Quote Originally Posted by meatdragger View Post
Yote, what do you like about the weight below the hook? I've been thinking of trying it that way. It sounds like we fish perty much the same way. If you are interested in going sometime, I'd be glad to.
Weight below the hook-----I'm thinking the weight below the hook lets the weight pull my hook free since hopefully it's on the same side of the limb I just pulled it up against, provided of course I didn't just "set the hook on a big one , opps, that was a limp". Also with the minnow on a short leash of only about an inch or two he can't swim around a limb hopefully. I tried using the drop shot rig like the bass fisherman use on a shaky head but felt like the minnow couldn't move around enough. I have fished it both ways and this is just my gut feeling.
Late last summer and early fall I used about 2 to 3 feet of line below the hook and caught more fish up off of the bottom than I did on the bottom. Since I make my rigs up ahead of time now I just reel up one turn or so to get off of the bottom.

This past Monday I seemed to have to bang the weight around in the brush to trigger a bite.