Drop Shotting isn't New

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:49:28 GMT, "Illinois Fisherman"
sent into the ether:

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.

That made me remember Perch fishing with a similar method at Washinton
Island, Wisconsin. It's off the tip of Door County peninsula. My dad
had a small plane and we would meet his buddies up there and fish in
an old double ended fishing boat with a one lung inboard owned by a
young man that used to snack on the minnows all day. :{ Always had
to bring an extra dozen ot two for him!

The rig we used was a weight at the end of the line and two hooks with
about a 10/12" tag line. We used a neat little plastic do-hickey to
attache the hook lines to the main lines. I wonder if they still make
them? We would go home with a 5 gallon bucket of fillets for each of
us.

We also used to cast big Res eye lures while we waited for a fish on
both hooks. Caught quite quite a few Northerns that way.

Hadn't thought of that method for years. Thanks for reminding me.
Those were some of the greatest times with my dad.



"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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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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"Dan, danl, danny boy, Redbeard, actually Greybeard now"
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On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:49:28 GMT, "Illinois Fisherman"
sent into the ether:

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.

That made me remember Perch fishing with a similar method at Washinton
Island, Wisconsin. It's off the tip of Door County peninsula. My dad
had a small plane and we would meet his buddies up there and fish in
an old double ended fishing boat with a one lung inboard owned by a
young man that used to snack on the minnows all day. :{ Always had
to bring an extra dozen ot two for him!

The rig we used was a weight at the end of the line and two hooks with
about a 10/12" tag line. We used a neat little plastic do-hickey to
attache the hook lines to the main lines. I wonder if they still make
them? We would go home with a 5 gallon bucket of fillets for each of
us.

We also used to cast big Res eye lures while we waited for a fish on
both hooks. Caught quite quite a few Northerns that way.

Hadn't thought of that method for years. Thanks for reminding me.
Those were some of the greatest times with my dad.



"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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See my reply to a drop leader is not a dropshot. Saw a similar rig at a
fishing museum in Italy. Roman from 1-200 b.c.