Ken,

Sometimes it is those subtle movements or no movement at all that
triggers the strike. I have found that letting the bait sink a foot or
so (as you discovered) and then lifting it back up triggers a lot of
strikes. I have to admit, swimming the bait side to side is not
something I have done a lot of (if at all).

I was curious, and you may have mentioned this in previous posts, but
what kind of setup are you running? Meaning rod, line, weight, baits?
I personally use a 7' medium fast action rod (Fenwick) with 8lb Seaguar
carbon pro (or invisx). I have used up to a 1/2 ounce weight, but
mostly I stick with 1/4 ounce. Using a low stretch line like
Fluorocarbon allows you to feel a lot of subtle bites. Also using a
fast action quality rod (light graphite) gives you extra sensitivity as
well. Also what type of structure are you fishing? Are you using your
electronics? Marking bait, fish? Just curious.

Chris
Ken Blevins wrote:
yesterday before I went to the lake I dropped shot-ted in the 10 ft end of
our pool and played around some. I found that just shaking the rod tip
didn't do a lot for the movement of the bait , some but not a lot.The best
movement I saw was letting the bait sink a foot or so and work it back to
the original height.Also by moving the rod tip from left to right on a
slightly slack line seemed to work real well[ swimming the bait from left to
right] . .What type of tricks do you guys use?? Also I'm still having
trouble detecting a bites..... DS ing is not as easy as it would seem. This
is my first serious attempt at DSing and I have only caught one fish in
about 14 hrs fishing. Not a real good average is it??
Well there's always this evening
Thanks
Ken Blevins