I’ve been swimming curly tail grubs lately with pretty good luck ..
The other day , I was getting a lot of short nips , not many hookups at all .
Sometimes I could see a fish swipe at the grub or would follow it in .
I started letting the jig drop just as I got it close and bam , I caught one .
So, I started using a pumping type of retrieve, where I would raise my rod tip , and retrieve line as I followed it down .
It work ! I started getting more hookups .
So , sometimes , just varying the retrieve can make a difference.