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    Yes, you always have to adjust your style to the type of water and structure you're fishing. I fish an extremely steep sided canyon reservoir with 100% rock structure. No vegetation or brush. The only time the jig is on the bottom is usually on the initial drop. I do lose a few jigs, more if I don't pay attention.
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    Some very nice info here. Thanks.
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    Can y’all explain your cast technique??I hear everyone say they catch a lot of fish on the drop. I can’t figure how to keep enough slack out to set the hook on the drop. I know that’s a dumb question but just wondering how y’all do it.


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    I rarely catch on the drop.

    I cast out, let it fall on a slack line, then start the retrieve.
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    Quote Originally Posted by deathb4disco View Post
    I rarely catch on the drop.

    I cast out, let it fall on a slack line, then start the retrieve.
    Same here. That’s why I was trying to figure out if I need to try something different. Thanks.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Damion Kidd View Post
    Can y’all explain your cast technique??I hear everyone say they catch a lot of fish on the drop. I can’t figure how to keep enough slack out to set the hook on the drop. I know that’s a dumb question but just wondering how y’all do it.


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    They may be saying "on the drop" but meaning "as the jig pendulums towards them" (on a closed bail & stationary rod)

    Like DB4D, I've rarely caught any specie of fish when the jig is dropping straight down, at a distance or right under the rod tip. In fact, the only fish I ever remember catching (or having them bite) when the jig is dropping on slack line is a Green Sunfish and them little critters will hit just about anything you throw that splashes down next to the bank they're on. And even they aren't going to very often be in water over a few feet deep.

    There's another "possibility", too. They may be saying they're catching fish "on the drop" ... but actually meaning "on the dropOFF". A friend of mine always tells me he "caught his fish on the drop" at such and such a place on the lake ... but what he's really saying is he "caught his fish where the bottom drops from xft to xxft" (aka a dropoff or a channel edge).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damion Kidd View Post
    Can y’all explain your cast technique??I hear everyone say they catch a lot of fish on the drop. I can’t figure how to keep enough slack out to set the hook on the drop. I know that’s a dumb question but just wondering how y’all do it.


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    What they mean, is when they move their rod tip up from a 10:00 position to a 12:00 position it makes the jig or plastic worm move upward and it starts to fall (drop) again, and that's what entices the fish to eat it.
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    Ahhhh. Now I really feel stupid. lol. In just y to thought I might be missing some fish and didn’t even know it. Don’t want that. Lol. Thanks guys.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Damion Kidd View Post
    Ahhhh. Now I really feel stupid. lol. In just y to thought I might be missing some fish and didn’t even know it. Don’t want that. Lol. Thanks guys.


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    Well, you can miss some fish, if you pop your jig up too hard, and not reel in the excessive slack, the fish can suck in the bait ,and spit it out without you knowing it.That's why they always say to "maintain contact" with the bait, by always reeling in any excessive slack, so you can feel when the fish takes the bait when it's falling.
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    Just remember one thing. You cannot fish a jig wrong - period. It's all about trial & error and trial again. As far as "on the drop" goes, after my cast I watch the slack on the surface of the water as the jig decends. Any stopping of the slack, or twitch and "set the hook"!
    "A voyage in search of knowledge need never abandon the spirit of adventure."
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