Thread: Drop shot for Bream. anyone using this tactic here?

Any of you guys get out on the water this weekend and try this technique, please post what kind success you had.

my friend used that at pelahatchie bay and caught 30 bream and 3 catfish Monday.

I prefer using a cork with a weight already on one end and using a crappie hook and minnows at my secret location in jackson. I always catch slabs, specially when the gars are jumping out the water. lets me know if the fish are active.

This is a useful thread. Thanks 32251.

To add to the heap, I have a question now. I use this same rig for deep water crappie in brish piles. My question is, do you fish this rig vertically like you would long pole jigging for crappie?

Lord willing I am going to leave work early today to get after some gill and I'm going to give this a shot with my long poles.

Originally Posted by Black Crow

This is a useful thread. Thanks 32251.

To add to the heap, I have a question now. I use this same rig for deep water crappie in brish piles. My question is, do you fish this rig vertically like you would long pole jigging for crappie?

Lord willing I am going to leave work early today to get after some gill and I'm going to give this a shot with my long poles.

Good question Crow. If you're not fishing this rig vertically you would think the hook placement would need to be slightly higher above the lead because the line will be more of a 45 degree angle when on bottom. I'm assuming you're fishing vertically when using this for crappie.

I don't necessarily fish this vertically at all. Only if the water is deep. I just cast out and start slowly moving it in...wait a little while....move it in...bounce it a little...pretty soon you will find the place where the fish are.

There IS an angle involved when casting out a good distance, but with a couple of hooks at different distances from the weight, the bait is off the bottom enough at any angle from the boat.

Definitely a tight line tactic, but watch the rod closely, as I've seen many a rod go swimming when a good one hits. Deadly!

I recently have used the "wiggle rig" method for panfish. For those who are not familiar, it's a short piece of special elastic material, that is placed between the bottom wieght and your hook/bait. Whe you jiggle the rod tip, the elasctic gives an amazing "wiggle" to your bait. It makes small plastic worms and minnow imitations do amazing things, that fish can't resist. I have greatly increased my catch rate, since useing this method. Very similar to what is described above. Cast out or fish verticaly, wieght on bottom, hook/hooks up the line at various depths, slight tip action, and wait for the thump.

If you Google or Utube "wiggle rig" you can see some videos of different baits in the water. It realy takes the "drop shotting" method to a whole new level.

This method has been around for years and years on KY Lake for all species of fish. Never thought of it as being a newfangled invention. :D

Pre-made "crappie rigs" that are basically the same setup with a barrel swivel on one end and a snap swivel on the other have been sold in marinas and shops here forever for vertical crappie presentations. I've only recently heard it called a "KY rig" by out of state fishermen that have visited.

It is the only way to rig when bottom fishing for catfish in either a vertical or cast and wait presentation.