Drop Shot

[CRAPPIEHUNTER68]

This drop shot fishing has kinda made me curious about trying it. I understand the rigging 3/4 ounce weight or so on the bottom 12" to 18" inches up a 2 inch drop to tie a hook or jig to. In heavy cover use one drop in light cover 2 drops maybe. There have been instances where I have been challenged getting a jig down and controlling it, by current in deeper water. I also could see greatly reducing the fall time when fishing over 20' deep.
Any of you guys took up this drop shotting thing?

[DonDon]

I've done some bottom bouncing on barnett with some success. Knida sounds like what you're talking about. 1 oz weight on the bottom, then up about a foot or foot n a half with a jig and/or minner

[Wannabe...]

Done it a little. If you're an anchor over brush pile kind of guy, it can be helpful if you are over something really deep. Otherwise, you're better off with a double rig. It's also ever so slightly more "weedless" in that you can sense the cover before the hooks get into it.

Wannabe...

[DonDon]

yehbut if you're near brush and the fish are on or just off the bottom, it's less likely to get hung up

[JTMavs]

Watch show #9. I think this is what you are talkin about. At the end Kyle demonstartes how he ties it up. All the shows are good.
MidWest Crappie TV Show and Guide Service

[CRAPPIEHUNTER68]

That is what I am thinking. In deep water cover when the crappie are "stuck to the wood" drop shotting maybe be a way to dig them out. Now if the crappie are willing to come up a few feet to get a bait the double minnow rigs trolled over the top would net you more fish more quickly. But aren't there times when you know they are there but just buried in the cover. Just plain old hand poling will work many times but I am thinking about the times they are 12 foot or deeper and relating heavy to the cover and especially when there is a little current.
Man I hate it when I am forced to push 8 poles with double minnow rigs into a bush pile. Catch one crappie and work on getting 3 poles unhung..
I guess I am also thinking when in a tournament and you need to get those crappie from the spot you know they are..
I have never tried drop shotting but I am going to try it to see if there will ever be a situation where this method will allow me to catch fish otherwise I would leave.

[Cray]

CH68 post this over on the Texas board. Theta a guy over there and I can't ever remember his screen name that does it a lot end has posted pictures of the Riggs he uses and some pretty good descriptions of how to fish it.

[SlabLapper4sure]

What about those Charlie Brewer Slider jigs in 1/8 ounce rigged weedless and dropped all the way down in the brush. The article on the front page of this website about these jigs was pretty interesting!I've been fishin for 53 yrs. and I can't believe I haven't tried them myself. I'm gonna change that real soon!Seems like when the sun is high in the sky and the crappie are buried deep in brushpiles they would be the ticket for getting down in there and getting back out!!

OLD FISHERMEN NEVER DIE, THEY JUST SMELL THAT WAY!!

[willsjwills]

I didn't know what the name was for it, but I use it to knock on the wood with the weight to get their attention, using either one or two jiogs. That one ounce weight will wake'em up once in a while.