Anybody use dropshot setups?

I've caught walleye and smallies on them in Mich. Roboworms work great for us. Can't imagine why they wouldn't catch fish in BW.

Its on my list of things to start trying both home here in Wisconsin and up in the BWCA. A member or our group caught some walleyes on the setup last year when we were up there but we caught them much quicker with slip bobbers. That is the main reason I have not tried it yet.

I've used them on occasion, and they worked great, but not better than some other methods that I personally like better.

It is one of my favorite ways to catch bass at home. I don’t fish it much in the BW because it gets hung up in the rocks so much. I can see it working for walleye when fishing a sandy bottom or smallmouth in gravel areas.

I really wanted to dropshot last year in Quetico. I just couldn't ever keep the canoe still enough to get that slow of a finesse presentation, so I gave up. Back to paddletails on 1/8 oz jigs, which are much easier to present from a canoe. I might try some drop shotting from shore this year... or I may just leave a paddletail tied on :)

I set my wife up with this for walleyes. She just can’t get the jigging action down. I put a 4-6” minnow/fluke on. She caught some fish, on Basswood she pulled in a 20 inch Largemouth Bass off a Walleye reef.

SHe just drug it back or wiggled it, can also fish it vertical.

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moray: "It is one of my favorite ways to catch bass at home. I don’t fish it much in the BW because it gets hung up in the rocks so much. I can see it working for walleye when fishing a sandy bottom or smallmouth in gravel areas."

I agree 100% with this. Drop shot is one of my favorite ways to fish at home too, and I've had success with it in BWCA using it with finesse worms, Berkley flat worms and small soft plastic minnows. That said, it stays home now, because I get it snagged with breakoffs far too often.

From MN fishing regulations... the total distance between hooks cannot exceed 9"

bobbernumber3: "From MN fishing regulations... the total distance between hooks cannot exceed 9"
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I am confused? A drop shot is typically a weight on the end of the line and a hook 6-24” above the weight. You keep the lure or bait in the fish zone the entire time. What’s the 2 hook reference? Is there a different way to do this?

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I've never done it, but have seen instructions and images that have multiple hooks tied to the main line at varying depths. This way you can fish the entire water column.

Okay that makes more sense. I am pretty sure although what bobbernumber3 notes is true on hook distance, I am very sure you can only fish one bait at a time. The total distance cannot exceed 9” refers to one bait or lure. You can’t use more than one bait or lure at a time, otherwise the DNR qualifies that as fishing with 2 lines which is illegal.

timatkn: "Okay that makes more sense. I am pretty sure although what bobbernumber3 notes is true on hook distance, I am very sure you can only fish one bait at a time. The total distance cannot exceed 9” refers to one bait or lure. You can’t use more than one bait or lure at a time, otherwise the DNR qualifies that as fishing with 2 lines which is illegal.
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Yes, it's a bit confusing. I assumed dropshot was usually with multiple hooks to cover more of the water column.

No. There is only one hook in a drop shot setup. Not sure what the reference to "hooks" was for.