....and it worked.  He says in below 50 degree water stop jerking the bait and do long slow pulls with longer than usual pauses.  I had been having almost no luck with my standard technique so I tried his today just before heading in and caught 3 fish in about 20 minutes.  The one pictured was the biggest but I was very impressed with his technique.  Will be trying it again tomorrow.

 

yup i have heard to just use the reel as well.  I think it was @Dwight Hottle who said it actually.  It has worked for me but it is painfully slow fishing but all it takes is that one nudge to get you all warmed up  

I'll look for the Zona video.  He uses his arms for long, slow pull of the bait then a long pause.  The traditional jerkbait bite has been dead here but it came to life today with the pull technique.

Here its is:

 

this is 110% true.

 

 

A-Jay