Larry.....I was talking about Lake Roosevelt.....
you can drag in 11 inch fish all day on dropshot at Roosevelt....Vertical, Horizontal, dragging, double hook, tripple hook, you name it.   8)

BillB

But not on Lake Washington.....NOOOOOO

I too am a believer in the Roboworm's on a dropshot rig.  Very productive!!   8)

Vertical as well as horizontal and dragging, all have been productive.

BillB

Almost all the TRUE tackle vendore have Robo's in their own proud spots!

thats why i cant wait to do some more crankbait/jerkbait fishing up here! Especially for the smallies!

Well just because your in 30 ft of water doesn't mean your fishing vertically. Actually I have never just stood there and wiggled a dropshot straight down. I have always dragged them. Some guys up here are still pretty good at it. Not just in California where it is almost the best way to catch fish.

good, then i don't have to worry about using up the ones i have. i trust the tackle shops will have roboworms somewhere mixed in with the powerbait plastics and the banjo minnows 

Faz, I cant even begin to put it into words. Its such an advanced skill that it must be demonstrated, and even then only those with the true touch can possess it power, hahaha. But seriously, I think there is a lot to be shared. Ive heard lake WA and Samamish are good dropshot lakes and Im thinking there are some tricks to be traded.

Love Robo's!!

dropshotting is definitely not new up here - fish have been caught from 2ft to over 70ft all times of the year in several lakes across the state, but if you have some subtle secrets to add to the pool of dropshotting skills this club has...out with it!!!

Dropshotting... Dang, asian commercial fishermen were using that rig for bottom fish in Washington decades ago!!!

HAR HAR. LOL.   

Chris

Some of us regularly fish Shasta & Orovile which allows for several interesting ways to use a drop shot rig.  By the way we've been using a horizontal presentation with drop shot rigs for years , especially when we have a little current or some wind that allows the rig to spread out.

Ya, I have, but I, personally, find it as an awesome shallow water bait/technique and I just about never use it as a vertical presentation like it was first designed for.  Plus our lakes are a little different in contour and what not.  Dropshot works great a few feet out from some of the walls and drop offs we have. And it works great when you have a nice channel forming at the end of a cove.  Id give you examples but Ive only fished Tapps so not much I can compare it to, but Ill tell you that its just as good if not better as a completely horizontal presentation...

Nevermind, I just remembered that you had said a while back you had lived in SoCal. Im talkin bout Castaic, but mostly Pyramid Lakes. Thats where you can really put the dropshot to work in some creatibe ways.

You must have dropshotted deeper than that if from SoCal. We used to fish in 20-30 ft of water regularly.

Its got such great shallow water cover and structure, but we didnt see much if any life. I did see one fat 5# cruising but that was it. In about 5-15ft is when the dropshot excels.

btw, what where you dropshotting? You guys use Roboworms much? Seems you guys love the Yammies, ever tried the flattail, or have any idea if anyone around carries 'em?