Full Moon Drop Shot

Deb, Maria & Dylan never expected a fishing day like they had today! They caught all kinds of fish drop shotting, both small and large, in almost perfect conditions. We had a great wind to be able to drift over the shoal we were on and the fish were everywhere! Although it took Dylan a little longer than both Deb & his mother Maria, he finally mastered this technique. By slowing down, he was finally able to hook more fish than he missed and landed both walleye and smallmouth bass. Maria and Deb were into the fish almost immediately and by reacting slower on the hookset, they were able to lock up most of the time.

We wanted to try a troll but the fish kept us dropshotting until almost noon. Once the wind layed down we shifted gears and headed to another area on the water to give it a try. Too bad it wasn’t as good as the finesse fishing, but we did manage to land a few. The fish just weren’t chasing and I realized this by the way they were hooked. Not one was in the mouth! They were slamming the lures and getting fouled somewhere near but not from the inside. I hate when they hit closed mouthed! We had several rips as well that just weren’t there! I made another move to somewhere else near the end, hoping for better results, but was equally disappointed. A few more rips but only one fish for our effort was seen from here before we headed in.

Slow presentations were definitely needed today and the drop shot technique was the answer. All three of them had high numbers landed and plenty more chances as well. I’m sure glad I decided to fish this way today as the slow drift was definitely the way to go! Great results were had on the full moon today!