Very old system indeed. Fishing a hand line for perch in Escanaba during the
mid 50's with my uncles. They rigged a weight at the end of the line and
placed 6 hooks with a 3inch dropper every nine inches up the line. Baited
each hook with a piece of night crawler caught the night before in the yard.
Used to cut the worms into three pieces.

Fished out of a 12ft aluminum that had grandma's washtub in it for a
"livewell". Sometimes on Saturday morning we could get about 60 to 70 perch.
We would take them home and clean them. Grandma would invite the neighbors
to fish dinner that night. She cooked the fish and the neighbors all brought
a dish to pass around. Some times we would have more than 30 people eating
outside picnic style. Those were great times to be an 8 year old.


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
I think drop shotting as it is done now is the result of refinement over
time. Bassin' magazine from 1998 and earlier talks about different
varients
of the "Yankee Rig" which is almost identical in some setups. They also
indicate it is a fresh water application of a known and established
sal****er fishing rig.

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