I can't make it any more simple than that. I use Berkley Gulp! exclusively because they catch more fish. Nose hook baits three inches long or smaller with a number one mosquito hook and with baitsДЄny larger than that rig weedless on a 1/0 straight shank hook. Run the line's tag end through the eye of the weight and wedge it in place at whatever depth you want.Д«ait selection is important but it shouldn't give you a headache. These drop shot weights just clip to the line. If the water is deeper than thirty-feet I'll use a 3/8-ounce just because I get tired of waiting for it to sink. I only use 3/16-ounce tungsten most of the time. Drop shot weights are available everywhere now. To make sure it's up run the tag line back through the top of the eye of the hook. You always want the point of the hook up so it will stick the fish better and won't get hung up as much. Simply tie the hook on leaving at least a foot and a half from the tag end. Generally I like to suspend the bait about 14-inches or so off the bottom and the drop shot rig makes it easy. They may only suspend a foot or two off the bottom but they are looking for baitfish more than something crawling on the lake floor. Consequently, the bass will suspend more so they notice a drop shot better than a Texas rig or even a Carolina rig. After the spawn sunfish and shad become more of a mainstay in their diet. They live on crawfish as much as anything. Prior to the spawn most bass are more bottom oriented. Dirty water or heavy cover will cause me to use bigger line and a baitcaster but most of the fish I catch come on my go-to spinning rod and reel. I use a number one or a 1/0 hook and I use Gulp! bait from Berkley. Most of the situations I get into call for six to eight-pound test. And all the time I use fluorocarbon line. Most of the time I use a seven-foot spinning rod. We catch them suspended and we catch them in deep cover.ДЄllow me to run through my basic tackle and explain just how simple I keep this tactic. We catch them out deep and we catch them shallow. Now we know that you can use a drop shot rig to catch most any fish including bedding fish, post spawn fish and even tough winter fish. The hard part was finding the deep fish that would hold on the cover long enough for us to catch them. Either they would eat it or not but most of the time we would catch them. We would look for deep-water fish on our depth finders then drop the rig right in front of their noses. When I first started to use a drop shot there was really only one way to do it. Follow me here and I'll have you catching good sacks of bass while they complain about everything under the sun. If I were you I wouldn't pay a bit of attention to these guys. But they are wrong and, most of the time, they won't have any fish in their livewells because they are too stubborn to learn.

They think it is hard to learn, hard to do and only works in those clear lakes out West. Most fishermen have it in their heads that it's some kind of hoodoo, voodoo way to catch a fish. Let me tell you the first thing you need to know about drop shotting.

Drop shot rig