Drop shot or Tube jig For lakers (Or both)

[Curtis Payerl]

Hello,

I have been vertical jigging for lakers using my electronics with a white tube for years and have had great success but all the buzz these days seems to be about drop shotting. What is the advantage? Also could i not just tie a tube on the bottom of a drop shot rig instead of the weight. Thus having 2 baits say 4 feet apart.
Let me know your thoughts

Thanks

Curtis

 

[BowSlayer]

you could but if you're talking about ice fishing, you have to remember the fact that, 2 hooks mean your chances increase 2 times for hooking the edge of the hole, it sounds minor but dang I've lost some nice whities like that! If i use a tube i just put the tube on, same for spoons, jigs, etc. The only time i use a drop shot rig for lakers is for a set line, (small treble or hook and split shot 12" up)

 

[Dozer]

Depends what time of year... spring time trolling warm bays and summer time hitting the deep ether jigging or deep trolling... A worm on the drop shot is good.

 

[steelhead101]

i use the double rig for perch and it works excellent, ill use a spoon on the bottom and a bug imitator on the top and certain fish want the bug and some will want the spoon. however for lakers i don't see it being useful, when a trout is on your bait there is nothing in the world between it and what it thinks is its next meal, i would imagine 99 percent of the time your going to get bit on the bottom tube.

a interesting approach would be what the musky guys do on st clair, you strap a rod in on the deck and let the waves do the jigging, they pick up the fish that are in a super negative feeding mode that want that bait almost still. works as 1-2 punch.

 

[Legend Boats]

Drop Shot, Drop Shot Drop Shot!! It’s been a craze for awhile and a lot more popular for Bass and panfish. I still believe Lakers, pike and species that like faster moving baits will still love body baits or fast moving plastics. But it still doesn’t rule out someone catching a laker with a drop shot rig but the percentage of you catching a laker on a tube or a swim bait is far higher than catching one on a drop shot rig. You will find the drop shot rig is a very fineness technique when nothing else is working. A drop shot rig is all about feel, so smaller diameter line, longer rods with a fast taper tip is needed to work the bait while not moving the weight.

Henry Nguyen