Quote Originally Posted by macpappy View Post
I just had this discussion with a fishing buddy of mine yesterday. He asked how I caught so many more fish than my dad last weekend(i caught 45 and he caught 8). I tood him it had to be that only use a small piece of split shot about 12" above my jig head and dad uses that big 2 oz egg sinker above his.
Most of the fish i caught i could barely see a small change in the way the line was laying. The fish never hit it real hard the whole day. I believe he was getting bites but just couldn't see it.
I agree with the "smaller the better" when going slow, but at 1mph, you won't have any trouble seeing the bite. The speed makes the rod bow up when a fish hits or holds it.