Drop shot rod?

Looking for a drop shot rod for sunfish using 4lb mono with 1/16 ounce weight.Usually use Gulp 1” minnows for bait.Thanks
for any replies.

Leland TCB rod or St. Croix panfish series come to mind.

If you want to go down the JDM rabbit hole, there is an All Things Ultralight sub forum at the top of the page.


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^^^^I have a St. Croix panfish series 6.0 ulf that I really like:ThumbsUp

I have a St. Croix panfish ULF 6’9” that works great for detecting those light bites on shellcracker that should be an equally drop shot setup for drop shotting.

I use a modified dropshot setup. Nothing fancy, nothing more than a snelled hook with a splitshot. I attach that to the line using a snap swivel and put a hook on the snap swivel at the same time. The end result is I'm using 2 hooks.
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With dropshots the rod/reel combo is less important that a combo used for casting micro jigs for example. I do a lot of kayak fishing using dropshot setups. This 4' 8" pflueger combo has always produced.
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That combo does extremely well with panfish.
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Where I fish has it's fair share of catfish and that pflueger setup tends to struggle with the larger cats due to the size 20 reel's drag. I can't muscle/slow them down and the large cats tend to get tangled in the other rod, stringers, anchor line. I bring along a 5' 6" diawa aird x rod paired with a diawa 100 series reel for the bigger fish/cats.
https://www.amazon.com/Daiwa-0001-4172-Airx562Ulfs-Aird-X-Graphite/dp/B01J9QATSS/ref=sr_1_1?

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For a longer dropshot rod I use a bass pro panfish elite 6' 8" rod paired with a diawa 100 series reel.
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That bass pro rod is impressive for the price sporting Fuji guides and reel seat along with a cork/rubber butt. This rod is extremely sensitive.

Anyway just putting out there a couple rods that aren't high dollor by any means. But are easily good enough for dropshot fishing.

interesting question , but in the end personal preference plays a huge role in the decision .
some like fast tips some not so much and so on and so forth ....
should drop in somewhere with a huge selection of ultra light rods and feel a few is my suggestion :highfive

Last year when I was experimenting with the drop shot rig , my favorite rod turned out to be the 5’4” St Croix Panfish ot the Trout series .
I found I could feel light taps with the shorter rods .
In a JDM rod , I like the 5’6” Daiwa Ajing . The slightly stiffer rod with the fast tip was great at telegraphing hits .
The drop shot worked great in our Town Pond , but I gave up on using it at the big reservoir we fish . I broke off three times in a row and gave up . Left a lot of them fancy drop shot weights down there .