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Unfortunately it’s becoming more a sign of the times. The short attention span makes kids, eventually people, unwillingly to learn the patience, not to mention their cell phone games are designed to be winnable with little effort. I enjoy the walking around and casting and such as much as fishing. It’s fun to accomplish something when you land a fish that you REALLY had to work for it.

Thank you all for the help. Now I’m ready for it to thaw out so I can get to the lake.

Uhhh. I have not, but I will. That’s slightly embarrassing. Thanks! Thanks for the help everyone. I really have learned a lot reading the forum. This is one area I am frustratingly at a loss.

I do weightless wacky with success. Have caught very few weighted wacky. I use stick senko wannabes for wacky always. That’s why I tried it Trig. There are places I try Trig with nothing and then work my way back with jig and boom, fish.

I typically cast out toward structure if there is any. Watch my line while bait sinks. I vary between hopping along or dead sticking. Sometimes I just up down it. I typically count to 10 in summer before I move it at all. Winter I’ve been agonizingly waiting to 30. Pull up reel down to get most of the slack. Rinse repeat. 1/2 oz and 3/8oz jigs. Some 1/8 as well. Smaller jigs I use grubs and chunks, bigger I go creatures or craws. The bigger local lake I do well with lipless crank bouncing off the rocks. Spinners/buzz airs produce well until water temp gets below 60. I would have to say I fish it slower. Cause I’m constantly aware that I’ve never had success ?. Although even in frustration speed I haven’t noticed a difference.

Yeah I’ve read tons of the articles. I’m doing it. I’m not even sure how to explain that I’m simply not getting fish following all the “directions.” Is it because I’m dragging uphill toward the bank, is it cause I’m missing bites, is it cause I’m not 6’9”... Like, do you have a top 3 reasons you see people screwing up their Trig? I know I have it rigged fine. I’m actually pretty good at it.

I’ve tried 15lb mono, 30lb braid, 20lb mono, currently 12lb floro. I was catching wacky rigged and decided to try Trig again the next day. 1/8, 1/4, currently 3/16 with 3/0 wide gap. Has a yum stick worm currently. But I’m open to any suggestions. Amd sorry if I got the wrong part of the forum. I thought the tackle one was discussing tackle, not necessarily techniques using that tackle. I’ve read a ton of them on here. Lol it might just be me. But I don’t want it to be.

I have never caught a fish on a T rig in my life. I have a setup dedicated to it, have spent hours with nothing but that, and I have never caught a single fish on it. I’ve watched videos, read forums, articles...I can catch on jigs pretty consistently. I can catch on wacky rigged. I have caught on a cane pole with a worm. All from bank. Help. Please. I don’t know what I am/am not doing. I can’t bear the shame.

I only fish from bank and I fish some small local lakes (man made...poorly) that are 10-12ft at deepest. I have caught bass in the 1-3ft open shallows when it’s been 30-35 degrees all week. The fish aren’t always where they “should be.” Sometimes I walk the entire lake skunked and sometimes they’re right there shallow when they shouldn’t be.

Greetings! Totally new but I couldn’t resist this one. My leash aka cell phone. Doesn’t matter who it is. “Catch anything?” ”Get a pic?” “Did you send that email?” Etc...