How does one fish a steep, weedy dropoff from shore?

[MichaelAngelo]

(10-28-2013 08:26 PM)Eli Wrote:  If you're thinking of presenting a small-medium live bait close to the bottom...a polaris self locking float is your new best friend...

I would go with a large 'pike' model. Available at newworldcarp.com

Your line would run right under the surface to the float and subsequently drop straight down to your bait which would be rigged just above a weight sitting right on the bottom. You'd know as soon as something picks it up.

I tried googling an explanation for how those floats work, but I didn't find anything. I assume those polaris floats set their own depth, no bobber stop required? That sounds nifty.

(10-28-2013 10:19 PM)MuskieBait Wrote:  How about THOSE frogs? Granted, it'll be a surface bite only...and being that it's fall time, fish are less apt to hit something on top.

Well... I don't know if anything is cruising up top. I've worked a fair assortment of subsurface lures in various retrieves and haven't gotten hit. I don't know... I'll figure it out eventually though.