Scenario: Hesitant summer fish or just cold wintertime fish - maybe you see them now and then behind your lures, but they are lure shy. Tip: The Dead Stick Technique. This usually works best with crankbaits and blade baits. While retrieving the lure, increase the speed a bit and then just stop it for the count of 5. If nothing happens, try elongating the "dead stick" to the count of 10. You'll be amazed at how many times a fish will jump on your lure when you stop it dead in its track. I believe that two kinds of fish take to this technique: The first is one that has followed your lure for a bit. Given this scenario, there might be a lot of fish following your lure that you never see. But now this fish is triggered into action by the lure suddenly doing something very different. I think predators sometimes get confused about things, and instead of just shrugging their shoulders and letting things go, they will bite "the problem" just to exercise their power as a top predator. The second fish that will take to this technique is one that has not shown the least bit of interest in your lure, it's been chewing cud down there. But when it sees your lure "dying", not for just a stop-and-go second, but really dying for an extended time, greed takes over. It rushes up and grabs the defenseless mouthful before anyone else can get it. Greed in fish is a beautiful thing. This is a technique that can save the day in hot or cold water. And, this technique can be a pattern that you can count on all day. Techniques that turn into patterns that produce fish repeatedly thru the day are a very beautiful thing!
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