Gewber Geezer Nautical Terms Etc.

[M R Dux]

Drop shot is a rig that can be cast or fished vertical that consists of a loop knot with hook or jig tied above a sinker on the bottom. The loop may be 6 inches above the sinker on a bluegill/shellcraker rig or up to 3 feet above on a crappie rig.

Green carp fishermen started calling it drop shot years after crappie fishermen started using it but not having a mutual name for it.

[M R Dux]

Ky Rig is a crappie rig that is pre-tied. It consists of 2 hooks tied several inches apart on droppers or loop knots with a weight of 1/4 to 2 ounces either between the hooks or on the bottom. It is used to present 2 minnows or baits in a slow, vertical presentation.

The rig originated either on KY Lake or Reelfoot Lake. The first Ky rigs I ever saw were in the 60s and tied and sold by a guide named Dutch Owens, who guided on KY Lake (then Barkley) and Reelfoot. That is subject to arguing around the coffee table. A certain professional crappie team started marketing their own version years later that is now called the Capps and Coleman Rig. Exact same product.

[Billbob]

Good stuff


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[Mbsbeek]

Crumb Grabbers

[DRFISHDUCK]

I'm honored to be the victim of crumb grabbers.

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[Mbsbeek]

When ya tied to bridge bow to stern everyone's , crumb grabbers