Boy, this drop-shotting has really become the technique of the day! Everywhere I go, or whatever I've been reading in the results stories, everyone seems to be hanging a dropshot rig. I was surprised to hear how much it's being used, obviously in more shallow situations, on the Delta & Clear Lake, even for the BASS events (a good backseater technique?).

Also, for this time of year, many of the guys I've been querying at Calero have been getting whatever fish they're able to catch on a dropshot (although I met 'Dave' out there yesterday, fishing from a tube, but he caught his on a *spoon*, off the infamous point across from the launchramp).

Oh -- and as for line: well, I'm 0-for-5 on my '04 fishing excursions so far this year, so I can't say it's worked for me *yet*, but I've got 8-lb. P-Line 'FluoroClear' on my dropshot rod. Aaron Martens plugs it on his dropshot video, although he may use 6-lb test most often, at least in clear water conditions. Sounds promising though, what with fluorocarbon's supposedly more-invisible characteristics & all.

Time will tell, of course, but for the time being, I'll just keep on workin' it til I get a few more d'shot hookups under my belt.

- jeff

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