Mid-Strolling!

[Nob]

I’m just a bank fisherman but the mid-strolling technique has been really effective lately! I almost never hear people talk about this finesse technique but I highly recommend you guys to try it too!

[Guitarfish]

You are right.  Never heard of it.  Can you educate me here?

 

[Nob]

9 hours ago, Guitarfish said:

You are right.  Never heard of it.  Can you educate me here?

 

It’s a technique in which you use a light jighead ( I use gama 211 typically 1/16oz) and a shad type worm (I use a gambler shakey shad). When the bait hits the water start retrieving when it reaches your desired depth, and while retrieving constantly shake the line slack to make the bait have a “rolling action”. The key is to keep your line as slack as possible while shaking. This really isn’t  a bottom contact thing so you don’t need to let it sink to the bottom but you do need to be mindful of what depth you’re bait is swimming.

Good luck man!

Edited May 7, 2020 by Nob

[TnRiver46]

That tactic is referred to as tightlining around here, very popular for big winter smallmouth using small fluke type baits, gulp minnows, and hair jigs. I use it frequently, cast at a steep bank and feather the rod tip as the lure works its way back to the boat. Deadly in 47-55 degree water 

[papajoe222]

I never heard it called strolling, but that is my go-to retrieve for the cold water period. Hair jigs and small swimbaits on a shakey head.