Quote Originally Posted by DJD View Post
Jim,
i was using a 6 1-2 loomis rod medium heavy action spooled with 10lb FireLine. It may not be the best way to fish it but for me it worked well. I can see using some Flouro if the water was super clear. I also used gammy wide finesse hooks (I think that's what they were) and a KVD drop shot worm. It's all new to me so maybe I got the worm wrong??? But I don't see that it matters that much because my buddy was using Zoom finesse worms.
Anyway I was using a cheap 1/8 weight from bass pro that's long and skinny and it work great in that limestone rock we have in Lake Ellerslie.
These bass and green sunfish were hammering the bait. I fished it much like a Carolina rig and the hookset was basically pulling back against the tug on the line and reeling. I really like that technique now! We have a boathouse on the lake that I will be targeting at some point.
Its good to add another technique to the bag of tricks!
Whatever rig you're comfortable with works. I'll use whatever spinning rod is on hand, with whatever line is on hand, long as it's 10lb or under. 1.0 EWG hook, Zoom 4 or 7" finesse worm (the occasional Zoom 4" lizard), and cheap weights that cinch on the tag end of the line. The weights that cinch on can be moved to adjust the depth of your bait, and they must be cheap because you will lose a bunch of them.

Like you, I seldom fish it straight down, cast and bump it along back to the boat. That's why I lose lots of weights, fishing straight down you don't lose many. Firm sweep to set the hook. Try to jar one's head and you either break off or pull that lil ole hook right out.

Guys in the club make fun of my drop shotting...till I'm buying cold drinks with their money. Then not so much.