Fourteenth post,
January, 7, 2014
The perfect dropshot
Dropshotting can be a pain to fish, its so finicky but when you’re on the fish it’s an amazing tactic to know. An easy rig but a finicky fishing technique, with many different types of bait you can drop shot with plus the range of depths you can fish from 2 to as deep as the water is.
The first type of drop shot I like to use is goby style bait’s. This type of bait works best in the great lakes because of the mass amounts of that species in these waters. My favourite goby imitation bait is an Xzone slammer, this 4 inch flat shaped bait is almost the same stature as a real goby. In lakes with an abundance of shiners, shad or other similar species I use silver, black or white minnow style bait. These baits work well as they match the forage of what the fish prey on. My favourite matching bait for this is the Yamamoto shad shaped worm, this has a slimmer and taller profile than a slammer, natural colours work better because they match the forage better.
When rigging a dropshot, I put a size 2 to 8 hook rigged with a 1/8 to 5/8 ounce dropshot weight down about 6-18 inches. I use this amount of weight because a 5/8th ounce weight is more than enough to quickly take the bait down, all I usually use is 1/8 to 3/8 because it will not spook fish plus with lighter weight below you have better control over your bait. The rod I use is a Shimano Compre drop shot rod, the rod I would recommend would be a Shimano Cumara or G Loomis NRX dropshot rod. 7’-7’2”, medium action, fast action rod.
Dropshotting is an excellent technique, I would recommend this to all serious bass fisherman.
January, 7, 2014
The perfect dropshot
Dropshotting can be a pain to fish, its so finicky but when you’re on the fish it’s an amazing tactic to know. An easy rig but a finicky fishing technique, with many different types of bait you can drop shot with plus the range of depths you can fish from 2 to as deep as the water is.
The first type of drop shot I like to use is goby style bait’s. This type of bait works best in the great lakes because of the mass amounts of that species in these waters. My favourite goby imitation bait is an Xzone slammer, this 4 inch flat shaped bait is almost the same stature as a real goby. In lakes with an abundance of shiners, shad or other similar species I use silver, black or white minnow style bait. These baits work well as they match the forage of what the fish prey on. My favourite matching bait for this is the Yamamoto shad shaped worm, this has a slimmer and taller profile than a slammer, natural colours work better because they match the forage better.
When rigging a dropshot, I put a size 2 to 8 hook rigged with a 1/8 to 5/8 ounce dropshot weight down about 6-18 inches. I use this amount of weight because a 5/8th ounce weight is more than enough to quickly take the bait down, all I usually use is 1/8 to 3/8 because it will not spook fish plus with lighter weight below you have better control over your bait. The rod I use is a Shimano Compre drop shot rod, the rod I would recommend would be a Shimano Cumara or G Loomis NRX dropshot rod. 7’-7’2”, medium action, fast action rod.
Dropshotting is an excellent technique, I would recommend this to all serious bass fisherman.
Eleventh post,
December, 13, 2013
The role of Senkos in Smallmouth Bass fishing
December, 13, 2013
The role of Senkos in Smallmouth Bass fishing
Eleventh post,
December, 13, 2013
Fishing Smallmouth Bass with Senkos
All the fish above were caught on senkos, same size and colour (not really wanting to tell you which ones). Doesn’t this make you think there’s something about that little worm shaped piece of rubber. In fact thy have worked for me with largemouth, smallmouth, panfish, even trout and pike but by far smallmouth is my favourite to target.
Fishing senkos is slow in sometimes very finicky. Although one of the easiest finnese presentations to fish, a lot easier than a downsized shakeyhead, they just work. With multiple sizes ranging in generally 3-7 inches and hundreds of colours there’s one to lure every smallmouth.
Rigging there are also tons of, to make the thousands of different senkos all perform different. More common ones are weighted and unweighted Texas rigs, neko rigs, drop shot rigs, and my personal favourite wacky rigs.
When fishing senkos I cannot stress the importance of fishing them slow, Even when they are sitting on the bottom the water is always moving which means the senko has a slight quiver which fish just eat up.
The tackle I use when fishing with senkos is a 7’-7’6” with a 3000 size reel (shimano size) with light super line. The first rod I use for this technique is and G Loomis NRX 852 a 7’1” medium action extra fast tip with a Shimano Sustain FG 3000 spooled with 8 pound Seaguar Kanzen braided line, a setup like this would cost roughly $1000. The second rod I use is a Shimano Cumara 7’2” medium action extra fast tip (a little softer than the NRX) with a Shimano Sustain FG 3000 spooled with 5 pound power pro braided line, a setup like this would cost roughly $700. Both of these I use a 10lb fluorocarbon leader to a quality hook.
The structure I key in on is shallow water such as points, humps, islands, and flats. My largest smallmouth over 6 pounds was caught on a hump going from 80’ to 3’ of water, it was caught in 3 feet of water.
Senkos are a great way to catch smallmouth bass!
December, 13, 2013
Fishing Smallmouth Bass with Senkos
All the fish above were caught on senkos, same size and colour (not really wanting to tell you which ones). Doesn’t this make you think there’s something about that little worm shaped piece of rubber. In fact thy have worked for me with largemouth, smallmouth, panfish, even trout and pike but by far smallmouth is my favourite to target.
Fishing senkos is slow in sometimes very finicky. Although one of the easiest finnese presentations to fish, a lot easier than a downsized shakeyhead, they just work. With multiple sizes ranging in generally 3-7 inches and hundreds of colours there’s one to lure every smallmouth.
Rigging there are also tons of, to make the thousands of different senkos all perform different. More common ones are weighted and unweighted Texas rigs, neko rigs, drop shot rigs, and my personal favourite wacky rigs.
When fishing senkos I cannot stress the importance of fishing them slow, Even when they are sitting on the bottom the water is always moving which means the senko has a slight quiver which fish just eat up.
The tackle I use when fishing with senkos is a 7’-7’6” with a 3000 size reel (shimano size) with light super line. The first rod I use for this technique is and G Loomis NRX 852 a 7’1” medium action extra fast tip with a Shimano Sustain FG 3000 spooled with 8 pound Seaguar Kanzen braided line, a setup like this would cost roughly $1000. The second rod I use is a Shimano Cumara 7’2” medium action extra fast tip (a little softer than the NRX) with a Shimano Sustain FG 3000 spooled with 5 pound power pro braided line, a setup like this would cost roughly $700. Both of these I use a 10lb fluorocarbon leader to a quality hook.
The structure I key in on is shallow water such as points, humps, islands, and flats. My largest smallmouth over 6 pounds was caught on a hump going from 80’ to 3’ of water, it was caught in 3 feet of water.
Senkos are a great way to catch smallmouth bass!