You got to move it, move it!
There’s no doubt about it, a small, obviously injured fish moving erratically and flashing crazily is hard to beat as bait. To a hungry predator it presses all the right buttons.
But live baits can be difficult to catch or in short supply, so you’d better have alternative tactics up your sleeve.
How about bringing dead baits ‘back to life’? Imparting movement to your baits is often the key to attracting bites. That’s why it pays to hold your rod and ‘work’ dead baits rather than leaving the rod in the rod holder.
‘Working’ the bait can mean actively taking up slack line
