Dungee
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What makes it more efficient?
BrianID
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Time for Ned rig to sink to 30 feet. In ideal conditions I’ve caught more than 30 smallmouth in 30 minutes at Powell.
You could fish a Ned Rig with a heavier weight but most days the slow sink on the Ned rig is what I think triggers more bites. Just like a weightless senko vs a weighted senko. With drop shot I will be able to get it down to 30 or 40 feet quickly.
I’m sure there are guys out there that could catch more fish per hour with a heavy Ned rig than I do with a drop shot. We all have our own styles that work best for us.
Dungee
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
Interesting. Just wondering, I’m not much of a drop shot fisherman or deep water fisherman. Aside from maybe dry fly fishing I think fish at Powell and most fish in general will eat pretty much anything. And then you’re right, it comes down to preference. To me the greatest thing about a ned rig is that one single bait of it will catch 100 fish. Targeting bigger fish is a different issue, and maybe that is where I would be interested in a drop shot over ned or whatever it might be.
John P Funk
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I think a slower sinking bait would be more realistic, in general. I suppose if you're imitating a fleeing crawdad the bait could move pretty fast, but they don't tend to swim in open water. I've got to get some ned rig setups as we usually only fish single tail grubs, expanding our reportoire should result in more fish caught.
KYKevin
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
[QUOTE="BrianID, post: 42150, member: It is so much more efficient to catch fish quickly in shallow water than deep.
Brian
You are right on about depth, just make's since that it take's so much less time to bring a fish in from 5 to 10 feet vs 30+. Striper's are way easier to catch big number's in shallow water then deep all so, unless there in 100 ft and boiling
.Deep vs shallow, it's all about where the fish are, some time's you have to adjust 
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Brian
You are right on about depth, just make's since that it take's so much less time to bring a fish in from 5 to 10 feet vs 30+. Striper's are way easier to catch big number's in shallow water then deep all so, unless there in 100 ft and boiling
.Deep vs shallow, it's all about where the fish are, some time's you have to adjust .
BrianID
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That is the great thing about Z man plastic on a Ned Rig. I've never fished with any plastic bait that will last even 50 fish. I've had multiple Ned rigs last 100+ fish now.
On drop shot, even with Z-man plastic, I'll feel lucky if a plastic will last more than 5 fish. With drop shot, when they jump or shake their head before I'm able to lip them it is very common for the plastic to get tossed into the lake.
A month ago the smallmouth were really aggressive and a fast sinking bait was still effective but as they move into summertime pattern, I think the slow, less aggressive approach will get more bites. The nice thing about a drop shot is that you can get it down deep quick but fish in slow when it isn down there There are so many different things that will catch them and all of us have our own techniques and lures we have confidence in.
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when drop shot fishing we have had the same problem fish shaking the bait off the hook
Then we added a very small amount of superglue to the hook and bait . Problem solved.
when drop shot fishing we have had the same problem fish shaking the bait off the hook
Then we added a very small amount of superglue to the hook and bait . Problem solved.
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