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 Technique
is called “Drop Shotting” and to put it simply, it allows
you to suspended your lure while maintaining contact with
the bottom. It’s rigged with the lure tied above the
weight. This allows you to “shake” or “twink” your lure
while keeping it in the strike zone. It can be extremely
effective at times.Most of the people I have fished with
prefer drop shotting with a glass bead/brass weight combinations.
Glass and brass seem to put off enough sound to get a
bass heading towards your lure. I’ve had a lot of success
with this combination.
The most common components used are as follows |
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Hooks – Typically #2 - #2/0 are used |
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Weights - (Bullet, round, egg & barrel) led,
brass, steel & nickel
Beads - Glass, plastic, brass, tungsten“O” Ring
– Brass, Steel, nickel, painted
Lure – Soft plastics 2” – 4” tubes, grubs, worms,
crawfish, etc. |
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Although
this technique works well in many situations, it seems
to work best in the following two:
- During the Spawn –
It has proven to be killer at this time of the year.
It can provoke a strike from even the most timid bedding
bass (usually the big female). The trick is not to
move it often and sometimes it’s best if you don’t
move it at all… just let it sit there suspended.
You want as little slack in your line as possible,
so you’ll always be in contact with your lure.
- Around Rocks & Boulders -
Use it around rocks shoals and submerge boulders.
It is very effective, because you can hang up the
bait on a rock and still work it, without moving it
away from the cover. If you try this in shallow water,
you can see that it looks like your bait is trying
to drill a hole in the side of the rock to hide in.
It drives bass crazy and they’ll usually hit it just
because it appears to be terrified and trying to escape
from another predator! The only down side is, you
lose a lot of sinkers… and brass sinkers and glass
beads can get expensive after an eight hour day.
So next time you're at the tackle store, or online
shopping for tackle, pick up some “O” rings, brass weights
and glass beads, and try these techniques the next time
you're on the water. You’ll be surprised at how well
they produce.
Fish Hard!
Brendan
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