I want to learn how to drop Shot for bream. From the rig, to the hook size, and to the bait. Can someone offer their suggestions?
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I want to learn how to drop Shot for bream. From the rig, to the hook size, and to the bait. Can someone offer their suggestions?
What i like to do, if there is not a lot of algae on the bottom, is to use 4 lb test line with a cricket hook using a palomar knot above a medium sized split shot. This keeps the bait off the bottom and causes it to stand out from the line on the hook , about 6 to 10 inches above a split shot. This technique is not a drop shot per se but works well casting and retrieving. Since these critters are usually shallow in the summer. Works well for shellcrackers.Also it doesn't get hung up as bad as a drop shot weight.
Tried this last few times out & worked great in CA Delta's,FYI. VMC spin shot( their smallest size) with bait(pieces of bay shrimp soaked in bloody tuna pro cure). Drop weight 1/4 oz or lighter about 10 inch below spin shot. With hook always pointing up the hookup rate was phenomenal even for the smaller 3 inched panfish that would have been perfect for striper ,if I'd been pursuing them. I was sold immediately on these set ups and glad I bought the VMC's!!!
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I do it a lot in winter and will do it in summer also. I use a #6 cricket hook with a Trout Magnet either soaked in anise oil.....or tip it with a very small piece of a Berkeley Power Wiggler. I tie the hook about 2 feet up from the weight. I find where I think they will be and I drift my boat very slowly between .2-.3 MPH dragging the rig on the bottom. If I find them concentrated I just do the more traditional drop shot method of lifting and dropping. The best weights I have found for this are Rickies Snake n da brush.
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Amen on those Berkley power wigglers. Been doing that for over 20 years. I cut each one into about five pieces for tipping. Works great on all bluegill jigs and flies. Usually use my fingernail clipper to cut them to size. Makes a huge difference on getting bit. I have proved it to myself many times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphahawk