a good drop shot trick

[bass kickin redneck]

If you want to instead of using a drop shot weight use a tube jig with a tube and a worm above it

[Amx]

Fish-n-Fool made a vid on that setup. He posted it here last summer. You'd have to look for his vids on Youtube.

[bass kickin redneck]

Lol will do that

[Amx]

His web site;

http://www.fnflures.com/

[islandbass]

It's not a new trick, but a good one. However because I fish rip rap 99% of the time I drop shot, I can lose 3-5 weights in a 15-minute time span. That would be too costly.

I don't even use "drop shot" weights anymore. That too is costly. I now use pencil lead because it's far more economical.

[bass kickin redneck]

Nice yeah that's Alot cheaper ill keep that in mine

[WCCT]

This is an old school trick. I like to use a football head with a hula grub or a beaver on the bottom. Tough to beat at times.

[rickydbasser]

I'm with islandbass. Especially fishing around rocks, lost dropshot weights, not to mention jigs can be expensive. Like islandbass I also make my own dropshot weights. I use hollow bodied pencil lead along with .30 soft wire. I make a loop with swivel on it at one end of the wire, then slide the other end through the pencil lead, then bend the wire up. It is not only far less expensive, but because of its thinner profile, I have fewer hangups in the rocks than when using any of the store bought dropshot weights. And because pressure bites are so common when dropshotting, one is more apt to set the hook when weight is felt, being more confident that it isn't a hangup. And how many of us have lifted up on what we thought was the bottom only to have "the bottom" jerk back and be gone before we could react.

[Amx]

that would be .030" wire.

.30 is 5/16th inch and the size of the whole number 2 pencil, not just the lead inside the pencil.

[rickydbasser]

Woops, brain fart!! .73 mm, 22 gauge.