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Kreatures and Craws
I Love the Kreature, But Should I Change Up for Drop Shot?
Q. I’ve found the Kreature (5-07 series) to be my versatile, go-to bait. I have consistently caught my best fish on it (my favorite color is 021 - black w/ red flake plus a couple other naturals). I can top water swim it, use it mid water column with a smaller jighead, put it on a small spinner, or Carolina and Texas rig it. I just love it!
I’m currently trying to get a more consistent drop shot pattern but I’m just not very successful at this type of fishing yet and I want to get better. Should I ease off the Kreature and stick with the smaller finesse-type worms? I live on the east end of lake Ontario in upstate NY and I fish mostly clear reservoirs, and the big lake, but some stained/cloudy water conditions often come up.
Barb Elliott
A. You can throw the big stuff on a drop shot but I prefer to downsize and fish it finesse. I guide on a heavily pressured lake and ALWAYS have a drop shot rigged up. My Favorite setup is a 7 foot CastAway T3 Titanium drop shot rod, Sugoi Flouro in 8lb test and the Yamamoto 5" cut-tail worm in color 297. All this is rigged on a number 1 Gamakatsu EWG hook (not 1.0). I Texas rig this bait with a 1/4 oz. Bass Pro Shops drop shot weight and a BPS Pro Qualifier spinning reel. I travel to Michigan every year (Lake St. Clair) and it never fails me for big smallmouth. While everybody is "dragging" tube baits, I am drop shotting. Good luck and keep warm!!
Scott Hammer
Mid-Atlantic Pro