on the end.  I like to have around 16-18" between my hook and weight, maybe more if the fish are higher up.  

When I first started dropshotting, I had a tendancy to lift the rod tip too much.  I don't know about other people, but I get most of my fish from a real light shaking, only moving the tip 1-2", just enough so the worm will shake.

But do a search on dropshotting and you'll find lot's of good info by some really good guys.

flippin4it- a 5#er on 6# line.  NICE JOB.

    I'm taking one of the guys from the forum tomorrow and will arm myself with something I don't carry.........A CAMERA!  I hope to post up some pics. Every time I have a camera in the boat........dink city.

Flippin4it you are gonna have to teach me how to dropshot sometime!

  Matt, you know I'm up for that. We should hook up at this one pond I know of. Water is super clear and perfect for learning how to feel the bite. Feeling it sometimes is tricky.