How Do You Work Your Retrieve With Plastics Worms ,grubs Etc?

[Squirmin Wormin]

When i started using plastics worms ,grubs etc , I was taught to hold the line as I was reeling that worm or whatever plastic was using at the time , I was told by doing that technique you could tell a fish was hitting your worm or whatever plastic better if you weren't holding that line . I use do the hold the line thing,but haven't in years and since i haven't done so I can't tell the difference in my op . so is their a difference if you do hold the line or not retrieving plastics worms ,grubs etc? what's your op?

[Squirmin Wormin]

i'm not with it today, sorry about that . but replying to my own topic as well. is their a difference holding your line when working plastics on your retrieve ? or are you one of those that don't hold the line when retrieving plastics?

[ABW]

Today's rods are sensitive enough that you can tell when you have a fish just by holding it. I don't hold my line because I pay close attention to what I'm doing.

[Mike L]

I lay the tip of my index finger under the line when working a bottom contact plastic, been doing it so long I don't even think about it anymore.

Does it help? I think so but then again I've always done it.

Mike

[benthinkin]

on spinning gear I hold the line, but I don't for bait casters

[5fishlimit]

The only time I hold the line is when dropshot fishing on Lake Erie in about 20' to 40' of water.

[papajoe222]

I'm like Mike L.  I keep my index finger tip unde the line on my baitcasters, except  when swimming a grub or worm, then I don't bother with it.

[F14A-B]

Line watcher/ feel by rod... I use to hold a bit of line at night years ago.. Not so much now though, but it's a great way to feel subtle pick ups..

[deep]

Yes.

[Fisher-O-men]

Line watching is more important than line touching, IMO.

[hatrix]

I lay the tip of my index finger under the line when working a bottom contact plastic, been doing it so long I don't even think about it anymore.

Does it help? I think so but then again I've always done it.

Mike

 

This ^

 

I full grip my reel with fishing bait on the bottom anyways so my finger is already right there. You can also kind of pick up the line a little with your index finger if something seems "fishy" and feel for weight. Regardless of what kind of difference it makes I am a million percent sure I am not feeling less. As long as your comfortable with it why not. You should try and give your self every opportunity you can to try and feel everything. 

[annexation]

I'll feel the line when I'm deadsticking with braided line, or when the wind makes line watching tough. It's helped me detect some bites that I may have missed otherwise.

[Catch and Grease]

Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't...

[Hattrick7]

With plastics it's normally t rigging for me and I rarely touch my line. I use the "broomstick" Veritas and I feel every nook and cranny of the bottom plus the slightest of bites.

The only real time I might touch my line is if I'm using a jig and it's windy out.

[Ozark_Basser]

Pretty much just drag it along the bottom until I find some rock or gravel where I'll really crawl it over the top of the rocks with long pauses. 

[Sam]

The bass will tell you how to work your plastics.

 

You do anything you want:

1.  Cast and let it sit for 30 seconds before moving it.

2.  Cast and start to move it back to you immediately.

3.  Anything in-between 1 and 2.

4. Bring it back slow.

5. Bring it back with a stop and go movement.

6. Move it a little (one inch rod tip movement = six inches bait movement) with stops and let it sit for a specific time.

7. Bring it back fast.

8. All of the above.