What are the best baits for drop shotting. I have lots of robo zipper worms (6 inch) and berkly shaky worms (5 inch) among others. I thought I would use these but I am starting to think the are more for shaky head rigs.  Do they serve a dual role? Other recommendations? Thanks.  

You can use any plastic bait you can think of! I've use plain slugs of plastic and caught bass with them when drop shotting. Some of the more tried and true plastics are the 4" finesse worms, but I've used 6" before. And don't over look wacking rigging a Senko (4" works best for me). I've used tubes and helgramite imitations to boot!

The one recommendation I would make is not to overwork the bait. Sometimes I'll wait 30 seconds or more before applying the standard twitching technique.

By no means am I a expert at drop shotting, but I use what I guess you call "custom hand poured baits.  The two companies I buy from are Stalker Bait Company in Connecticut and Bass Snacks in Pennsylvania.  They are extremely soft baits and they float so the bass can see them better.  I hope this helps you out some.

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By no means am I a expert at drop shotting, but I use what I guess you call "custom hand poured baits. The two companies I buy from are Stalker Bait Company in Connecticut and Bass Snacks in Pennsylvania. They are extremely soft baits and they float so the bass can see them better. I hope this helps you out some.

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:-?     It's all about your slack/tight light line and rod movements when trying to make the bait "float" on a drop-shot rig...

3" stickbaits are all you need or as Crestliner said 4" slim senkos...

I would suggest any hand poured worm. My favorite worms are Roboworms.

I would suggest any hand poured worm. My favorite worms are Roboworms.

X2 on the Roboworms, hand poured and readily available. I'm also planning on ordering some of the Jackall Crazy Ninja dropshot worms. I figure I'll give them a try.

To pick one single bait: 6" Roboworm Straight Tail, Prizm Craw.

Not that it matters, but, Roboworms arent actually handpoured. Some robotical engineer/fisherman, designed robots to pour baits instead of injecting them. Thats why they are multi layered and soft like a handpour, but absolutely precise everytime, unlike a handpour.

The top 2 fish getters on my dropshots are 1...5" Senco  2...Roboworms..be nice if the roboworms had just a tad more girth at the head..some of em tear kinda easy when I stick the hook in.. ;D

Berkley realistix power minnows are good.Lunker city finesse fish and Zoom fluke.Trickworms and finesse worms wacky rigged and also a Yammy kut tail in 4 or 5 inch. Yum bigshow paddle worm in all sizes including the 10 inch are my new experiment.

I like Zoom meat heads,robo worms,and tiny paca craws!

Any bait serves the purpose.