The presentation pause

[Bud Kennedy]

Seems like all of the presentations to be successful that the speed of the cadence and the pause are key to the deal.  Am I reading this correctly or is it just some presentations.  Sure seems like after all the discussions and videos that the pause is golden rule #1

[Capt. BassinLou]

Seems like all of the presentations to be successful that the speed of the cadence and the pause are key to the deal.  Am I reading this correctly or is it just some presentations.  Sure seems like after all the discussions and videos that the pause is golden rule #1

Speed of cadence and pauses may be effective in some situations and a deterrent in others. I'm a student of letting the bass be your guide on each outing. I have been in situations where speed was the key, and as soon as I paused the lure the bass would veer off, and vice versa.

[Bud Kennedy]

Well heck Lou, There ain't no stead fast rules and you always have to find what the fish wants.  I contend however that the pause is more effective than not although sometimes nothing works.

[D.W. Verts]

It's a Golden Rule for me- rarely a straight retrieve. I'm doing videos...

Dale

[Mike Cork]

Bud, I'm with you in that the pause is a vital part of generating a strike. It signals/imitates erratic behavior which indicates a wounded on sick prey that is easy to catch. How long or often a bait should be paused is often difficult to figure out. Watch KVD with any reaction bait in his hands and he is constantly popping the rod tip or pausing making his crankbait, rattle trap, or spinnerbait dance. He told me he does that because you don't know when a bass will see your bait exactly so you want to make your bait look attractive at as many given moments during a retrieve as you can.

I can also say there are times when burning a bait as fast as you possibly can without a pause is what needs to be done...

[Bud Kennedy]

I believe a pause can be ever so slight.  Almost like a stutter step in football or basketball.  sometime just enough to impart something different in the movement of the bait.  I also contend that the pause can be effective at the very start of the retrieve.  In the case of a square bill I have often let the bait sit until ripples are gone and then just slightly lift the rod tip enough to actually have the bait nod its head a bit then begin the retrieve.  Just a little added inflection to mimic an injured or dying bait. 

[D.W. Verts]

That was the point of this topic-

http://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-forum/index.php?topic=155461.0

When I retrieve a swim jig I look like I'm having an epileptic fit.

Dale