Drop Shot summer Crappie

[Crappitier]

I've been tearin' up the Crappie, Bluegill, and White Perch up here in PA.

Water temp is near 80, and the fish go deep. I'm having great success with a "drop shot" rig. I use small soft plastics, Gulp plastic, even marabou streamers!

This drop shot, or finesse fishing, is so much fun in the summer. Everybody does it, even the Bass Pro's, but nobody will admit they drop shot?

Beautiful day today, no rain, 80 degrees, light wind. Life is good!

Tight Lines,

[kickingback]

Nice mess of fish.

[pesce]

Get the knife, yummy

[MO' MONEY]

Never though to use that technique for crappie, great catch

[Crestliner08]

Fine batch of fish! And yes, we use the drop shot here in MA as well. Great when there's not much of a wind to contend with.

[fishinRod]

Never though to use that technique for crappie, great catch

drop shotting was invented by crappie fishermen years ago ..way before the bassers adopted it

[Crappitier]

Never though to use that technique for crappie, great catch

Mo,

Yeah, it's perfect for Crappie also! Crappie love minnows, so I put a small plastic minnow on the drop shot hook and it stays a foot off the bottom and wiggles like crazy.

I caught a couple Crappie on a 1" nightcrawler chunk yesterday, but I think they would much rather hit a small minnow? Take both, very easy to change?

And, in deep water, it's so much faster to reach the strike zone with a drop shot weight rather than a jig head (you have to go too big to get down in deep water). And it's a very relaxing way to fish.

[BigEdCT]

I love drop shotting! When they go deep its a great technique. Just curious what size hook you are using? I usually use a 1/0 or 2/0 Gammy circle hook for bass but am afraid that my be too big for crappie.

[Crestliner08]

I love drop shotting! When they go deep its a great technique. Just curious what size hook you are using? I usually use a 1/0 or 2/0 Gammy circle hook for bass but am afraid that my be too big for crappie.

I use the same hook I've used for many years drop shotting - a Gamakatsu "Drop Shot/Split Shot" hook in size #2. Works well on both species.

[chaunc]

Used a dropshot setup yesterday fishing for perch on lake erie. Fished in 58ft water to get them. Had an ounce and a half weight on the bottom with a blood red tru-turn hook a foot above it. I was using 6lb nano with a 4ft leader of 4lb clear vicious line. Here's a pic of my catch.

The walleyes weren't caught with this rig. We trolled spoons to get those.