How Do You Catch Bass With The Drop Shot Rig?
The drop shot rig first became popular with bass fisherman on the west coast. It was primarily used as a deep-water finesse technique for catching finicky or pressured bass in clear deep-water lakes and reservoirs. The popularity soon spread to the east when tournament anglers started having success with this technique in other parts of the country. To tie a drop shot rig start buy feeding your line through the eye of a small thin wire hook from the barbed side. I like using a 1/0 hook size. Tie the hook to your line using a polymer knot leaving a tag end of 16-20 inches long. Tie either a drop shot sinker or a bell sinker to the tag end. The weight of the sinker used depends on the type of water being fished and how windy the conditions are. You will want to use the lightest weight you can get away with and still keep in constant contact with the bottom. I usually use between 1/8 oz. to 3/8 oz. sinkers. When tied properly the hook should stand out horizontally to the line with the ope
