It’s obvious that it helps to imagine the bait in the water when working it but i find it so cool that just that little bit of extra attention outweighs just mindless casting. Pretty much every cast i picture my bait in the water almost like looking at it through live scope seeing it in real time. Not sure if anyone thinks the same or I’m just crazy lol. Fishing is tough right now and I’m stuck thinking ?

I think many of us do this.

I think this is the difference between actively fishing and ‘passively’ fishing. 

I get what you're saying, so we both may be crazy. I'd say "Be the Bait". But nobody wants to be a 2.75" TRD or Cover Scat.

I have gone in very shallow clear water and worked different baits to see what movements do what. I know depth current etc change this. It’s just a good starting point in how I try to in-vision the movements. Especially when using braid you will get more movement out of a bait than you think. I guess from all the years of welding I’ve learned how little manipulations of your wrist change everything. This would be even more exaggerated on a 7ft rod.

5 minutes ago, Darnold335 said:

have gone in very shallow clear water and worked different baits to see what movements do what. I know depth current etc change this. It’s just a good starting point in how I try to in-vision the movements.

I’ve done this too

9 minutes ago, GRiver said:

I’ve done this too

Even different plastics I want to see how they react. I want to see what they do at rest as well.

23 hours ago, Jar11591 said:

I think this is the difference between actively fishing and ‘passively’ fishing. 

 

Idk about that. I don't do this but I'm also not eating, on my phone, or otherwise distracted. 

 

Im honestly in more of a meditation stage lol where I kind of zone out and focus only on what I'm feeling. Sometimes I swear it helps me feel subtle things I otherwise would miss.