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Thanks for the insights man. Every day is different. But glad to see I’m not alone with the success I’ve had with slow and low retrieve. In winter it’s even more pronounced. Hardly any movement in the lure or creature bait works a treat for me in harbours. It’s a question of confidence and trusting the method. Just because you might catch on a fast retrieve doesn’t mean that you won’t catch more or won’t catch bigger fish by slowing it down. Every day is different. Which is why we test everything.

Yep. I agree. but I’ve had great success recently on surface lures putting in a really long pause during the retrieve. Sometimes as long as five seconds. The larger fish have come to a surface lure worked fast and then completely stopped.

This year in Torbay, slow and weedless works best. Large white shads bouncing off the bottom on large flooding tides, has caught me over 60 sizeable bass, largest 3kg. It’s a bumper season for the slower retrieve.

Thanks for the comment. I’ve been bass fishing for around 40 years, so I’m certainly not suggesting that a slow retrieve is always best. Speed can absolutely trigger fish in the right circumstances. I don’t do coarse fishing so can’t comment on the zander, pike and perch in fresh water.

But I strongly disagree that slowing, pausing or stopping a lure is bad advice. With soft plastics in particular, a very high proportion of takes come on the drop or immediately after a pause. In my experience, faster retrieves can also select for smaller, more aggressive fish, whereas some of my better bass have come from slowing things right down.

There’s no single “correct” retrieve — conditions, prey and the mood of the fish all matter. That’s really the point of these videos: we test different approaches on the water and see what the fish tell us.

As for the casting, I’ll keep practising. 😉. FYI I’m using. 1-7g rod most of the time and can’t beast a 15g -20g lure with it. And I’m on a boat often in 20m of water. Casting distance not necessary.

Err, I've been bass fishing for over 25 years, also lure fishing in general for pike, perch and zander. Predators react to speed, slow a lure down too much and you will rarely do well. Only when the fish are inactive will that be the optimum retrieve. Fishing lures at a decent pace triggers a lot more fish. Fish too slow and you'll be missing out on a lot of bass. You are giving bad advice pal. You might want to try casting a but further as well.