I fish in a Jon boat a lot which limits how many rods I use. I typically rig a Petey rig which is a weight, then a bobber stopper and the hook. I start out Texas rigging and if that doesn’t work I move the boned stopper up the line about 18” and see if that is more effective, if so I have the option of changing to the Carolina rig. Matt you are so right with the use of the drop shot if you find a school of fish! Love your channel, great tips!
Thanks for sharing how to fish them . I have just got back into fishing a year ago. I played golf for 45 years. Had 10 surgeries at the Mayo Clinic, can't golf anymore. But fishing was my first love. So I'm green on techniques. Thanks again.
I like using floating baits for C-rigs so it isn’t always accurate to say the bait will settle to the bottom. I have even caught em throwing old Rapala balsa jerkbaits on a C-rig.
That catch and release segment with Pangrac and Katie has really helped me. I'm crazy mentally like paranoid. Thanks for helping me. Catch the nonproduction thought and release. Seriously thanks 🙏
Thanks for sharing your views!!!👊🏻 Never used the Carolina much but had success with the Drop Shot. I guess they both have their place as I have a friend who loves the Carolina Rig. Stay Safe & God Bless!!!!
Going back to the early sixties the dropshot was called tight lining good for Perch, Crappy, and Gills in depth. Today it's good for me in timber and sometime in pads. Of coarse it's on a weedless dropshot hook. I like the Carolina rig for searching. I'LL BET IF YOU QUIZ 100 FISHERMEN ON THE LAKE, YOU MIGHT FIND 12 HOW KNOW WHAT A CAROLINA IS. Yes I think it's dieing! But when the electronics won't pick out the bass hugging the bottom amidst rocks or grass is the time to try it. I know I'm alittle different, but I've been around for a while.
I have been fishing a Carolina Rig since the 1980's and like it like you said for covering water and for feeling the bottom composition. I use the drop shot as it name says I see the fish on my graph and I drop my bait to them. Finesse technique. That being said I have been using the drop shot some as a Carolina rig more and more.
I've had limited experience with either technique, but now I know what to use depending on what I am doing. Since I rarely know where fish are going to be exactly, I will try using the Carolina rig more.
If you use a lite wire hook and a Z man bait that floats, the C rig can do both. P.S. would love to see more of you fishing on the water . If you would.That way we can see how you do it first hand.
more coming. weve had ice for the last six months making it hard to get out. lots of on the water footage from last summer/fall like this one for you to check out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FEiTrN3SVKo.html
@@MattStefanFishing Forgive me brother, Florida boy here. We forget about the ice down here. but than you for the prompt feedback. And you have a great attitude. Gest luck this year.
Generally, I agree except for one huge exception. I like to drag a drop shot over expansive areas with a small nose hooked swimbait like the Megabass Hazedong shad. This is an excellent smallmouth producer around points. Sometimes I just drift with the wind and catch lots of fish this way.
On uppermidwest lakes with weeds/weedlines. Carolina rig parallel to a outside weedline to search. Catch a fish and work the area with a dropshot/powershot for the other ones.
Could not agree more.for me the cover would determine how I’m rigging I’m the guy with 7 rods on deck all modified Carolina .an a bag a bait I made in my pocket. Thanks for sharing the split shot rig ,when I was threading on a man’s jelly worm in purple we used a worm hook it’s all we had ,childlike an simplistic thinking of new approaches that became fundamentals keep changing look for the unknown
I think the two techniques are clearly different. I would call the drop shot a “finesse” technique and the carolina rig is for covering water. I would add to that statement that “finesse” has a fluid definition. It doesn’t mean exactly what it used to. And last, I will say that I don’t think carolina rigs are necessary, it’s just a fancy way to do a texas rig. It has more hardware and more knots, and everything you can do with a carolina you can do with a texas.
Matt I enjoyed the video. I personally prefer fishing the Carolina rig. I fish the C rig more horizontally after a long cast on harder bottoms with a longer medium heavy bait casting rod for hook sets and a Drop shot for more of a vertical approach with spinning gear, small hooks, and a much softer rod. Works for me where I fish. Livesay did it, 112 lbs back to back.
I do both, but the drop shot is easier to wrap ur head around but a Carolina rig is more versatile to the point u can fish it like a psuedo Texas Rig and psuedo Drop Shot not the best of both worlds but if u two polls... do a Texas and Drop but if u only got one... its hard to beat a Carolina
Great video today Matt! I agree with your take on these two applications. Don’t drop shot enough and need to keep using it more. No real smallies near me but still a good application for “areas/cover” catching fish. Less and less Carolina riggers every year-perhaps it’s too slow for many.
I have been using Tokyo rigs and wobble heads more than the C-rig but they ALL catch better fish. One thing I am going to try this summer is using a heavy tube as my weight for the C-rig. Just a thought
I don't even think of them as particularly similar. A C rig is for covering water. Feeling for something with that heavy sinker. A DS rig is for tempting a reluctant or neutral fish to bite the bait.
Looking to try both of these rigs. Have never used them before but after watching a lot of videos on them this last winter and the success rate they have, I am looking forward to trying them
My favorite way of fishing carolina is to keep it over high grass with light weight. letting the weight go down into the grass without it hitting the bottom and keeping the bait over the grass. Depends though of fishery if that would be a good method.
The hardest part for me, which I’m fairly new to bass fishing, is that there are so many techniques, so many baits and ways to fish that is a bit overwhelming. I need to keep it as simple as possible and learn how to “master” a few of those. In those 2-3 years of bass fishing one thing that I learned is that is better to have fewer weapons that I can use with confidence rather the opposite. I learning how to use crank baits and jerks, how to Texas rig creatures, craws and worms and a little bit of weightless fluke / worm. That is a whole lot to learn, my question would be which are the techniques that people should master as soon as possible? And which ones can come later (even if they are great). Is Carolina rig so much better than a Texas rig without stopper that I really can’t live without? Does it really make that much of a difference? I think the needs of a pro like you and a beginner could be different.
great question. I think a lot of it depends on the lakes you fish. A carolina rig is a better technique to learn in say the ozark region versus a texas rig which is better in the upper midwest. But no matter the technique its better to start with less and get good with them before adding to many other bells and whistles.
@@MattStefanFishing thanks for your reply! I live in Italy, so our ponds are often a all lot smaller than US lakes and rivers, I’ll have to make my own practice of course. I’ll continue to try to keep it simple and I’ll make some experiments from time to time. Thanks for your videos!
I see the Texas rig as being one of the most universal bass fishing techniques. The Carolina rig seems to work better for me on harder bottoms. You can work a Texas rig by dragging, hopping, punching, flipping, pitching... I think you get the point.
My take on your question is yes, keep it simple and develop confidence in each lure you are learning. You won’t tend to fish any lure to its potential if you don’t have confidence in it. I would say a Texas rigged worm is about the best to start with for a lot of reasons but a big reason is being able to stay in physical and mental contact with the lure during the retrieve. That’s a skill you should develop with all lures but I think the Texas rigged worm lends itself well to that aspect of fishing. Good luck.
The best thing you can do is just experiment and then stick to what works in your area. What works for me when I'm catching fish in the swamp may be the opposite of what works in your area, and vice versa.
A c rig to me is like a crankbait. Only it can reach depths a crank can't an be fished more slowly. It's a search bait. I'm fishing a hump, I run the c rig over the whole hump. Once I have a rock pile or hard spot on the hump then its time toget the drop shot out and bare down on the exact spot.
Matt. Can you explain in a video what roadbeds, points, humps, saddles, river channels is one for me idk what or how to find a old river channel but basically a video explaining what these types of places are.
yep thats a good idea. ive done several already like this. heres a couple to check out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OhVnc7vgMSU.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CAAePfRKECo.html
Great video love the c rig day and night any time not search n with walk dog/ buzz or square bill it’s the c rig don’t really use drop shot other than vertical over cover and don’t do that a lot old electronics it work to fan cast n all that to locate deeper
At times I'll put a heavier weight on my dropshot and switch to a baitfish colored plastic with either a boot tail or a curly tail with the intent of fishing it faster back to the boat. Can't say its better than a C. rig. Just a chance to fish a drop shot fast. Good desription of the 2 thanks for the vid.
Matt I think it all depends on the retrieve there are people out there that do fish a drop shot to cover water like a c rig .It's just a different way to present the bait.checkout KVDs way of adding power to the dropshot
I feel like the Tokyo Rig has got the greenlight alot for the last two years in situations where I'd used to throw the Carolina rig . I think it catches the same quality of fish and it gets hung up a lot less . I still throw a finesse Carolina rig from time to time ass well
I think they both have the place even though the drop shot rig is a more newer player in the game. I think their both great in the right places. It will come down to the person that's holding the rod. 💯💯💯💯👍🏽
As a coangler I try to limit the rods I carry on to someone else's boat. I always have a dropshot rod and Texas rig rod. Both can be repurposed fairly quickly and retied on the back of the boat in the wind. I find the C rid to be a pain to tie and requires a long dedicated pre rigged extra rod that is limited in its uses. If u did repurpose it would u want to then retie a C rig in a 20mph wind? I fan cast a dropshot on flats, around docks and find it deadly on beds. My 7ft mh t rig rod can be flipped around docks or by lengthening my bobber stop, dragged around flats similar to the C rig. I understand the difference but it's not great enough to warrant a dedicated 8ft rod to my already barely manageable 10 to 12 rod count. My vote is for the dropshot and its versatility.
When I hear drop shot I think small bait, c rig can run big creature bait. I haven’t tried the bubba shot but I think you could move it fast like c rig
Always have carolina rigged 100 percent of time along with other stuff. I can always count on carolina. Want to catch on drop shot .this video give me even more info on drop shot.When I saw title I said yeah and it was a good one .
There's so many fad techniques and presentations coupled with new products that come out anymore that the core fundamental techniques are being forgotten about. Carolina rigs, Texas rigs, spinnerbaits are being forgotten about in lieu of chatter baits, Shakey heads, Ned rigs and the list goes on and on. They'll all circle back in the spot light over time.
@@MattStefanFishing I’ve noticed from your replies to some other comments that you prefer your Carolina rig plastics not to float off the bottom. Any particular reason? The biggest fish I ever lost was on a c-rig with a Z-Man Big TRD.
What do you think about the "lazy man" Carolina rig where you peg your Texas rigged bullet weight 18-24 inches above the worm and drag it across the bottom? Sometimes I'm already rigged up to fish a Texas rig but I don't want to go to the trouble of changing over to a Carolina rig. I have had some bites with that set up.
I've never thrown a C-rig. I need to look into it more closely to see if it applies to one of my main lakes. Now, I was excited to see the cover pic on your video due to the Yamamoto Daiwa Neko Fat's I saw! Not a whole lot of info out there on these and I was hoping to get something sweet out of your video. I did, but not on the YDNF. lol!
Do you run live forward facing sonar? And sometime could you do a run down on your electronics set up, and how you use them to find and catch fish. Thanks!
Hi Matt, thanks for the video. I have to ask about the Carolina rig. You mentioned that the drop shot rig will always float if you keep tension on the line and the Carolina rig will fall to the bottom if you aren't moving it. Wouldn't an Elaztech bait float off the bottom regardless of the rig? Thanks for the video.
@@MattStefanFishing had to mess with you when you said your bait falls to the bottom. But in reality I use a Carolina rig to search and drop shot to pinpoint.
Why do a lot of people catch a lot of fish on a long leader on a Carolina rig? I can’t catch fish like that I have tried and tried. I use about a foot and a half to three foot leader at the most and I catch more fish than Texas rig. But Texas rig I catch fish whenI Miss fish on a spinnerbait crankbait or top water and do not hook it and lose it. But I can’t catch them with a Carolina rig or drop shot doing that I also tried wacky rig and can’t get a bite after missing one.
I haven't thrown either in years, going to make an effort to at least throw a carolina rig , whats your thoughts on using Zman or other elastek baits on a carolina rig since they float?
@@MattStefanFishing There is no yes or no. I was throwing Lindy rigs with Strawberry Jelly worm in the ‘70s here in South Dakota and had no idea it was a Carolina rig. Lobbing out the ball and chain has nothing to do with a drop shot. But I forgot you’re a pro and what do I know
Matt, someone setup a telegraph account as you and saying I’m a prize winner of an iPhone and chasing me down for money they say is for shipping of the iPhone. Go to telegraph and U will see the account.
Since I caught Lunker at my club tournament over the weekend I’m all about the Carolina Rig right now. But seriously they both are excellent rigs but I would put the Carolina rig more in the big fish, power fishing category. I also prefer old school, proven, less popular techniques.
Going back to the early sixties the dropshot was called tight lining good for Perch, Crappy, and Gills in depth. Today it's good for me in timber and sometime in pads. Of coarse it's on a weedless dropshot hook. I like the Carolina rig for searching. I'LL BET IF YOU QUIZ 100 FISHERMEN ON THE LAKE, YOU MIGHT FIND 12 HOW KNOW WHAT A CAROLINA IS. Yes I think it's dieing! But when the electronics won't pick out the bass hugging the bottom amidst rocks or grass is the time to try it. I know I'm alittle different, but I've been around for a while.
