12-09-2008, 01:08 PM
You want to try a neat way to fish a river? I just happened upon this a couple weeks ago, by total accident.
It was cold, and I wanted to try out my new drop shot rod/reel. I live about a mile from a river, so I stopped to just see how the new rod/reel would cast and how the new lures would look in the water. I wasn't looking for any results.
I was using a 2.5" Gulp! Minnow in Emerald Shiner color. The drop shot rig was a perfect little drift-style rig for the river! The little drop shot weight never got stuck like a split shot rig would, and the Gulp! Minnow just rode the current and looked exactly like live bait.
If you don't know what I mean by drop shot, tie a #1 Finesse-type hook on a palomar knot and leave about an 18" long tag-end on the knot. On the bottom of the tag end, clip on a 1/8 or 1/4 oz pineapple drop shot weight (no need to tie). Now, you've got a hook that will suspend about a foot and a half over the weight. Just nose hook the Gulp! Minnow and cast it out!
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It was cold, and I wanted to try out my new drop shot rod/reel. I live about a mile from a river, so I stopped to just see how the new rod/reel would cast and how the new lures would look in the water. I wasn't looking for any results.
I was using a 2.5" Gulp! Minnow in Emerald Shiner color. The drop shot rig was a perfect little drift-style rig for the river! The little drop shot weight never got stuck like a split shot rig would, and the Gulp! Minnow just rode the current and looked exactly like live bait.
If you don't know what I mean by drop shot, tie a #1 Finesse-type hook on a palomar knot and leave about an 18" long tag-end on the knot. On the bottom of the tag end, clip on a 1/8 or 1/4 oz pineapple drop shot weight (no need to tie). Now, you've got a hook that will suspend about a foot and a half over the weight. Just nose hook the Gulp! Minnow and cast it out!
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