Best Dropshot Bait

Jacob Stem reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Drop Shot technique and Berkley Flat Worm - PowerBait MaxScent on Blue Marsh Lake. Additional comments from this report: "My buddy Matt and I went to the lake today for about 6 hours. We scanned main lake points and just deeper banks for any type of structures. We were able to find some fish. I caught 6 fish, 5 of them being smallmouth between 10-12 inches. One largemouth that was about 12-13 inches. Found a school of stripers as well but they wouldn't eat anything."

Fishing is picking up, drop shot to smallmouth on the beds and the largemouth are on docks and a few on beds. big boulders were holding fish as well

Omnia Community Member reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Drop Shot technique and Berkley Flat Worm - PowerBait MaxScent on Keuka Lake. Additional comments from this report: "Fish were around grass and rock. Had to have both to find the fish. Checked rock piles out deeper and couldn’t find much for size. Checked grass and again cookie cutter size. Find grass and rock in 10-16 foot and that seemed to hold better quality. "

Matthew Sodano reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Drop Shot technique and Strike King KVD Perfect Plastics Dream Shot on Merrill Creek Reservoir. Additional comments from this report: "Hit rocks between 15-25 feet work from shore line."

WhiskyFisherman reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Drop Shot technique and Strike King KVD Perfect Plastics Dream Shot on Lake Tillery. Additional comments from this report: "Bass seem to still be on the full range from main lake points to mid-creek channel and into the back of creeks. Saw some crappie on bed, with bass nearby. Caught a few bass on laydowns, but more seemed to be in 6-8’ of water along channel swings. "

Water visibility was amazing today. Early in the morning you can get away with more shallow fishing but once it hit about 8:30am i found myself needing to stay about 13’ deep or more. Bouncing drop shots has been killer as i’ve realized the fish really get after the bait on the come down rather than dragging it on the bottom lately. At around 10AM the bite had fallen off for me and i headed in at 11. Best colors today were neon green pumpkin and sexy shad. Not too much for quantity, but the quality has been great as shown with this 21” football. My partner today got a 20” themselves. Overall kayak fishing is still very doable on this lake and you can still get trophy fish. Just be sure to be careful at all times when going far from shore to get to those deeper areas.

GRAE BUCK reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Drop Shot technique and Z-Man Trick ShotZ on Beltzville Lake. Additional comments from this report: "This is a lake that I do guided trips, electronics classes and use to practice a lot of the techniques I take around the country. For more info head to graebuckfishing.com/#guide. This most recent trip on 8/24/22 I was targeting large and smallmouth bass on ledges that had a mixture of stumps, rocks and hydrilla. Using a MR6 and ned rig on the top of the ledges to where they dropped of was the key to getting bites. We even had a big school of stripers come up schooling and put three 8-12lbers in the boat on a jigging spoon. It was a fun surprise and made for a great battle for my clients on our Favorite rod and reel combos."

Matt Shene reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Drop Shot technique and Z-Man Trick ShotZ on Lebanon Reservoir. Additional comments from this report: "Month:August Weather: Partially cloudy, variable wind from 3-8 mph changing directions, 80s Water Temp: 76-78 Depths: Deeper weed edges 14-20'. I launched from the reservoir's state launch at approximately 4:30 PM and noticed numerous vessels on the water. Jet ski and boat action was relatively heavy for the first hour I was on the water, but it did not seem to hinder the fishing. I took the boat to the old roadbed on the northern arm of the lake and began fishing the weed edge on the southern side of the dropoff. I immediately encountered bass when slowly twitching the ZMan Trick ShotZ in The Deal back to the boat in roughly 16' of water. The fish hit right as the plastic was pulled out of the weeds. This routine worked all along the roadbed and the western shoreline of the lake in 14-18'. It also work in the southern shore (in the eastern arm) and across the dam in slightly deeper water in 16-20'. In a couple hours of fishing, numerous bass were boated, mostly in the 1-2 pound range. This lake has lots of bass, but most are on the small side. Weeding through the small fish eventually leads to some bigger specimen and better fights. "

Brock Williams reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Drop Shot technique and Z-Man Trick ShotZ on Lake Erie. Additional comments from this report: "Targeting schools in 8-10 FOW. "