When you run into the really deep grass this fall try this presentation with the Heavy Drop Shot.
This will help you get that huge fish you have been looking for. Nothing will beat it. It works everywhere, shallow mat but best on the deepest grass you can find.
Getting across the heavy mat is sometime difficult. If the wind is blowing you can get in there on the upwind side; put the trolling motor up and big motor up and walk the boat across the mat by rocking the boat from side to side. In the heat of the day they are burred up in the grass.
Here is how you get them out:
Rig a heavy drop shot rig:-5.0 heavy super line hook. Tied on 50# braid. Use a Palomar knot. Leave the tag end at 5 inches long.
-Tie a 1 oz. weight to the tag end. I just tie a knot in the end of the tag, then use a overhand slip knot to attach the weight. It doesn't take much to keep it on. When I am fishing grass and hardwoods and it gets hung on the wood I can pull it off and come out with the hook and fish.
-The hook is about 4 to 5 inches above the weight, so the tails of the bait will hang down and cover the weight.
-Use a Gene Lawrue Hoo Daddy Jr. in Watermelon Neon.
-It will drop in the grass and come out of the grass with no hang-ups.
-Fish vertical making short pitches in front of the boat; when the bait touches bottom you are directly over the bait
-It works best on the deepest grass. Drop it in slowly and soft so it is traveling slowly when it touches the bottom. The Bass hate anything sneaking in on them. Hold it there with a tight line for about 5 seconds without any movement. They don't want it bouncing up and down. This gives them time to swim through the hollow under the grass and nail the bait.
-Make vertical presentations moving along the outer edge of the grass line, making pitches out in front of the boat so by the time it gets to the bottom you are directly over the bait for the hook set.
HAVE FUN!!
