Drop Shot rig for Bass

Post by **Ken K** » December 11th, 2002, 2:04 pm

I can't catch a Bass for nothing since it turned off cold. Do any of you use this new fangled drop shot rig? Any tips?

dewyafish · Post by **dewyafish** » December 11th, 2002, 2:43 pm

Drop shotting works but I HATE it.
Have you tried a rattle trap or othe lipless crankbait????
How about a deep diving crank bait that digs the bottom.
Pull the bait into the bottom and pull it a couple of feet and then let it slowwly float back to the surface keeping a tight line 'cause this is when you usually get the strike.

Post by **Ken K** » December 11th, 2002, 3:02 pm

Dewey, I've thrown everything in the box at them. I have been fishing this pond for 30 years and have never seen the bite shut down this completely. However, this is the first winter I've fished it since it has been restocked. Mebbe this strain don't like the cold.

Post by **Ken K** » December 11th, 2002, 3:06 pm

But, to answer your question, I have tried a Rattletrap and whatever the Rapala version is. I don't have any deep diving lipped baits. May have to pick up a couple this weekend. My wife is going to be gone this weekend, I may have to use her goldfish for bait if all else fails.

Post by **tin can** » December 11th, 2002, 3:07 pm

Ken, I've been fairly successful with a drop shot in cold/tough conditions. My experience has been it works best when fished extremely slow. In fact, if you find a piece of cover, don't move it at all. Pull it up to the cover and shake it. let it sit a minute and shake it again. The advantage to a drop shot is you can give the bait a little bit of action without moving it out of the cover. Rule no. 1, in cold weather: SLOW YOUR PRESENTATION.

dewyafish · Post by **dewyafish** » December 11th, 2002, 3:21 pm

Tin can hit the nail on how to fish the drop shot.(I still hate it)
Get a mudbug or a hellbender and give them a try.
If they don't work you still have my address

Auston will catch fish slow rolling a colorado blade spinner bait when it is FREEZING outside.

Post by **Ken K** » December 11th, 2002, 3:28 pm

I'm really not that crazy about fishing plastic worms, period. It's just that they work so damn good.

I have had good luck in the past using a Mepps spinner in cold weather, moving it just fast enough to turn.

dewyafish · Post by **dewyafish** » December 11th, 2002, 3:42 pm

Bassology 101:

The way it was explained to me is when the metabolism starts to slow in the cold weather, bass stop chasing food because it uses too much energy for the amount of nutrition they will recieve.

The solution in my opinion is put a larger bait in front of them and keep it there until they just can't stand it any more.

Here's a little trick that seems to help on the spinner bait theory.
Make sure the skirt is inverted so it puffs out instead of laying flat and giving it a streamlined look.
The big Colorado blades put out a lot of low frequency vibration that really irritates the fish.
Bulky, slow, and irritating = an impulse strike whether the fish is hungry or not.

dstockwell · Post by **dstockwell** » December 11th, 2002, 5:14 pm

Bulky, slow, and irritating =

Hey that sounds like Dewey.

dewyafish · Post by **dewyafish** » December 11th, 2002, 5:24 pm

Transplanted yankee, smartazz with too much time on his hands.

Hey, that sounds like dstockwell

dstockwell · Post by **dstockwell** » December 11th, 2002, 5:53 pm

Can't we all just be friends..

dewyafish · Post by **dewyafish** » December 11th, 2002, 6:17 pm

We are friends.
If I didn't like you I wouldn't talk to you.

dstockwell · Post by **dstockwell** » December 11th, 2002, 6:26 pm

I know..

What you posted trough me, and could not think of what to say.

dewyafish · Post by **dewyafish** » December 11th, 2002, 6:32 pm

YOU coulndn't figure out what to say????
Doubtful.

I'm going home .
Have a good one!!!

Post by **Ken K** » December 11th, 2002, 6:45 pm

I blew off work this afternoon and fished for about an hour, not a nibble. I am ready for some WARM weather.