I always incorporate a lot of rod twitches and stop and go it always puts em up.. When you see a follower twitch the ish out of it and stop that's when they'll most likely hit it or do the figure 8 in front of u..
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If your lossing confidence go to the 6". but the 8" should do it for you. directional changes are key for this bait to get more followers to bite. Just keep throwing it your fish will come.