Drop shot for trout

[Masin]

Just curious if anyone has tried a drop shot for trout? As a bank angler, the Carolina rig is the obvious technique but a drop shot would not only break up the monotony of watching my poles, but also might trigger a bite because of the movement of the bait.
Any thoughts?

 

[GungasUncle]

Yep, and it works very well. I like using the Berkley trout power worms - the little red wiggler imitations. Pink or blood red are the colors I get most success with. When bait fishing I use drop shot type rigging as well, because if the weight snags you get your hook back, and have a chance to still get bit / land the fish.

Slow retrieves work best when drop shotting for trout. Slow drags, or cast out & just give subtle twitches to the worm. The bonus is that if you're using this technique somewhere like Hagg Lake - you will get panfish, perch, and bass plus trout. You never know what's going to bite.

I have also caught trout on wacky rigged senkos before - the 3" variety, while bass fishing.

 

[MrGrumpFish]

Going to Hagg in the morning with my dad. Going to look for big fish and drag a drop shot right through them and see what happens! I will report back soon!

 

[Masin]

My wife and I have fished with your mom quite often

 

[bass]

Going to Hagg in the morning with my dad. Going to look for big fish and drag a drop shot right through them and see what happens! I will report back soon!

How did you do? Probably going sturgeon fishing but I am toying with hitting Hagg instead.

 

[MrGrumpFish]

Sorry for the delayed report. Drop shots for trout ROCK!!!!! Targeted fish on the lowrance, stopped the boat on top of them and BAM! At one point had a hit the minute my line hit the bottom. Very effective and a technique I plan to use from now on when anchor fishing! Went 9 for 11. Going back again this coming weekend, unless I get too busy chasing steel. River levels will decide if Im on my boat or on the bank at the coast.

Cheers,

Chris

 

[bass]

Thanks for the report. Sounds like that is a pretty awesome approach!

 

[GungasUncle]

My wife and I have fished with your mom quite often

No surprise. She's out there a LOT. Basically if she's got gas money and isn't watching my sister's son - she's goin' fishin'. She knows almost everyone who fishes out there regularly and is on first name basis with all the cops and some of the fire guys out there. She picked up a part time job actually working for the county out there in the summer.