Drop shotting for bream

I tried a new method out yesterday...I drop shotted for bream. I used a quarter ounce drop shot sinker designed for bass fishing and then used a number 4 Stand out hook ( the smallest one they make) also designed for bass fishing. I placed the stand out hook about 3 ft. above the drop shot sinker. The stand out hooks have one eye to tie the line too and another eye to run the tag end through going down to the sinker...kind of makes the hook a lever action deal. I baited up good with a gob of meal worms. This new to me method of rigging seemed to work very good for bream fishing near the bottom in deep water as I like to do. It seemed like with the stand out hooks that I had less bait being stolen etc.

Drop shooting, or also tight line, or veritical line, as I refer the method.

Doing what you are doing you can flip it out about 45 degree angle
to get away from the boat, is effective.

Do it without a bobber and keep the line tight and you will feel
the nibble or hit thru your pole.

good idea...

:D:D

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Originally Posted by Bob # 1

Doing what you are doing you can flip it out about 45 degree angle
to get away from the boat, is effective.

Do it without a bobber and keep the line tight and you will feel
the nibble or hit thru your pole.

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Hey dad,

I am 63 years old you young whippersnapper. Been tightlining over 55 of them and it is still effective on deep 'Gills, White bass, Perch, channel cats etc. They changed the angle of the entry into the water and called it a drop shot.

The whole concept is to fish deep and not have your hook resting on the bottom but to "Set the table" because some fish have an overbite.:D:D:D:D and are too lazy , or digniified, to pick it up or eat off a dirty plate on the bottom. :D:D:D:D

let me say at the start being 60 yrs old and a fly fisherman for 51 of those years ship,i must respectfully disagree on one point.
i have caught many gills and chinks tight-lining with a fly-rod with both flies and live bait on the bottom.
i roll a bait no weight or some times a bb shot,let it sink and sit,sometimes it takes more than five or ten minutes for a chink to pick up live bait, or crawling a estaz shrimp or crawfish an inch at a time on the bottom for 30 ft or more before the take.
although i do agree that sometimes it takes what you do to catch fish ,i am new to the drop shot method ,and first herd of it here.i can say beyond a shadow of a doubt it works and well.



"Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught."

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Originally Posted by G-3 Fisherman

I tried a new method out yesterday...I drop shotted for bream.

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You missed out on this thread:

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/panfi...ctic-here.html

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Originally Posted by shipahoy41

:D:D

Hey dad,

I am 63 years old you young whippersnapper. Been tightlining over 55 of them and it is still effective on deep 'Gills, White bass, Perch, channel cats etc. They changed the angle of the entry into the water and called it a drop shot.

The whole concept is to fish deep and not have your hook resting on the bottom but to "Set the table" because some fish have an overbite.:D:D:D:D and are too lazy , or digniified, to pick it up or eat off a dirty plate on the bottom. :D:D:D:D

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YOu missed my point
1. have a small weight at the bottom end of the line.
2. have your hook tied above the weight at least 6 inch for starters.
3. let the sinker go to the bottom, and rest.
4. If you tie your hook right you can slide the hook upwards away from the sinker until you find the zone.
5. NO bobber

I am 75 years young, and this method many times before you were wet behind the ears.:D

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Originally Posted by Bob # 1

YOu missed my point
1. have a small weight at the bottom end of the line.
2. have your hook tied above the weight at least 6 inch for starters.
3. let the sinker go to the bottom, and rest.
4. If you tie your hook right you can slide the hook upwards away from the sinker until you find the zone.
5. NO bobber

I am 75 years young, and this method many times before you were wet behind the ears.:D

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Dad, I told Noah to get the nails long before you did. :D:D:D:D I'm just 63 this time around.:D:D:D The point is, this is a good method for deep water fishing, just like an angled tightline or a KY rig. Here is a drop shot rig folks...

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...1/dropshot.jpg

Drop shotting works in shallow water also. I have got to where I just do not use a bobber bream fishing very much anymore....well sometimes I do...its still fun to watch those bobbers go out of site. But yeh drop shoting is a very good way to fish...especially for red ear.

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Originally Posted by G-3 Fisherman

Drop shotting works in shallow water also. I have got to where I just do not use a bobber bream fishing very much anymore....well sometimes I do...its still fun to watch those bobbers go out of site. But yeh drop shoting is a very good way to fish...especially for red ear.

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The fish will tell you what presentation is working that day. A minnow on a Carolina Rig is also as deadly in shallow water as deeper water. I am still partial to slip bobber fishing as my favorite though.

The drop shot works on everything. When crappie are holding tight to cover it is the best way.

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Originally Posted by shooter

let me say at the start being 60 yrs old and a fly fisherman for 51 of those years ship,i must respectfully disagree on one point.
i have caught many gills and chinks tight-lining with a fly-rod with both flies and live bait on the bottom.
i roll a bait no weight or some times a bb shot,let it sink and sit,sometimes it takes more than five or ten minutes for a chink to pick up live bait, or crawling a estaz shrimp or crawfish an inch at a time on the bottom for 30 ft or more before the take.
although i do agree that sometimes it takes what you do to catch fish ,i am new to the drop shot method ,and first herd of it here.i can say beyond a shadow of a doubt it works and well.



"Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught."

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Yeppir. It does. I grew up tightlining or as the young whippersnappers of today call as modified "drop shot."