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There is a rough water tactic that may improve your odds on Eyes. Dropshotting. Some of the Roosevelt guys say it works wonders when the other methods fail. Opinions?

I love walleye fishing but I'm no expert...not even a great fiction writer could come up with that

I think it would work though.. Its kinda similar to bottom bouncing jigs I suppose.
Curious to hear from others..

I don't think I would call dropshotting a rough water method, but a tough fish method. I have done something like dropshotting for over 25 years, and it catches anything that swimms. Nevertheless, the method works best for tightly schooled fish, generally tight to cover.

I assure you that Dropshotting hammers Walleye, when you catch them in a neutreal to negative mood, close to structure, or schooled tightly. At other times, if the technique is modified correctly, it can be used as a searching technique for fish suspended just off the bottom.

I have caught Walleye, Trout, Crappie, Perch, Bass (Small and Large Mouth), White Bass, and Lake Whitefish using Dropshotting. It is worth learning the technique.

I have been targeting bass prett hard for the last 5 -6 years and have found some very good techniques but i am hearing alot about this drop shot one. I saw on tv the other day how he did it but he did it too fast for me too catch on. I saw he had like a 3/4 ounc weight about 10'' below a plastic worm. I am not sure how he got the worm to stay suspending straght out from the line and not laying against the line. Anyhow, if someone could clear it up for me that would be awsome. Also, this is most accective in deeper waters or not? Ok, stay warm out there everyone.

Check out this recent post on Roosevelt Lake. http://www.washingtonlakes.com/ReportCo ... id=419&t=1 Seems they did just fine drop shotting for walleye. My best luck in Roosevelt was with a jig and 5" to 6" worm in purple or black, but that was later on in the year say, early to mid May.

What's the best type of baits to use for drop shotting? Is it mostly for soft plastics or could you drop shot a crank bait too?

Gotcha wrote:What's the best type of baits to use for drop shotting? Is it mostly for soft plastics or could you drop shot a crank bait too?

Gotcha and Bazzdude, the answers are not all that hard, but not that easy either. You can get videos of Drop shotting at some stores, and WWW.Axfishing.com has some excellent videos on the subject as well.

In fact, for the price of a couple videos, you can become one of their members and see all of the videos, past fishing shows, and lots of tips.

But, to answer you questions, the hook holds straight out if you use a straight eyed hook and tie it on with a Palomar knot, then take the tag end and run it back from the top to the bottom, bull tight. You then put the weight on the tag end.

The best baits are generally minnow shaped or small worm shaped baits. A 3" Senko works very well, as does a Robo Worm, as does a tube bait, etc. In fact, for walleye, I have done this with a half night crawler, just keep in mind that trout love it fished this way too.

Now that thread is a great discussion on the subject.

yes drop-shotting is one of the best methods going right now.
drop-shotting crankbaits work great. i have caught walleye using a 4" leech bait fishing for bass. some good lures to use are the roboworn series, senko's, mad-man crawfish, etc.