10-28-2014, 08:58 PM
As an easy and productive entry into fishing the bottom, look up "dropshot rig" on youtube or google. A weight at the end of the line with a hook tied in a short way above that. (There's a specific way to tie in that hook.)
Tip the hook with actual bait, plastic - just about anything. Gulp minnows are excellent. Drop it straight down until the weight hits, and then jiggle the rod tip an inch or two up and down.
Edit to add: in the photo of the floats and stuff, the spherical weight with the pinched wire doohickey is a dropshot weight. The wire lets you wedge the line end without a knot, so you can easily adjust the distance to the hook. Clever, eh?
Your whatzit looks like a rod holder of the "rocket launcher" style.
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Tip the hook with actual bait, plastic - just about anything. Gulp minnows are excellent. Drop it straight down until the weight hits, and then jiggle the rod tip an inch or two up and down.
Edit to add: in the photo of the floats and stuff, the spherical weight with the pinched wire doohickey is a dropshot weight. The wire lets you wedge the line end without a knot, so you can easily adjust the distance to the hook. Clever, eh?
Your whatzit looks like a rod holder of the "rocket launcher" style.
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