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How to Rig and Fish a Drop Shot - Tutorial (from a kayak!)
When fish are deep, in a negative mood, and a bit sluggish, there may be no better (and simpler) technique to catch them than with a Dropshot Rig. A small finesse lure like a soft plastic worm or minnow wriggling and dancing in their face is irresistible to a fish, even when they're not hungry! Drop-shotting is a fancy term for a fishing rig where you put your weight BELOW your hook, instead of crimping it on your line above the hook like you’d normally do. The weight is tied to the end of the line and the hook is attached 12” to 18” above it. Hook on your soft plastic lure of choice,, and you’re ready to fish! Cast it out and let the sinker pull your bait to the bottom, snug up your line, then jiggle away.
Keep in mind, although this technique was made famous by bass anglers looking for smallmouth in "deeper" water like 15 to 25 feet, it’s just as effective for species like perch, sunfish, crappie, walleye, pike…you name it. Just scale the size of your lure to your quarry! And while it excels as a way of getting your lure down to the bottom in deeper water, it’s just as effective in 6 to 10 feet of water.
Enjoy!
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2024 State of the Lake Champlain Fisheries Meeting and Presentations
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*Chapter Bookmarks (Click on any timestamp below to go directly to the selected presentation)* 00:00 Welcome to the State of Lake Champlain Fisheries meeting, Eric Palmer (VTFWD) 02:13 Introduction, Laurie Earley (USFWS) 03:45 Introduction, Rob Fiorentino (NSDEC) 05:07 Presenter Introductions 07:07 Overview of the Lake Champlain Fisheries Strategic Plan, Margaret Murphy (VTFWD) 11:07 Champlain ...
VT Fish and Wildlife Board Meeting 05.15.2024 Recording
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Recording of the meeting of the VT Fish and Wildlife Board held on May 15, 2024
Resilient Rivers: Good for Fish and People
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Fish and other aquatic organisms face threats from development as well as increasing frequency and intensity of floods and droughts and rising temperatures. Restoring rivers to natural conditions will help ensure the long-term survival of aquatic organisms, and has co-benefits for water quality and flood resilience. This talk will highlight three areas where municipalities can help protect aqua...
Using BioFinder 4.0: A step by step introduction to using this updated webmap.
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The BioFinder website is an online map and database that allows users to explore the patterns of habitat distribution that most impact Vermont’s biodiversity. It hosts the Vermont Conservation Design data - all components of a complete vision for maintaining ecological function to secure our natural heritage for future generations. The Biofinder website was just updated to BioFinder 4.0 and whi...
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board Meeting 4 24 2024 Recording
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Meeting of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board held on April 24, 2024
Understanding Vermont Conservation Design: The data behind BioFinder
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Vermont Conservation Design is the data and the vision that powers the BioFinder website. It is a prioritization tool that identifies the lands and waters most important for maintaining Vermont's ecologically functional landscape - one that conserves current biological diversity and allows species to move and shift in response to climate and land-use changes. Vermont Conservation Design allows ...
Vermont Endangered Species Committee meeting recording - 04,17,2024 part 3 of 3
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Recording of the Vermont Endangered Species Committee Meeting held on April 17, 2024 - part 3 of 3
Vermont Endangered Species Committee meeting recording - 04.17.2024 part 2 of 2
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Recording of the April 17, 2024 Endangered Species Committee Meeting, part 2 of 2
Vermont Endangered Species Committee Meeting Recording - 04.17.2024 - part1 of 3
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Recording of the April 17, 2024 meeting of Vermont's Endangered Species Committee = part 1 of 3
VT Fish and Wildlife Board 4.10.2024 meeting recording - part 2
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Recording of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board meeting held on APril 10, 2024. part 2 of 2
VT Fish and Wildlife Board Meeting Recording - 4.10.2024 - Part 1
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Recording of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board meeting held on April 10, 2024 - part 1 of 2
2024 VFWD Waterfowl Presentation
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Presentation by VFWD waterfowl biologist Andrew Bouton on the status of Vermont's waterfowl populations and proposed waterfowl seasons for 2024
2024 VFWD Deer March Meetings Presentation
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Presentation by VT Fish & Wildlife biologist Nick Fortin on the status of Vermont's deer population and results of 2023 white-tailed deer hunting seasons
2024 VFWD Moose Hearings Presentation
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Presentation by wildlife biologist Nick Fortin on the status of Vermont's moose population and recommendation for the 2024 hunting season
An Introduction to Vermont’s Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Plants
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An Introduction to Vermont’s Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Plants
Roxbury Fish Culture Station Virtual Tour
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Roxbury Fish Culture Station Virtual Tour
Fish & Wildlife Board Meeting 2.21.2024 Recording
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Fish & Wildlife Board Meeting 2.21.2024 Recording
Celebrating 12 Years of Strategic Wood Addition in Vermont Streams
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Celebrating 12 Years of Strategic Wood Addition in Vermont Streams
Endangered Species Committee 01.23.2024 Meeting Recording (3of 3)
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Endangered Species Committee 01.23.2024 Meeting Recording (3of 3)
Endangered Species Committee - 01.23.2024 Meeting Recording (2 of 3)
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Endangered Species Committee - 01.23.2024 Meeting Recording (2 of 3)
Endangered Species Committee - 01.23.2024 Meeting Recording - (1 of 3)
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Endangered Species Committee - 01.23.2024 Meeting Recording - (1 of 3)
How to Set, Bait, and Use a Tip-Up for Ice Fishing
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How to Set, Bait, and Use a Tip-Up for Ice Fishing
Simple Gear for Ice Fishing Success
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Simple Gear for Ice Fishing Success
VT Fish & Wildlife Board Meeting - 01.17.2024 Meeting Recording
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VT Fish & Wildlife Board Meeting - 01.17.2024 Meeting Recording
Scat and Track Season 4 Episode 2: The Eastern Coyote
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Scat and Track Season 4 Episode 2: The Eastern Coyote
Season 4 Episode 3: The Short-tailed Weasel
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Season 4 Episode 3: The Short-tailed Weasel
Scat and Tracks Season 4 Episode 1: The Virginia Opossum
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Scat and Tracks Season 4 Episode 1: The Virginia Opossum
Scat & Tracks Instructional Video
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Scat & Tracks Instructional Video
Scat and Tracks Season 4 Episode 4: The North American Porcupine
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Scat and Tracks Season 4 Episode 4: The North American Porcupine

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @sirevag
    @sirevag 9 днів тому

    Good stuff! You say they are effective and good to use up until end of June, so what do you use for the summer and fall then? Will these not go deep enough, and you want to go deeper due to a higher water temperature?

  • @bradleyking4313
    @bradleyking4313 12 днів тому

    Great Inro, thank you.

  • @ayelean9397
    @ayelean9397 13 днів тому

    Thank you for sharing all this information! This video was amazing and so informative. I’m glad that I watched this before ordering seeds on Prairie Moon. I have a couple questions for the experts… I live in Windham County, VT and own 30 acres of land which is listed as high priority on BioFinder. The land includes mostly woodlands, a beaver pond, a couple acres of open/grassy spaces, and lots of marshland. I would love to help maintain the native Vermont plants and wildlife and reduce the invasive species - there are lot! Are there sources that provide the correct seeds of the endangered, rare, or threatened plants? I would love to learn more about how I can help the aquatic life on my land as well. Also interested in field guides and any other information and resources that may help. Thank you so much! To summarize… How would you suggest someone learns more about this topic, potentially to begin a career but, at the very least, to help the community maintain it’s biodiversity? I am eager to do my part to help. Thank you for reading all the way through this lengthy comment.

  • @elliottst-aubin7248
    @elliottst-aubin7248 19 днів тому

    Sending love from Canada thanks a lot

  • @user-tk9bx1pq3h
    @user-tk9bx1pq3h 19 днів тому

    ANTHONY ALVE'S PIGROAST

  • @lutherevans968
    @lutherevans968 20 днів тому

    2:50 I eat seeds and berries like mice do, but mice also eat insects and I don't do that!

  • @ExtremeCanDyland
    @ExtremeCanDyland 28 днів тому

    What If I am under the allowed age?

  • @megal0nyx
    @megal0nyx Місяць тому

    I just started fishing, this helped me a lot, thank you

  • @tylerfish6206
    @tylerfish6206 Місяць тому

    Trophy fish are wild not lab raised

  • @dalerash6285
    @dalerash6285 Місяць тому

    I don’t use any sinker, the trout will rise if the worm is not on the bottom, it’s a more natural presentation.

  • @bobcurrie3509
    @bobcurrie3509 Місяць тому

    Excellent - thanks you!

  • @stephenwalker1453
    @stephenwalker1453 Місяць тому

    If you’re fishing a large school of longnose always take them somewhere else to turn them loose. An addled fish will spook the group when it goes back to them.

  • @carlypalmer4848
    @carlypalmer4848 3 місяці тому

    Did u rly say "Live to be caught again" ? lol guess that's the #nameofthegame but thx for posting the 1st 2:22 sec of this video before the #infomercial so I could "school" (heh) someone on not just throwing damn fish back in the h20 & wondering why they just float there/and/or die...

  • @mikesantos920
    @mikesantos920 3 місяці тому

    Is there something wrong with the audio or is it just me?

    • @flazjsg
      @flazjsg 3 місяці тому

      Hard to believe it could be this bad in 2024. The presenters sound fine, but the audience is tough to hear.

    • @vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195
      @vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195 3 місяці тому

      Mike - we apologize for the audio in some sections of the video. As @flazjsg mentioned, the presenters sound clear, and that's because we had a wireless microphone at the podium to record their talks. We also had a second "shotgun mic" attached to the video camera that was supposed to record audio from the rest of the room on a separate channel, including audience questions during Q&A etc., but that microphone unfortunately malfunctioned and didn't record. So we were left only with the original audio track from the wireless mic at the podium which did not record clearly when anyone spoke away from the podium. We tried to boost and improve the audio in those sections, but it wasn't very successful. Sorry for the inconvenience.

    • @flazjsg
      @flazjsg 3 місяці тому

      @@vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195 Stuff happens, I appreciate you posting this meeting!

    • @mikesantos920
      @mikesantos920 3 місяці тому

      @@vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195 I appreciate the response. I hope that in the future meetings like this would have a livecast option. I think it would go a long way for the citizens you represent that can't make the meeting in person.

    • @flazjsg
      @flazjsg 3 місяці тому

      ​@@mikesantos920Normally it is broadcast live like a Zoom meeting. Due to the weather they had to reschedule it this year on short notice.

  • @jeanbean1390
    @jeanbean1390 3 місяці тому

    You're going to need a taller ladder.

  • @gosha1551
    @gosha1551 3 місяці тому

    P R O M O S M

  • @tree3po
    @tree3po 3 місяці тому

    wait ... "protect the bats from the virus" lol

  • @n0sr3t3p
    @n0sr3t3p 3 місяці тому

    44:41 is there a term for "streams don't like to be locked into place, they need to move around over time" ?

  • @chriscurtis8577
    @chriscurtis8577 3 місяці тому

    I want to know when can you keep your little perch

  • @ivanhenry206
    @ivanhenry206 4 місяці тому

    BLOW BACK SIR

  • @quaileggsvermont
    @quaileggsvermont 4 місяці тому

    A hook to make it vermont legal!! That is just stupid!

  • @melindamel4036
    @melindamel4036 4 місяці тому

    great video. that last part is hilarious haha

  • @stvbrsn
    @stvbrsn 4 місяці тому

    They are frequent companions for me when ski touring in the Uintas. They’re surprisingly intelligent, very charismatic little creatures.

  • @ZEEALL
    @ZEEALL 4 місяці тому

    ua-cam.com/video/LqcyRYUYluw/v-deo.htmlsi=rzNhOyqxqQXyCj59

  • @robgrubb420
    @robgrubb420 5 місяців тому

    pretty hard to beat the good ol' GARDEN HACKLE.

  • @user-mg2jk2pl1j
    @user-mg2jk2pl1j 5 місяців тому

    Could you have named a few streams for us new yorkers??????????

  • @brodyburkett3740
    @brodyburkett3740 5 місяців тому

    Yes bullhead hit lightly so you gotta be patient. I just use a float slip rig with no bobber stop and use a weight appropriate for the depth or current.

  • @joycedimaggio3816
    @joycedimaggio3816 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for all you do.

  • @joycedimaggio3816
    @joycedimaggio3816 5 місяців тому

    Thanks for watching out for our wildlife.

  • @robertscott7225
    @robertscott7225 5 місяців тому

    Would like to see antler restriction removed due to lack of buck sighting . Think going back to spike with at least 3 inch should be up to the hunters.

  • @clarenceboone2972
    @clarenceboone2972 6 місяців тому

    Save the salisbury hatchery

  • @joycedimaggio3816
    @joycedimaggio3816 6 місяців тому

    What is happening with the various tick populations? What is your advice for control? There doesn't seem to be a strong concern for finding other ways and means for supporting the hatchery. Disappointed.

  • @crosseyedcricket2394
    @crosseyedcricket2394 7 місяців тому

    Then why close a hatchery?

  • @joycedimaggio3816
    @joycedimaggio3816 7 місяців тому

    AWESOME job everyone!!

  • @northeastoutdooradventures3787
    @northeastoutdooradventures3787 7 місяців тому

    One of my favorite things about UA-cam, meeting new people!!!! Tom from North East Outdoor Adventures and I just subscribed, what a great find, and what a great video !!!! Even picked up some new tricks, thanks for the button idea😊😊😊😊

    • @vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195
      @vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195 7 місяців тому

      Tom - thank you for the subscribe! We're happy to hear you enjoyed the video. Have a great ice fishing season.

  • @joycedimaggio3816
    @joycedimaggio3816 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for the video!

  • @tru49er4life
    @tru49er4life 7 місяців тому

    Where did you get the cylinder

    • @vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195
      @vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195 7 місяців тому

      These sorts of tools are available in a lot of fishing stores like BassPro or Tackle Warehouse. Here's a link to one of them: www.tacklewarehouse.com/O-Wacky_Tool/descpage-OWACKYTOOL.html

  • @MichelLamoureux
    @MichelLamoureux 7 місяців тому

    Perfect demonstration, thanks a lot!

    • @vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195
      @vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195 7 місяців тому

      We're glad this was helpful. Have a great ice fishing season!

    • @MichelLamoureux
      @MichelLamoureux 7 місяців тому

      @@vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195 now I gotta upgrade my ice fishing game, no luck so far!

  • @fishingnh4543
    @fishingnh4543 8 місяців тому

    Wheres my best bet to catch walleye which lake has the highest population density

  • @jean-sebastienlatouche3678
    @jean-sebastienlatouche3678 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for this work! I was unable to find the track identification card so I could print it for myself (not an educator, but an adult-onset hunter who likes to look at tracks in the snow and mud). Is there a way to get there that is not obvious?

  • @gunadoo
    @gunadoo 8 місяців тому

    Thanks!

  • @rodneywhiting4049
    @rodneywhiting4049 8 місяців тому

    It’s been 30 years since I ice fish I wanna get into it this year. Thank you for the refresher course.

    • @vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195
      @vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195 7 місяців тому

      We're happy to hear you're planning on getting back into ice fishing! Hope our video helps you out. Enjoy!

  • @Aqwell1
    @Aqwell1 8 місяців тому

    mördare

  • @ozzieman4404
    @ozzieman4404 9 місяців тому

    Well done! Thanks for the straight forward tutorial.

  • @Marshwoah
    @Marshwoah 10 місяців тому

    vermonttt

  • @KennethKustren-lr6tg
    @KennethKustren-lr6tg 10 місяців тому

    Diverse ADVERSITY . ~ JESHU∆5784

  • @loria7169
    @loria7169 10 місяців тому

    P R O M O S M

  • @jbfitzwilliam
    @jbfitzwilliam 10 місяців тому

    No surprise here.

  • @paul.aragon
    @paul.aragon 10 місяців тому

    how deep can it bring the line and what troll speed is optimal?

    • @vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195
      @vermontfishwildlifedepartm6195 9 місяців тому

      Here's a very good instructional UA-cam video on the use of the Michigan Stinger Dive Bomber. It explains the 4 different sizes available and talks about the depths that can be achieved with each size. ua-cam.com/video/dpkZcXPcH48/v-deo.html. You might also want to read this very detailed article on how to use it. It gets into specifics such as trolling speed and the amount of line put out behind the boat. www.michigan-sportsman.com/threads/dive-bombs-history-how-to-fish-depths-and-running-multiples.243623/