How to Dropshot Like A Pro | The Shaking Squirrel

and there it is we are drop-shotting this is one of the most natural presentations there is and people really tend to complicate this technique when the reality is with this style of fishing less can be more and confidence is key good morning and welcome everyone today we're going to be going over the general basics of drop-shotting to give you the confidence and the right peace of mind knowing that you rigged it up correctly you're getting the right action out of it and lastly that you're a round fish we're gonna complete the circle of a drop shot er so you now know how to set it up but you have the right mind frame and just like Harry Potter and that crazy little stick he has is a one drop shot starts with the right worm so we'll be using big bite baits shaking squirrel which we're gonna break down further in rigging eisah first with the shaking squirrel it actually is made of a very soft plastic which gives it a very natural look then this flat belly it has catches a lot of water and gives it additional action next these baits were designed by Jeff Crete for clear water situations so comes an assortment of great clear water colors next to the set up of this bait we start with a hook then on the tag end of that knot we are gonna attach our drop shot wait now with the hook I start with a size 1 drop shot hook with a Palomar knot now when I attach a worm I either nose hook it or a wacky rig it the nose hook setup is gonna sink it a lot faster and it's gonna be a lot more mainlined a presentation that I can work a little bit more efficient efficiently down some cover and things like that where is the wacky rig is a slower presentation it's gonna fall a lot slower make it look more natural like something dying but then also when it's on the bottom and I'm lifting where I'm subtly kind of shaking it if both ends are really gonna you know have a lot more action than just that one tail at the end where its nose up makes it your tag in this is how far you're gonna put the drop shot weight and down from the hook now there's different reasons for having different lengths I usually start with about a six to ten inch tag end now if you want to go longer there's a couple reasons to do so the first reason is if you're fishing around some grass or a muddy bottom where that grass or that or that suit comes up by a foot or two you can actually put that drop shot weight a foot or two down and so that little worm will actually sit higher up above that you know cloud gate or any kind of grass or whatever noise down there and those fish will be able to see it the second reason is that fall of the bait if you just have a small tag in that baits gonna fall down quickly but if you have it up two feet when you give it slack that baits gonna slowly and naturally fall down when you lift it back up it'll come back up two feet and then it'll fall back down so a few different reasons that you can chain that tagging as long as you know what that's changing down there Neath the water now the size of the weight is obviously going to impact how fast the bait gets down to the bottom I usually use anywhere from the 1/8 to a 1/4 ounce weight and I'll vary depending on what I'm trying to do or what I'm trying to accomplish with that also when you're using a heavier weight it's easier to keep that bait in one place if you have a quarter ounce weight you cast upon a little spot you can really slowly work that bait and it's not gonna move much but if you have a very light weight any kind of pressure you put on line is gonna move that bait out of the strike zone next is fishing line I spool up to six to eight pound mono or fluorocarbon remember this is finesse technique so you really want that light line lastly is the rod you want a nice finesse rod I'm using the finesse stick right here you and the idea is you want a soft tip so you're not overworking the bait if you have too stiff to the rod when you lift up and you put any pressure on that line it's actually gonna be pulling that bait away from the targeted area you're trying to fish but if you have a nice soft tip you're gonna be able to apply a little pressure to that bait and without having to move it too much and you'll be able to feel the subtle little bites also having a rod that has a lot of give to it is going to help fight these fish a lot better these tiny little hooks they they barely dig they have a high percentage hookup rate but the only skin hook the fish you have a real stout rod that fish Yanks hard a lot of times they can tear that little layer of skin and get away from you so that finesse the right finesse rod and very important my trainer now no matter how you're retrieving this back whether you just make you know slow little lifts with the rod tip or you have that rod tip down and you want to just drag it it's important to know what happens every time you tighten up that line oh man I got a fish oh yeah was not ready for that okay so when you tighten up that line what you're doing is you're lifting that bait up off the bottom and if you give it slack again that bait is flutter and back down this is something if you don't put too much tension in your line you can repeat this multiple times without moving that bait much at all but if you put a little tension that line that baits gonna drag you know couple feet and then you can repeat the process you can let it fall lift it back up a little bit let it fall again but as long as you know what that bait is doing down there without much effort from you you can really maximize the benefits that this technique has okay now first when you make your cast towards your target you want to watch that bait fall if you find that you're getting hit on the way down or as you reel in that slack you realize there's a fish on there and that happens a couple times you may want to think about using a smaller weight what this is gonna do is that's gonna slow down that fall that baits gonna take longer to sink because it's on those fish seem to be feeding on it on the fall so if you give it longer to fall that may increase more bites that you get throughout the day now switching to the opposite side of that if you're finding you really have to work this bait slowly along the bottom to get any bites you can increase the size your weight go up to 1/4 ounce weight and you'll keep that band contact with the bottom you'll be able to keep that bait in one spot a lot easier so you can spend more time enticing those finicky bass to actually bite location now when you're fishing the drop shot you want to make sure you're in areas where there are fish nearby it this is such a slow retrieve you really want to be methodical with it you want to make sure you're in an area where you could actually have some success now when the bike gets tough if you're struggling finding any fish you can usually rely on Maine Lake points if you take a look at a map and you just circle some of the biggest points that stick way out in the lake you could pretty much bet that there's gonna be fish somewhere on that point year round after I eliminate points or after I go fish those then I'll move back into Creek channels focusing on any kind of little secondary points that are back in those channels or you know any kind of man-made structure like a launch ramp you know some kind of road bed you could work the side you can work on top of it and then of course island tops as well but those are all very productive areas to really be able to slow down those fish they'll hunker down around structure when they when they aren't feeding fish will go just relate to that cover hang out until they go up and feed again but you can still catch them well when they're not actively feeding when you work this drop shot now generally when I pull up to a piece of structure I'm gonna fish I'd say it's a point I'm gonna cast the main spot I'm cast right up on that point about 5 to 10 feet of water and then I'll move I'll slowly drag it or work it away from that if I don't get bit I'll make a cast in 10 20 feet over one of the sides of the point usually the steeper side I like um if I don't get anything there I'll make one shallow and if if I don't get one on on either of those casts then I'll move on to a another piece of structure when you're fishing clear water fish will move a long ways away so if you cast up on a point if there's any if there's fish anywhere in that vicinity they will see it's clear water they'll see it dropping it as its you're slowly working that baits there for a long time that gives them time to come over take a look at it and finally bite it so if you make a couple casts don't get bit go to your next piece of structure and pick that apart oh yeah oh yeah there we go oh yeah there we go man this technique can be so effortless once you figure it out what you have the confidence in realizing that if you have the right bait like this big bites shaking squirrel you know that that beats working down it's looking natural you've just got to put it in front of the fish for the right amount of time and eventually good things are gonna happen but it's important when you're fishing now down there to be thinking about what that baits doing when you're lifting though that baits coming up and then when you give it slack that bait is naturally falling back down but anyway we figured out that the fishing can be outstanding with a drop shot a technique that everyone should have in their arsenal um you know as we've talked all these reaction baits these different techniques to locate fish cover a lot of water well when you find productive areas you can go back in with a drop shot and you can catch those fish that didn't want to bite didn't want to go for that easy meal you know that didn't work suckers for that drop shot or that reaction bait though you come back through you can catch them with a drop shot and catching a lot more fish anyway guys I hope you enjoyed this drop shot special I hope this makes you a complete drop shot and newer and anyway if you liked the video hit the thumbs up leave a comment below subscribe to our YouTube channel and I'll catch you out on the water

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Length: 10min 11sec (611 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 21 2019