Dropshot Walleyes - The Ultimate Guide (SECRET WEAPON for Summer 'Eyes)
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- Everything you need to know to dropshot for walleyes!
Gear is listed below:
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🔸 Hook (Crawler) - #1 Gamakatsu G-Finesse Worm Light Hook
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🔸 Hook (Leech) - #2 Octopus Hook
www.tacklewarehouse.com/Gamak...
🔸 Dropshot Plastic - 3.5" Eye-Candy Jig Crawler
shop.northlandtackle.com/soft...
🔸 Dropshot Weight - 1/4oz or 3/8oz Tungsten "Thin" Shape
www.tacklewarehouse.com/Arsen...
🔸 Rod - 7'2" TUCR Apex Elite MLF (can go shorter if preferred)
tunedupcustomrods.com/product...
🔸 Reel - 2000 or 2500 Spinning
fishusa.rv5k.net/c/2074607/77...
🔸 Main Line - 8lb braided line
fishusa.rv5k.net/c/2074607/15...
🔸 Leader Line - 6lb fluorocarbon (10 feet w/ 18" dropper)
fishusa.rv5k.net/c/2074607/77...
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Many fishing video don’t show the set up (leader, hook and etc). Here is one very good example and informative
Thanks man. Glad you enjoyed it.
The close up shot! What! The effort you put into the production is changing the game. YT Angler of the Year bud.
Thanks man! Just doing the best I can help folks out
Keep up the pro tips. I grew up watch everything your family has done. Always love the info.
Thanks! I appreciate you watching
Good video, Nick. Glad to see you out doing somethings on your own! Nice job.
Hey thanks. Much appreciated
Great video and instruction. I love that you list your gear as well. I am going to give this rig up a try next weekend.
How did it work for ya???
Great video! The YT fishing community needed another educator. And you might be the best.
I really appreciate that Joseph.
One of the best videos I've seen for the drop shot technique tips. Thank-you!
Glad you get some value out of it. I wanted to be comprehensive!
First-time viewer. Just want to say great video. You go into some great detail and how to. Thanks for all the info, I left smarter than when I started. 👍
Thanks for the message James. Glad you got some good info!
Nick, just wanted to thank you for this exceptional video. It was just packed with useful info. I just got back from fishing around North Bay, Ontario, and the fishing was incredibly tough. The drop shot was key for me, keeping it up off the silty bottom. Thanks again for your content.
Right on, thanks for watching Brad!
@@NickLindner So if you don't use a palomar knot, the whole setup is a future disaster?
@@moseskongi4746 there are other options. Palomar is the easiest and extremely effective, thus why I pushed it in this video. Regular uni knot would be very ineffective.
Excellent instructional video. I learned a lot. Thanks!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome video. I’m going to start watching your videos more often now.
Thanks Glenn. I appreciate it!
Nick: Your video's are excellent and very detailed. IF I ever get the chance to fish with you, I WOULD! Thank you for all you hard work and dedication to this channel. From Indiana
Thanks for watching!
Great video on a great rig. Love a Palomar knot. I use it in every case I can due to its line strength. I'm rigging up a couple of rods right now for my next walleye run. Thanks!
Thanks Jerry!
great timing, was just talking about drop shot today!
It’s a deadly weapon!
Thanks , you made fish so clear
Glad to help Joe
Fantastic video Nick. This is a fabulous learning opportunity. I'm planning to head out on my lake (Oneida Lake) in Syracuse to tune this tactic in. Thanks. Keep this up !. We very much appreciate your knowledge.
Glad I could help. Thanks for watching!
You're a genius, Nick! BTW I like the VMC Spinshot hooks.
Thanks for watching! I typically don't prefer the hooks with built-in swivels. I know they work, it's just a confidence thing for me.
Blonko the bronko! Hey Nick. Great video. One of my favorite ways to fish.
@@NickLindnerI love the VMC Spin shot hooks too. And I love the eye candy baits on my drop shot, they float and stay perpendicular. They are also GREAT on ned rigs
Nice tip with the hair tie to stow the weight... mine's always dangling in the bottom of the boat. Love drop-shotting - been pounding the smallies with gulp on down imaging
Right on! It's a stellar presentation for so many different species.
thank you great video. gonna try this method next weekend..
How did it go!
hair tie thing is genius!
Not my idea. It’s a game changer for storage haha
Excellent video, Thanks
Thanks Craig. Appreciate you watching
Nice work! I just switched my kid's (ages 6, 4, 2) rods to this setup instead of a slip bob now that we're deeper. My son and daughter caught one on the first cast then we didn't have a bite. It was a good time though! 9:26
Nice! I’ve always found it to be more kid-friendly than a bobber. Easier to cast and less tangles
This was put together very well and I got some good tips from you. I subbed.
Much appreciated. Glad I could help out!
@@NickLindner Brother that hair tie thing was nifty. I dug through my wifes hair stuff and I grabbed a blue one and a white one hahaha.
Concise and excellent
Thanks Thomas
Great tutorial, Nick. 😊
Thanks! Hope alls well
@@NickLindner Yes, thanks for asking.
Excellent video thank you !
Thanks Carl!
cool tips on the knot!
Thanks Nicholas
Great video, thanks!
Thanks Kevin
Awesome video!
Thanks Dan
Great video! I catch a lot of bass on plastic drop shot. I look forward to trying with live bait.
It’s deadly!
Great video 😊
I appreciate it, Lance
Thanks buddy, i needed this for my next Frontenac park trip in September
Good luck out there
@@NickLindner thank you. I usually fish bass but don’t eat them the pickerel are awesome just need to get to bottom guys say
EXCELLENT video Im along time lake Erie fisherman, drop shot and slip bobber setups are just plane deadly
Those presentations catch em everywhere!
Thank you for this Sir. I'll try it on Mille Lacs.
It WILL work :)
Loved this video!!! Not many walleye in my area, but a ton of Saugeye and I think they'll eat this presentation same sa a walleye, eh? Thanks again for this video!!
For sure! It’s super effective for just about anything swimming around your boat
Awesome video. Great job
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
@@NickLindner I actually just came up bobcageon today and will try to get some walleyes.
A snelled Uni knot passed back through the eye as you described works just fine as well.
For sure!
Bro nice video! A+!
Thanks man!
Great video Nick! Love your content! Is their a time when you would use crawlers over leaches or vice versa?
For me, crawlers seem to be great when I'm just trying to get a bite. Leeches are nice because they are easier to deal with, more durable and less of a mess. I like to have both on-hand, because sometimes one will shine over the other.
Nice video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for this video. I love jigging and now adding drop shot to my arsenal. Those two is all i do since i refuse to troll.
Sounds like you have a good system!
like the way you do with the dropshot weight
Thanks!
Good job
Thanks for watching
Excellent video, Nick. When walleyes go deep on Lake Erie, I can consistently hammer on the bottom hugging walleyes with Crippled Herrings!
Right on!
@@NickLindner Hi Nick...How are you related to Al and Ron? I got to know Ron and his wonderful wife, and family, during the years they wintered in Naples, FL during the 1990s. At the time, I was running offshore charters off the Marco Island/Naples coasts. Ron fell in love with slow drift jigging with the Crippled Herring (CH), a metal jig that I created in the early 1980s. Prior to that, Al discovered the Crippled Herring while passing by a demo of the CH in the "Hog Tank" at a Detroit outdoor show. That led to the explosion of my manufacturing business because of Al's generous media support. Eventually, Rapala founder Ron Weber joined Ron L. because of his drift jigging enthusiasm. It was my second metal jig, the Kandlefish, that I subsequently created for Ron Weber. It has emerged as the most effective salmon jig presently on the Pacific market. My summers are now spent on a salmon research vessel, working for the WDFW (WA State Dept of Fish & Wildlife). In closing, I consider these two Rons as special friends and was deeply saddened when they passed away. Keep up your fantastic work, Nick!
The tip about using a hair scrunchy (as my daughter calls it) to hold the weight is genius!!!
Haha it works great man
Subscribed 🔥
Thanks Bruno
Nice clear video, Nick, thanks! Where are you fishing for walleye btw? And what time of year was this made? Thanks so much!
This video was made mid summer in central mn 👍
Great video with spot on advise, I use this method in the UK for Zander and perch. There's only one other rig that works better.
What rig is that???
@@NickLindnerpaternoster rig, you can fish lures and worms and keep it above their heads when they sit on the bottom. It's very effective. Give it a go
Awesome video - when do walleyes congregate here and what are other seasonal fish you can find here ? Looks like there would be bass and pike / Muskie
There are all kinds of species. This time of year, weed lines can be excellent.
Awesome video. I’ll try that out this summer on the mighty Wabigoon.
BTW, what set are you using for your live scope?
Let me know how it goes!
Thanks for the vid! what kind of scent do you like to go with for walleye?
I’m usually doing scent-less, but procure has a lot of good stuff.
Nice
Thanks Scott
Yeah Buddy!!!
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like it !
Thanks Brian
Am just getting into drop shotting. Have watched quite a few videos and this was by far the most informative and very well put together! Thank you!
Right on! Thanks for the comment. I'm glad I can hopefully help!
Thanks so much , live scan is so darn expense
It really is
Like the drop shot , I only have depth finder , what average depth would be good ? Thanks !
Shallower in spring, then deeper as the season goes on.
Mabye it was in the comments, do you tie your leader to braid with barrel swivel or direct tie. This is Doug. Thx for the great videos.
Hey Doug. I’m not sure if I mentioned it anywhere! I connect the two lines with a uni to uni knot typically.
Are walleye spooked by the vertical line? Wouldn't dropper loops be preferred to get the hook away from the leader? (Still can use palomars to tie-on...)
I haven’t found fish are afraid of the vertical line
a good worm keeper is to take a paper puncher to a soft drink cover put bait on your hook than place the plastic punch on the hook keeps your bait longer
Thanks for the tip!
I tie my dropper weight using a lighter line off the tied hook so I can then break that off and at least bring the hook home after a snag. And less to tie to get back in the water
That makes sense. Do you do anything to make sure your hook is always oriented upwards?
Aaron martins used a uni knot. Makes a bigger knot which helps level the knot
Aaron is the dropshotting GOAT. One of my heroes when I was a kid. The knot he ties is tougher to learn than a Palomar knot though. Your average angler doesn't know much beyond a standard fisherman's knot. If they are going to learn a second, I think Palomar is the best option.
For sure he was the man I got to chat with him on Champlain a couple times through the years. Always with a smile and a clever comment
I have been crushing them for years on a drop shot.
Right on! It's works
Good walleye gomer
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Great video! I subscribed straight away! I am going to try this today with soft plastics for Pennsylvania walleyes!
Best of luck! Let me know how it goes!
It actually didn't pan out but that is how it goes sometimes. I caught some river walleyes the day prior and they just weren't there the next day when I gave the drop shot a try. I liked the way it presented the bait... always nose into the current, looked very natural. Will try it again when the water clears up some... water clarity wasn't the best for drop shot. Thanks for the info and the tips! Excellent videos, man!@@NickLindner
@@christiancognigni6234 thanks for the update! I know you’ll crush them on it when things line up better. It’s deadly effective!
DUDE! Last Sunday, as a heavy rain storm moved in... the drop shot was KILLLLLER on the walleyes in the Susquehanna River, PA!!! I appreciate the tip and I must attest, it worked GREAT! I was using very small soft plastics and I never caught 6 in one day until last week. I was screaming like Mike Iaconelli. Thank you and Merry Christmas!!!@@NickLindner
@@christiancognigni6234 amazing! Glad it worked for ya! Merry Christmas 👍
I was watching a bass fishing video. And the guy was 'fizzing' the fish to get rid of extra air in swim bladder. They were in 25 ft of water. Wouldn't you have to do the same for a walleye outta 30 ft of water?
I’m not an expert on that. Haven’t done it much. Pulling them out of deep water can certainly be an issue. It depends on the conditions ultimately
Nick,
I was just watching your dropshot video. I was wondering if you could tell me what the round instrument is on your console beneath your large graph. Is it a Hawkeye depth sounder? If so, are you satisfied with how it operates (real-time data about depth changes, etc.)?
Thanks!
Hey Michael. What you’re seeing is probably just a standard stock gauge for something on the boat. I’d love to have one of those devices to read deeper water temps, but I don’t have one. I’ve heard they’re great.
@NickLindner I had looked into a less expensive device (compared to a flasher that can be used on open water, but is somewhat costly) for measuring real-time depth changes. I'm kind of a Buck Perry disciple and like to be able to precisely determine break lines. Anyway, since I wasn't able to find anybody who was able to provide me with a "performance review" of such devices, I bit the bullet and added a Vexilar Edge to my boat. The Edge has a 10° cone angle for determining more precise/real time depth changes as well as 2D sonar (40° and/or 10°). Thanks for your response.
It's the upgraded "Kicker Stereo". Same one came on my Lund ProV. I don't care for the bigol'uglyassthing.
@@michaelmoller5218
I have no respect for Vexilar Edge users……
My brother and i tried dropshot for the first time last summer. We were fishing a very clear northern Minnesota lake and both limited out. Now we always have a rod rigged up with dropshot.
Right on! It's a seriously deadly tactic for everything.
Can you fish a drop shot effectively from the bank? It doesn’t seem to me that the bait would stand up well.
It’s great from shore because you can cast it really far
Thanks! You mentioned 8lb braid, what kind? (the links above are dead)
Lots of good options. I have 832 on a lot of my rods
Should be good for Saugeye? I've caught a few on spoons but I want to clean some.
Should be excellent
You are probably familiar with this, but I just found spoon plugging. Without the lures, we had success our first weekend with 3-3lbrs and a 5 (Bass). We are hooked!
@@KissmyBasss awesome!
For drop shot fishing, when to use nightcrawler or soft plastic as bait?
Usually nightcrawlers when the fish are more finicky and/or I know I’m dealing with smaller fish. Plastics generally catch bigger fish for me.
Whats your favortie walleye method on ice ,
Honestly, a spoon is always a go-to. I love to get them on a rattle bait when I can though.
@@NickLindner totally agree
I use the number eight hook
Nice!
How hard do you think it is on the fish catching them in 30 feet bringing them up i caught a 28 3/4 inch walleye this summer in 22 feet played the fish the whole why to the boat then experience it got its eyes blown out i felt very terrible about the outcome of the situation 😢
Honestly, it depends on a lot of factors. But 30 feet is right on the edge of the danger zone for deepwater walleye fishing.
How much line do you want between the hook and the weight?
Honestly, it can depend on the depth you’re fishing, how high the walleyes are off the bottom, etc. but as a general rule of thumb, I’m usually around 1.5 feet.
What's the difference between dropshot and a Lindy rig?
They have different line and weight configurations. Lindy rig allows the bait more freedom to swim around. Dropshot is more rigid, but also more precise
Full worm add a stinger?
No stinger needed! Just let em eat it a few seconds.
Small swivel above hook ?
You can. I don’t
Number one rule of fishing nowadays is don’t go fishing buy forward facing sonar, so you just get to play video games all day😂
Look at you, you figured it out!
How far is the hook from the drop shot?
Anywhere from 1 to 2.5 feet for me. I like 1.5 feet most the time.
Are u anchored or drifting?
Usually driving around with trolling motor
Great job, sir. However, I do have to say that there is a MUCH better knot for this than the Palomar. Called simply the Drop Shot Knot. Many vids on it.
I'll look for it, Rocky 👍
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Can I run two hooks on a drop shot
That’s a great option if it’s legal in your state. It isn’t in mine.
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Hey Evan 👋
Wasn’t the technique originally from Walleye fishing?
Originally brought over by Japanese bass anglers.
You can also thread the fishing line through the eye of the hook so that the hook is facing up (correct direction for drop shotting), bring the tag end around and make a loop, then just twist the hook across both lines (both the tag end and the main line) at the top of the loop 4-5 times, and cinch it. That'll hold as well as a palomar knot and it's slightly easier/quicker to tie up while out on the water. This video illustrates the knot quite well - czcams.com/video/NqNtzxJoM1Y/video.html
Palomar knots are fairly straight forward, but I've found that when there's a breeze they can be tricky.
Thanks for message! I’ve actually found the opposite personally. Once you’ve tied the palomar knot a few times, i think it’s one of the easiest to execute (which is why i recommend it in the video). But that’s just my opinion!
Lmao! Canadian boy here. I have been doing the drop shot for eyes for ...30 years! Not a big secret, simple tatctic
Super effective!
Great video. I'd rather see someone tie knots with actual fishing line vs rope.
I agree in many cases. In retrospect, the footage on my camera turned out a lot better than I expected. It should have been pretty easy for folks to see/understand
Drop shotting is fun been doing it for 40 years it catches everything. When I catch them at 30' they go in the well, to eat.I'd be worried about the air bladder at those depths.
100% for sure. That's not a great depth for releasing fish
Seems kind of close to almost like a slip bobber in some ways!!
Totally. There are some similarities
The waters I fish you could not keep the perch and sunfish off a live bait rig like that
Leeches are slightly better than crawlers in those situations, but usually that’s when plastics get the nod for me
Drop shot is so good no matter what you're targeting. If it isn't broke don't fix it aha
100% agree
Distance between hook and weigh.
For me usually a couple feet
The drop shot just reminds me of a bear bones bottom bouncer rig
It kinda has those vibes!
There are other knots better than a polymer
Yup. But palomar is the easiest.
Is it really fishing when you have all that tech ?
Yessir!
What ......no net!
Kids were netting bluegills with it! Forgot to put it back in. Good seeing you today!
Lad to see you fishing still Nd are you a Christian?
I met a lady at bpa today and I asked her if she was a chrisyian she sYs No I. A catholic
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@@NickLindner I. Is mt favorite fish man. He can catch fish in a ditch!! Plus now he has devotions to christ! It is soo awesome! Thankyou jesus!!!
Great Christian family 👪!!