Favorite drop shot bait?

[plbass]

Have had good luck with the Yamamoto shad shape worm also.

[Kanuck1958]

Set The Hook-Crush Worm in dark smelt.

[Quillback]

Zoom Finesse worm. Old Purple.

[Hunna]

Strike king rage swimmer.

[sofakingbigbass]

what color are you using as your smelt pattern?

My second favorite technique for fishing is a drop shot. I know a lot of guys that despise basically any kind of finesse fishing, but at least up here, if you don't have a strong finesse game then you're leaving a LOT of quality bites behind.

My favorite drop shot bait is the Magic Flick by Beast Coast (full disclosure, I AM sponsored by them, but the bait was my favorite well before the sponsorship. I got the sponsorship because of my love for this bait and constantly talking about it, so it was well earned). Ton of different colors, but one of the closest rainbow smelt colors I can get my hands on. Couple that perfect color with the perfect size, it's one of the best match-the-hatch baits I can find for fishing up here where smelt are so prevalent in our glacial lakes. I also don't have to work the bait much at all to get some action out of it.

A very close second though is a 5" Reaction Innovations Flirt Worm, or same size Robo worm. If they're not biting the Magic Flick, it's usually because they want a bigger offering. Still trying to convince Beast Coast to make a 5" version of the Flick...

What's your favorite drop shot bait?

Had a great day on my favorite lake in the New Hampshire Lakes region with just the Magic Flick shortly before I left for a week on the St Lawrence River / Lake Ontario. The Flick put a blimp in the boat during that trip too!

[njpaulc]

Lunker City 3 inch black Sluggo, you know, the one they don't make any more.

[Highcentered]

Anyone had luck with a turd worm (centipede) or does the lack of action they have defeat the purpose of the dropshot presentation? I know around these parts a turd worm on a shakey head or ball and chain is a necessity when desperation kicks in.

[kadas]

Roboworm and Reaction Innovations Flirt.

[Grumpy/LGF]

Missile dropcraw, awesome for smallmouth.

[ManxFishing]

I used to be the 4” gulp goby in smoke w/purple flake
it they stopped making it.
these days, it’s a fluke, senko or small worm

[bassassin]

Night crawler. Simply killer.....

[dadcat41]

Robo worm “ peoples”

[10ga]

Vertical dropping: Max Scent flat nose minnow, flat worm, or robo worm.

Casting: Berkley Champ Minnow or 10,000 fish shimmer shad.

[nektarios]

Hag's F4
XZone Slammer

[Holden]

Zoom Tiny Fluke

[Hersh]

Dreamshot, robo worm, poor boy ds darter, maxscent flatworm

[Jasonrs]

Would love to try the flat worm, but this is nuts....
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F402360248469

Guess i will have to get by with the flatnose minnows i found lol