The Next Cast Youth Fishing Program

08/26/2026

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Some words of wisdom on the drop.

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Shake the Bait, Not the Weight

“You can almost always catch fish on a drop-shot rig. Most days it’s the best thing you can do. There’s not a time or place I won’t consider drop-shotting. I drop-shot in deep water, shallow water, and every depth in between. I cast it, drag it, hop it, flip it, and pitch it. There’s no wrong way to drop-shot.” — Aaron Martens

Equally important, because there’s nothing—no swivels, jigs, sinkers, split shot, or terminal tackle—between your rod tip and lure, you can activate your bait as much or as little as you want, provided you do it on a semi-slack line.

Aaron obsessed about this loose washing-line-like manipulation, saying it was essential to your drop-shotting success.

“Most anglers drop-shot a soft-plastic bait vertically over the side of the boat, letting their sinker rest on the bottom, then letting out a little bit more line until it’s semi-slack,” he told me.

“Then you can experiment with different speeds of shaking and moving your lure, from dead still to aggressive. But you should never feel your sinker. Never shake the weight. It weirds out the fish. They know something isn’t right. If I could give bass anglers one tip, it would be to always shake your bait, not the weight.”

— Gord Pyzer, In-Fisherman