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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Have read an article on this technique may try it next year. Anyone use it? Like it? Seems like a fall technique or on those hot dog days of summer. |
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| Not sure about the article you read, but we were going to give it a try with bulldawgs next year. Got something in mind I would like to try that should bring muskies up from real deep  |
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Location: Rhinelander. | yes read it, have experimented with it. It for sure has its place and I will do more of it. I however have not tried with those baits mentioned in article.
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| I have used it a lot this fall for my live bait rigs and tubes. I used it mostly to keep the bait in one spot or in a very limited area. I did manage three fall fish on this method and I think it has a to of uses.
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| Are you guys using any leaders? |
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| Yes, I'm using a 36" floro 100# tied to a 3way swivel and genrally a 3oz drop. |
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| I've used it as an alternative to vertical jigging. On a lake I sometimes fish in the fall there are times when the fish are concentrated in a couple spots at the deep (20-24 ft.) part of a sharp break where the break quickly levels off to the basin. Vertical jigging or super-slow crawling a pounder has been the only way to catch these fish in the past. They won't come up for a bait and it has to be right in their face. Accurately presenting to the right depth and location is key. I fish with the bait right at bottom and use the bow-mount to slowly, slowly move the bait. I did the same when drop-shotting. I've only caught one so far on the drop-shot rig, but haven't used it much and my technique and rigging certainly need refinement. A Big Joe worked well for me - most of the weight is near the snout of the bait, close to where it's attached to the standing line, and the rest of the bait stayed horizontal the way you want it. The tails have a lot of action even at slow speed. I haven't used the rig casting, it seems like it would be a pain in the butt. Using the bow-mount to move the bait keeps the bait right were I want it 100% of the time, without the added challenge of frozen reels and cold hands. Like I said, I've only done this in the fall.
In my opinion, drop-shotting is a specialized technique that has limited application. I won't use this technique often, like vertical jigging. But when I do, it can be the difference between catching fish or getting skunked.
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Location: Nowheresville, MN | How do you drop shot a 3+oz bait? A 5lb dumbbell? |
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Location: Kingston, Ontario | I realize this thread is pretty old. Is there any links anyone cares to share on making an effective Muskie drop shot rig? Any recommendations for baits?
Interested in trying something like this in some of the deep deep river holes around here. |
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Location: Detroit River | Was the article you read the one that Jon Bondy wrote a few years back in Musky Hunter?
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Drop shot Muskies?