An absolute money setup is fishing a drop shot with a horizontal presentation on a short leader like 4-5”. Lift your rod tip and drag it like a Football jig, just periodically mix in quick short “pops”. My two favorite all-time ways to slowly fish a plastic are a 3/16th oz shaky head with a Zoom Trick Worm and dragging a 1/10th oz Ned Rig. Once they start hammering it, it’s much easier to fish slow and focused, and those three methods can coax them in tough conditions. 

Nearly everyone that fishes with hand poured worms that have flat bottoms rigs them round side up flat bottom down. Try rigging them flat side up with round side down when dragging them with a split/slip shot rig. Cold Clearwater it's hard to beat a Reaper rigged flat side up using a light wire hook on finesse tackle.

Tom

Good thread, I went today and tried the finesse TRD in coppertuse and fished it painfully slow. Didn't get anything, also tried the war eagle spinnerbait. 

 

The water temperature was 46 degrees. 

First thing I do is to cast out a short distance so I can see the bait on the bottom.  I start dragging it back and watching it so I can see how it is moving.  If I think it is moving too fast, then I slow down the retrieve.  After I find a speed I like, I start fishing for real.

Fished a 3" Senko in freezing temps this afternoon so slow I could feel my beard growing. Paid off with five decent bass. I usually fish a 1/15 or 1/20 ned rig but figured the unweighted worm would force me to fish even slower.

Zoom 6-inch plastic finesse worm.

 

Let it sit on the bottom as you keep your finger on your line and you listen to your transistor radio.