On 5/1/2019 at 7:29 AM, TOXIC said:

Sorry, I can't relate.  Even though I have fished a lot of the techniques mentioned, I can not relax while fishing no matter the bait.  I am on high alert every time there is a bait in the water.  Now there are some slow presentations but my brain won't let me relax.

Same here.  If I ever got to a point where'd I'd be asking the OP question....well, I'd probably go fishing for catfish or bluegill.  Just doesn't seem like bass fishing.  Even trying to fish a jerkbait with 10 second pauses seems like a lifetime.  

 

    Related.... I was on a fly-in walleye trip to northewet Ontario last summer, where we troll 95% of the time, very limited casting the other 5%.  There was a new camp caretaker there last year and he kept telling us about how he was averaging 8 or 9 inches bigger than ours any day, every day.    So, one evening, I went out with him.  He dropped anchor in a narrows and put leeches on and sat...and sat....and sat.....sure enough, the big 'eyes came through for a couple hours and they bit.  Even though I caught the 5 biggest fish of my week there....I hated it.  

Carolina rig- We fished a tourney and it was really hot out, mid to upper 80's at launch.

We passed a team and the older guy in the back said next time we see them he might be taking a nap.

 

Fast forward a couple hours and we see the same team again

Older guy in the back is in the seat, hat over his face, fishing rod between his legs and propped on the outboard

 

My dad says looks like your getting that nap

Older guy says ," Nope, still fishing"

 

They ended up catching the lunker for the day and the older guy explained to us back in the day this is what his dad called the carolina rig ... still fishing'. He said he never knew if it meant Yes, I'm "still" fishing or he was being "still" fishing