Drop shot for Crappie ?

[RiceRocket]

Anyone do it ?? If so , How ?

[brushnjigs]

sent pm

[Cmj]

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Why?

[M R Dux]

I used to do it a lot in the wintertime 30 years ago, long before anybody thought up some fancy name for it.

I used my bass baitcasters to target schooled crappie on drops. I would take a 1/2 oz bass casting sinker and tie it to the end of the line, come up about 18 inches and tie off a short loop and put a #2 or #1 bronze Aberdeen minnow hook with a shiner minnow hooked from the throat latch up thru the top of the head. I wasn't worried about the minnow being lively, that was up to me to provide the movement.

I would position my boat on the shallow side of a drop that I had marked fish on with my Lowrance 1510c paper graph. I would cast to the deep side of the drop then hop the minnow rig back up the drop. Caught some big stringers of big crappie while everybody else was either duck hunting or sitting next to the fire.

[huntinslabs]

Why?

+1 why pm? Didnt ask for a gps coordinate or any info other than technique.

[shipahoy41]

Here is a stickie about knots and rig drawings. http://www.crappie.com/crappie/main-...ups-beginners/ I am sure drop shotting is in there somewhere. I believe that for crappie in waters up to 25 feet you are better using a slip float or Kentucky rig method.

[jeepguyjames]

Check out the spin shot hooks made by VMC for drop shotting ( line twist can be a pain in the rump when drop shot fishing ).......have drop shot fished Erie for smallmouth and various places for large mouth...... Have tried it a few times crappie fishing and did pretty ok....... Fluro carbon line or braid with a Fluro carbon leader is good....... A rod with a really fast action is a definite....... Done well drop shotting the lake fork ( crappie ) swim baits or the bobby Garland scent wigglers....... Usually in summer on main lake structure and cover ........ Or when fish are close to bottom tight to cover.......

[RiceRocket]

I fish Florida , The St. Johns River which is shallow except for some holes 6 to 12 ft , was thinking in the summer heat drop shot might work ???

[shipahoy41]

I fish Florida , The St. Johns River which is shallow except for some holes 6 to 12 ft , was thinking in the summer heat drop shot might work ???

6-12 foot I would still use the slip float method for more sensitivity and the reaction time when seeing the slip float twitch or move.

[jeepguyjames]

I've never drop shot fished consistently any shallower than 5 fow to be honest ....... I'd be more inclined to throw float-n-fly / jig-n-bobber , swim a 32nd oz jig, or vertical jig with a real long rod in that shallow of water ....... If your talking about dropshotting the deeper holes it'd be worth a shot