bpm2000 wrote:Im 99% sure the regs are 3 hooks to a line.
And I am 75% sure that this does not mean I can't use a large lure with 4 hooks on it. I think the interpretation is three lures, or three hooks if each represent a lure (such as bait fishing). That would be a good question for the F & W, but ask more than one person, each may give you a different answer.
Nevertheless, I don't have any 4 hook lures (Flatfish use to come with two-two hook harness on some of their large sizes, back before the were sold) anymore and I can't think of the last time wanted to use one.
Still, the jig on the bottom and something on top will work pretty well. I have done this while ice fishing for 30 years. I also use to put one jig on the bottom and one about 3' up when working for White Bass, and it did catch doubles often. Of course, as others have mentioned, it is condition specific. It still works at Roosevelt for Walleye when they are on the sand flats, but there are no snags to speak of. As for ice fishing, well you don't snag up very often.
Using more than one rig on a drop shot rig, ya, it works. Again, it works best if you are not moving laterally across the bottom, or if there is little or no snag problem. I find that the second rig dampens the life from the first, and sometimes that reduces the catches, but...................................at times it is a killer.
I doub't I was the first to use Drop Shot rigs, if I was, I was not smart enough to claim it, but I started doing what they call drop shot when I was a kid, maybe 35 to 40 years ago. Of course then I used a split shot(s) on the end of the line. When snaged, they pull off and I get all but a few cents back. That is the whole reason I fooled around with the method. I will admit that I am using more and more DS weights now. I do like the fact the swivel, that is built into the ones I use, keeps the line from twisting as bad if I am rigging and moving the rig laterally as well as vertically. I have attached a swivel about 2 feet above the shot, but it seems to take a little of the productivity out of the offering.
Trying new methods is a learning experience. You might just stumble into the next "Lindy Rig", or the next "Swim Bait" method.
Study the regs, than
go for it.
Too much water, so many fish, too little time.
