Been dropshotting for a few years and a really good way of fishing a lot of water as in my experience the fish make their presence known pretty quickly
Nice way to fish in winter as it keeps you active and you can travel really light and cover a lot of swims.
Had a lot of jack pike which are great fun and can't remember losing one as all hooked in the scissors - also caught a 24-4 river pike as a fluke on a minnow - some scrap on that gear, how I landed it I'll never know.And this was on 10ln braid and flouro and a single hook( 4 or 2 I think)
Also had perch to 2-12 and would love to catch chub on them but no joy to date.
Like lure fishing you need to experiment with retrieve rates, depths, size and colour of lure until you find the combo that works
I like to fish tight to features and keep the minnow ' dancing' in one spot before literally inching it back to me, way slower than retrieving a lure, more like sink & draw for pike, as you do get a lot of bites as the minnow drops back- oh and hit everything.
Sometimes only the tiniest movement of the rod is needed to impart action into the lure. I have seen big perch spooked by too aggressive an action but it really is trial and error. Do try and keep the weight in contact with the lake/river bed so it is an anchor and you jig the lure against the weight
Most of all persevere - the videos make it look dead easy, but like all new methods it can be frustrating but keep experimenting and it will click and loads of fun will ensue
I'm no expert just a few observations from my own experiences.