dead sticking

[the captain]

what exactly is it and how do you do it and why does it work. I heard of it but never tried it and never saw anyone doing it so i know nothing.

[Alpster]

what exactly is it and how do you do it and why does it work. I heard of it but never tried it and never saw anyone doing it so i know nothing.

Dead sticking is just what it says. Allowing your bait to remain motionless with no action imparted by the rod (a dead stick). You do it by casting your bait to the target and letting settle (or die) on the top or bottom. It works because fish are lazy predators and will take advantage of a dead snack they don't have to chase down. If you have ever had a fish on after spending 5 minutes picking out a backlash you will know that it works. JMHO

Ronnie

[hawgchaser]

what exactly is it and how do you do it and why does it work. I heard of it but never tried it and never saw anyone doing it so i know nothing.

Dead sticking is just what it says. Allowing your bait to remain motionless with no action imparted by the rod (a dead stick). You do it by casting your bait to the target and letting settle (or die) on the top or bottom. It works because fish are lazy predators and will take advantage of a dead snack they don't have to chase down. If you have ever had a fish on after spending 5 minutes picking out a backlash you will know that it works. JMHO

Ronnie

Last Feb. I was pitching a jig and my buddy got a hook in his Hand. I went to help get it out and came back several minutes later to reel in my line and saw that it was under the boat wrapped around the trolling motor. On the other end was a nice 6lber

[JShrock07]

what exactly is it and how do you do it and why does it work. I heard of it but never tried it and never saw anyone doing it so i know nothing.

Dead sticking is just what it says. Allowing your bait to remain motionless with no action imparted by the rod (a dead stick). You do it by casting your bait to the target and letting settle (or die) on the top or bottom. It works because fish are lazy predators and will take advantage of a dead snack they don't have to chase down. If you have ever had a fish on after spending 5 minutes picking out a backlash you will know that it works. JMHO

Ronnie

HOLY CRAP.... I thought I was the only one this ever happened to!!! hahaha I have caught my biggest bass by having the WORST backlash!!!! Now that I know this works I will start dead sticking it more often!!!! ;D ;D

[sdcoll]

wow i had never hear of this before,but it makes sence i guess.something to try next time i lunch while fishing but just 1 question tho when this happens wheres the hookset?in there gut or throat?

[Joe Boss]

Most of my hooksets have been in the roof of the mouth or lip.

I use the 5" Senko for dead sticking. I find that size works best so they don't swallow the bait.

[roadwarrior]

One of my "secret techniques". :

Another reason it works so well is because it's rarely (never) used on

purpose. Dead sticking takes a lot of patience and is usually described

as boring, very boring.

I employee the technique throughout an outing whenever I have a

smoke.  I don't like to "fish" when I smoke, so I take a break and

am sometimes rewarded in a big way. My biggest bass this year was

caught on a jig/ Paca Craw that sat on the bottom motionless for

more than ten minutes while I was messing with my reel and line.

When I finally got back to "fishing" I thought, D! "How could I get

hung up in the middle of the pond?"

8-)

[gatrboy53]

it must be emphacized that it is not a good practice to throw out your bait and forget about it for several min.you can and will gut hook fish that will be harmful to them.

deadstick is a technique that requires constant attention to your bait so you'll know when you get bit.

it is a technique used mainly on nuetral or negative fish,fish that are not actively feeding.which is most of the time.

how long to let a bait sit is anywhere from 15 sec. to a min. or more usually depends on the patience of the fisherman.there are situations if you know you are on fish to let it sit longer.

[roadwarrior]

Well, I guess we have different definitions of the technique. I fish all soft plastics, all of the time, as you have defined "dead sticking". My baits sit for at least a minute on the initial cast.

I'm thinking more like 5-10 minutes before moving the bait 6"-12".

Sometimes I only make four or five casts in an hour!

:

[Catt]

Y'all would be very bored fishing with me even when not dead sticking I'll pause 30 seconds or more between movements when fishing a Texas Rig or Jig-N-Craw. The reason I anchor when fishing structure is because I don't want to be distracted by constantly dealing with a trolling motor. Many times I'll seat on a piece of structure for 3-4 hours slowly picking it apart with 360 degree casts.

But the results pay extreme dividends like

Total Bass Caught: 980

Total days on the water: 58

Average daily catch: 16.89

Bass under 14: 382

Bass over 14: 441

Bass over 5 lbs: 63

Bass over 6 lbs: 51

Bass over 7 lbs: 17

Bass over 8 lbs: 9

Bass over 9 lbs: 6

Bass over 10 lbs: 11

[Uncle Leo]

WOW talk about using your time while dead sticking. these results must have took a bit of logging. I also have caught numerous Bass picking out a back lash, even with a crankbiat floating on the top, new type of topwater bassin.

Y'all would be very bored fishing with me even when not dead sticking I'll pause 30 seconds or more between movements when fishing a Texas Rig or Jig-N-Craw. The reason I anchor when fishing structure is because I don't want to be distracted by constantly dealing with a trolling motor. Many times I'll seat on a piece of structure for 3-4 hours slowly picking it apart with 360 degree casts.

But the results pay extreme dividends like

Total Bass Caught: 980

Total days on the water: 58

Average daily catch: 16.89

Bass under 14: 382

Bass over 14: 441

Bass over 5 lbs: 63

Bass over 6 lbs: 51

Bass over 7 lbs: 17

Bass over 8 lbs: 9

Bass over 9 lbs: 6

Bass over 10 lbs: 11

[.dsaavedra.]

But the results pay extreme dividends like

Total Bass Caught: 980

Total days on the water: 58

Average daily catch: 16.89

Bass under 14: 382

Bass over 14: 441

Bass over 5 lbs: 63

Bass over 6 lbs: 51

Bass over 7 lbs: 17

Bass over 8 lbs: 9

Bass over 9 lbs: 6

Bass over 10 lbs: 11

it is impossible to have more bass over 10lbs than bass over 8lbs and 9lbs because all the bass that are over 10lbs are also over 8 and 9lbs. :-?

[WTRDOG]

GOOD POINT.........................

[32251]

Anyone use a dead stick technique with multiple rods? Seems like all that down time with only one rod could be reduced drastically with two rods in the water. Anyone do it?  

[.dsaavedra.]

Anyone use a dead stick technique with multiple rods? Seems like all that down time with only one rod could be reduced drastically with two rods in the water. Anyone do it?

sometimes i'll dead stick with one rod and then fish a crank  or spinner bait on another rod, just keeping an eye on my deadstick rod.

[Catt]

dsaavedra, it's quite simple; those are the number of bass in each weight category. A 6 pound bass is a bass that exceed 5.99 pounds yet less than 6.99.

[.dsaavedra.]

i was just messin with ya catt, i knew what you meant

[Jake P]

i was just messin with ya catt, i knew what you meant

Suuuuuure  :.

[the captain]

alrite thanks yall Ill try it next time when i get out probably this week sometime.

Thanks!

[grimlin]

I dead stick a lot in the summer time.Summer time is sometimes my best fishing days.Cast it out,reel in slack line,reach in my pocket,open a can of grizzy wintergreen dip,smack the can to get it packed tight,get a pinch,put it in my mouth,give a a few seconds and my first spit,then proceed to make my first movement of the bait with a long,long pause and BAM! Fish on!

It's that easy sometimes.... ;D

[SPEEDBEAD.]

i was just messin with ya catt, i knew what you meant

Suuuuuure :.

LOL, thats what I thought too.... :-X