Question

Pat_RI wrote:
How long do you guys stay with a bait before switching off to a different
lure? Say if you don't get a hit in the first 30 minutes do you switch from
a jig to a spinnerbait or do you keep with it? Opinions?

Keep in mind that I am fishing shallow Florida water where "deep" water
is less than 10 feet.

I start out fishing as if the fish are actively feeding and continue
this way until the fish prove to me that it is the wrong approach.
This usually entails fishing a spinnerbait or a jerkbait. My Dad
refers to this as macrofishing or "picking the low hanging fruit."

If I fail to raise a fish in what I think should be a productive area,
I will go back over the area with a slower bait like a Kinami Flash or
a Senko. I have often found that there were fish in the areas where I
threw the spinner bait but they were not in the chasing mood.

There is one particular area of the lake I fish most often where I have
made a pass with a spinnerbit with no takers. The Senko also got no
takers but a third trip, flipping around the overhanging bushes,
produced fish.

I will seldom spend more than about 30 minutes macrofishing before
check to see if the fish are just being closed-mouthed.