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

Originally Posted by 32251

New member. Was looking for some Bream fishing info and found the crappie.com site and this section. Great info here!!


Been doing some drop shot fishing for bream. Anyone else here using this technique? Small bell weight on end of line and a hook or multiple hooks tied at different lengths above that with a Palomar knot. Bait them with your favorite and toss it out with no bobber. I love the direct line feel of the fish biting. This is a great tactic to find crackers in deeper water.

Like to hear from any one doing this with any info to share.

This is my favorite technique in the heat of summer around deep cover. Usually you can pick-up several large gills off each piece of cover.

Chris

I've been doing it for years but I just use a large split shot and single hook. I laughed when I saw a write-up in a national magazine, may have been Bassmaster, about the new, hot technique. We had been using it for panfish for years. I have used a rig similar to what you describe for crappie and hooking live minnows thru the head and casting/retrieving like you would fish a plastic worm for bass.

Welcome. I've used the egg sinker rig above the hook for years but the more I think about your rig with the weight at the bottom the more I like it. It keeps the bait just off the bottom. Lots of stumps and logs where I fish so I can see where this might prevent hang-ups. May just give it a try.

I never thought about it but sound's good.I may just give it a try.Thank's for the info,that's what this site is all about.Welcome aboard!

Yes the weight on the bottom is the ticket. This "drop shot" technique is really a spin off of deep sea and beach casting techniques where you put a heavy sinker on the bottom to give you plenty of weight for casting long distances. Bass fishermen in deep lakes use it to get the bait down to the bottom and then they tie a hook up the line and fish plastics.

For bream, I like the fact that the bait always sits off the bottom and does not foul up in whatever the bottom is made up of whether hard or soft debris.

I have thought about some sort of slip set up for the hook so you can change depth fast, but I just opted for several hooks at say one foot intervals. You can also mix and match with a hook for bream and a hook higher up for crappie and a bait to match.

never have, you mean something like this? is it only good for lakes?

GREAT illustration! It is good for ANY body of water and ANY depth. Give it a try.

If bream fishing, use smaller hook/bait. Bass fishing use large hook line and any size plastics you like

A couple more questions 32251. Once on bottom do you reel in all of the slack to the point where you have a tight line or do you leave some slack and watch the line and when bream or cracker fishing, what kind of bait do you generally use with this rig? Thanks!