I guess I have to see it live in action to see what is that I'm doing different, I do let the bait sink a few seconds before the fist twich is made, these are very short and sharp but I do not do a constant twiching, I would let it sink a bit depending on depth and then start to reel it in and I would twich the rod 5 or 6 times before the TM gets boatside.
Alpha, despite the large crowd last Sunday at Nickajack I seen very few people catch fish, I guess I was a day early this time, My UL set up is a 7' 6" Micro lite rod from bass pro and a Shimano Sienna reel as I heard you like this reel, it is filled up with 4 lb mono but i have a 2 foot section of two lb fluorocarbon on the bussiness end.
MN fisher, I'm sold on the TM despite the fact that it has not made epic catches (yet) last year around October I had a day on the water that it outfised live bait (minows and worms) two to one on the three colors I tried (bison, bulldog and the purple redemption) caught a bout a dozen spots at Normandy about 16 solid gills (palm sized) and half dozen Crappies in the 12-16 inch range, on this Ul setup, best day on the water for me!! but these days I can count with one hand lol!!!
but it will do it one of these days
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