Thread: THX for the tip / drop shot deep gills

Thx to those that helped out on (where does the big ones go)! Went out this morning and looked for deep drops with gravel or rocks. Wife and I stopped counting after 50. Was hooking one after the other and kept a mess of hump nosed gills with some others mixed in.

This was the 3rd point we looked at but finally found the hard stuff with fish. Used a drop shot rig and a cricket to get down to them. Thx again for putting us on some keepers!

That's a great report and really nice fish.

Nice job....

nice mess there! is this your first time drop shotting? i end out seeing a small sentence or blurp if you will in a infishermen magazine about 3 years ago on drop shotting deep gill on the rocks and have been doing it ever since they used soft plastics in it and i use bait like wax worms etc... etc.. but like you were saying and showing here it is very new and very effective method for taking gill but be aware those that use it this method is not legal in all states. any ways nice mess of gills there wish it was me. lol's got to get out....

Originally Posted by jigolo

nice mess there! Is this your first time drop shotting? I end out seeing a small sentence or blurp if you will in a infishermen magazine about 3 years ago on drop shotting deep gill on the rocks and have been doing it ever since they used soft plastics in it and i use bait like wax worms etc... Etc.. But like you were saying and showing here it is very new and very effective method for taking gill but be aware those that use it this method is not legal in all states. Any ways nice mess of gills there wish it was me. Lol's got to get out....

how could it not be legal ? Weight on bottom ,one hook up the line , or are you using multiple hooks ? Actually trying to figure out what drop shot type rig you are using . Just curious .

Originally Posted by jigolo

nice mess there! is this your first time drop shotting? i end out seeing a small sentence or blurp if you will in a infishermen magazine about 3 years ago on drop shotting deep gill on the rocks and have been doing it ever since they used soft plastics in it and i use bait like wax worms etc... etc.. but like you were saying and showing here it is very new and very effective method for taking gill but be aware those that use it this method is not legal in all states. any ways nice mess of gills there wish it was me. lol's got to get out....

Question: What would make it illegal? Just curious.

Originally Posted by BoarBuster

Question: What would make it illegal? Just curious.

@boarbuster.
in michigan drop shotting is illegal on trout streams and salmon rivers any questions on this.. aka snaging is a practice known for removing fish not willing to take.. they consider it a snaging rig on salmon rivers even if there hooked in the mouth legally up here. see the rig makes it easy to floss or snag i am sure there are dictionaries on line you can look up. i am trying to keep it short so just keep it smart and don't do any thing illegal lol's. sorry about keeping it short see river current allows the drop shot to roll under 20-30 pound fish and all you got to do is flick the rod tip hard enough and snag a salmon which snaging is illegal in michigan. same with flossing were they floss the gums of big fish like salmon and yank the line threw it gum it is very un-sportmen like but people do it. the local department of natural resource gets plenty of rap line report about it every day the rap line is report all poaching line for michigan it on the back of our licences. any ways sorry for trying to keep it short... and not hijack the original posters thread any ways best of luck also lead could be illegal in some reservoirs like in California..

Nice mess

Good report and great pictures - thanks for sharing

jig, I use this rig a lot for deep crappie just never thought about gills before. When we found these fish the best way to get to them I thought would be this rig.

eagle 1, I only use one hook about 2ft up from the sinker, not sure about his rig. The bell sinkers I had on hand were small so we used two tied in at the end...boy we had a blast.