In drop shot fishing, the weight is an anchor. Plenty to take it down, none to interfere with the action of the lure. It's really not a light tackle thing or finesse thing. There are a lot of drop shot rig variations, but they all have one thing in common - the soft plastic lure rides above the weight. It's a valuable tool that can help anglers in all waters - clear and dingy, deep and shallow, moving and still - catch more fish, more often. Wherever its roots, the drop shot rig is more than the latest clear water/deep water fad. Eliminating the leader between the hook and the main line, along with the development of the self-cinching weight (eg, Bakudan) were major improvements and opened the door for specialized drop shot baits and the concept of using it to fish unweighted lures at depth.
Of course I never did anything with that rig that even remotely approaches the productivity and efficiency of the drop shot rig as we know it today. Prior to that article, I had described the same rig in both Fishing Facts and In-Fisherman on at least two occasions, as well as in Bassin' Magazine. It's remarkably similar to the illustration at the right, from my article "Bass Fishing Tough? These Offbeat Rigs Can Save the Day" published in the November/December 1990 issue of Fishing Facts magazine. OK, you say, but as a method for presenting soft plastic artificials, this is a hot, new technique from Japan. Live bait fishermen have been using rigs with the hook(s) tied above the weight for eons, and that is the essence of drop shot (also known as under shot) rigging. Drop Shotting - How, where, when and why to fish the hottest finesse tactic going.īass at the Drop of a Shot By Rich Zaleski
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