Are You Fast or Sloooowwwww?

[Mobasser]

A friend and tackle shop owner told me 40yrs ago that I would catch more bass if I learned to slow down. Overall, this has been true. A slower approach fits the baits I like the most.

[GRiver]

I’m slow…. I like to systematically work the bank or area. Short burst with the trolling motor and drift. I am really just slow poking along, I don’t get in hurry at all. 
Fishing is really relaxing to me, I bet the paramedics would want to put the paddles on me and yell “CLEAR” if they ever check my pulse while I’m fishing. 

[FryDog62]

13 minutes ago, Catt said:

 

I want that lure to have "movement" (action) while sitting still. I will impart movement by shaking the rod tip, sometimes it's aggressive, sometimes it's subtle.

 

I do this with minimal forward movement

 

Movement without movement! ?

On the right hook, there is one lure I throw that seemingly swims on its own for 4-5 seconds at a time. 5 inch Caffeine Shad on an Owner Twistlock Light (weighted or not). Cast out and that particular hook keeps it horizontal and moving forward for a few seconds, then slows, kicks its air tail, switches directions and keeps fluttering/swimming another few seconds before you twitch it a couple times and repeat the cycle. 

 

The only other lure with its own "life" for me is a rubber skirted jig like a Mop Jig. Very slow drag and then long pauses to let the skirt move/breathe. 

 

Wish there were more "Movement without Movement" lures! 

[volzfan59]

I'm pretty methodical when fishing. I tend to pick stuff apart.

[huZZah]

11 hours ago, Choporoz said:

Now, I will make 20 casts to the same branch...but I don't have the patience to deadstick

Lol same. 
 

I can fish slowly if I’m somewhere on the bank that I can’t change spots easily. That encourages me to slow way down and try everything. 

[Catt]

2 hours ago, FryDog62 said:

Wish there were more "Movement without Movement" lures! 

 

There's plenty ?

 

Flukes, Senkos, floating worms, DropShot, Wacky Rigs, topwaters, Texas Rigs, Jig-n-Craw.

 

Doesn't hurt to impart your own actions, it's not about lures, it's a technique.

[Koz]

My preference is to use moving baits. I can fish them fast or slow, lift and drop, rip, or fish at a steady pace. What I don't like is throwing a soft plastic out there, letting it sit for a minute or five, move it a few inches, and then wait again. That's my idea of hell.

My preference is to use moving baits. I can fish them fast or slow, lift and drop, rip, or fish at a steady pace. What I don't like is throwing a soft plastic out there, letting it sit for a minute or five, move it a few inches, and then wait again. That's my idea of hell.

[Bankbeater]

I fish slow most of the time, but if the bass don't bite I start reeling in a little faster.

[Columbia Craw]

9 hours ago, A-Jay said:

I like to chunk & wind,

but that can be done at most any speed.

I like catching fatties so I'll do whatever it takes to get the bites.

I'd like to be able to describe my style as effective but that's a work in progress

and has been For A While  . . . . 

Fish Hard

A-Jay

 

You beat me to it!   Efficiently. 

[ironbjorn]

I'm fat and slow.

 

Oh. Fast. I fish fast.

[MN Fisher]

Based on my mood that day. Some days it's all about spinners, chatters, cranks - so fast. Other days it's shakey, drop-shot, ned - slow and patient.

 

So really it depends.

[WRB]

I am thorough at whatever speed the lure is moving. My search method is using sonar and visual clues, not casting with lures and hoping to find bass.

When locate Bass and know the depth they in, then select a lure and change it’s pace to get the bass to strike. Saturate the area convinced the bass are not responding and continue the search to solve the days puzzle.

Slow, fast, dead stick, Shake, jig whatever will trigger a strike.

Tom

[Mr. Aquarium]

I’ll thoroughly cover a spot with multiple baits fishing slow before I move. 

[Deleted account]

I find myself at the extremes. I'm either fishing really slow or really fast, the middle ground is seldom the ticket for me.

[Catt]

16 hours ago, Koz said:

I don't like is throwing a soft plastic out there, letting it sit for a minute or five, move it a few inches, and then wait again. That's my idea of hell

 

This is the biggest misconceptions about Texas Rigs.

 

I catch as many bass fishing a Texas Rig fast as I do fishing it slow. When the bite is slow I grab my worm rod, put the trolling motor on mediun, flip, pitch, & cast at every visible piece of cover.

 

My most productive technique this year is swimming a Texas Rigged Speed Worm or Speed Craw. I'm rigging it with a 1/8-1/4 oz bullet weight & reeling it just under the surface.

 

I think @Mike L is doing pretty much the same thing.

[Koz]

3 minutes ago, Catt said:

 

This is the biggest misconceptions about Texas Rigs.

 

I catch as many bass fishing a Texas Rig fast as I do fishing it slow. When the bite is slow I grab my worm rod, put the trolling motor on mediun, flip, pitch, & cast at every visible piece of cover.

 

My most productive technique this year is swimming a Texas Rigged Speed Worm or Speed Craw. I'm rigging it with a 1/8-1/4 oz bullet weight & reeling it just under the surface.

 

I think @Mike L is doing pretty much the same thing.

 

I swim T-rigged plastics all the time, or I'll hop them or drag them along the bottom. I just can cast them out there, let them sit a spell, then nudge them an inch or two and start the countdown again.

[scaleface]

I have an Uncle who fishes agonizingly s-l-o-w . I'll be worm fishing , picking a lay down apart and he will  complain that I'm going to fast . What is slow to me is fast to others . 

[Dwight Hottle]

I'm both. But when I'm fishing for mrs big it's usually a slow presentation even if I'm using a moving bait technique. I had a fishing buddy who taped a sign on his tackle box SLOW DOWN as a reminder. 

[PhishLI]

I wanna fish fast, and force myself to go slow, but usually wind up catching going fast anyway after I get frustrated from slowing down, all during the same cast.

[king fisher]

I fish way to fast.  I know I could catch more and bigger bass if I slowed down, but I fish to have fun.  Nothing is more fun for me than making a long cast with a fast moving bait to untouched water.

       My biggest bass since I was a kid have all been on the first cast to new spot, only because most spots only get a first cast.

[GreenPig]

It really depends on my goal for that particular day. Out of all my nicer bass only 1 came while fishing fast. 

[Bankc]

Fast.  I like to keep moving.  I'll slow it down from time to time, but I prefer to cover as much water as possible.  I haven't ever had much luck picking apart a single location.  

[Basser2021]

For me, it depends on the time of year and water temp obviously. In the spring I am probably the slowest fisherman not catfishing, and in the summer I am the exact same way. In fall I am considered a very fast fisherman using spinnerbaits and paddletails for obvious reasons. In winter;however, I am a fast fisherman. People tend to think I'm crazy but I have always caught big bass off of moving baits this time of year in shallow water.

[geo g]

Slow most of the time especially this time of year.  Summer faster and then slow down.

[HaydenS]

I fish fast, hate going slow.  But, I can go slow when I have too.  If we don’t move for a while, I get a little jumpy.