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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Fishing Forum Dropshot? |
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04/20/2023 09:04PM
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.
04/21/2023 10:05PM
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 :)
04/22/2023 10:27AM
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.
T
SHe just drug it back or wiggled it, can also fish it vertical.
T
04/23/2023 10:56PM
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.
04/24/2023 09:08PM
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?
T
04/25/2023 07:20AM
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.
04/25/2023 07:59AM
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.
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