Fishing Q--how do U do the "walk the dog" technique w/the lures?

Question

I am new to fishing and someone told me a good way to catch fish is the "walk the dog" but I never got an explanation--What is that?

How do you do that?

Answer 1

The key to walking the dog is making sure that there's some "line-slack" immediately before each jerk,
and immediately after each jerk. This gives a crisp, natural motion to the lure, unfettered by drag of any kind.
Like all things, there are many ways to walk-the-dog, but I'll only describe the method that I personally use:
After splashdown, I hold the rod low with the rod-tip about 1 to 1.5 feet above the water. The lure can be activated strictly with wrist-action or by using a whole-arm motion that pivots from the shoulder. I switch back-and-forth between the two to prevent overuse injury to any one joint. Due to slack in the line, the rod-tip must move considerably farther than the lure.
With an eye on the lure, I keep the pulls short, about 6 inches "at the lure". At the end of each down-stroke the rod-tip is almost touching the water. Then without any pause, the rod is immediately returned to its original position, etc., etc.
The left hand operates on a separate brain, taking up slack line as it becomes available, while always preserving a little slack.

From the angler's standpoint, the delivery is a non-stop series of rhythmic strokes that jerk the lure by snapping slack line.
This causes the lure to zigzag about 6 inches to alternating sides without pause. The rod-tip must move further than 6 inches to overcome the line-slack, otherwise a short jerk would be unproductive. From the fish's standpoint, it's a frightened creature that's basically treading water with a lot of wasted motion. I believe the success of dog-walking is partly due to the fact that the lure never stops moving, making it difficult for bass to get a good look. In addition, the lure spends its time scooting back-and-forth with little meaningful forward progress, in other words, dog-walking offers deceptively slow coverage yet the lure is hard to identify.

Answer 2

Walk The Dog Lures

Answer 3

The Original High roller is the most versatile bait. It is one of the easiest lures to "walk the dog". After you have cast the lure, keep the rod tip pointed down toward the water at a 45 degree angle and twitch or jerk the rod tip down toward the surface to approximately 90 degree angle. In a rhythm that will have the bait dancing back and forth or "walking the dog", be sure to turn the reel handle about one revolution for every other twitch of the rod. Start out slowly, which will give the lure a wider back and forth action, then speed up the pace to cause the bait to jump, mimicking fleeing bait fish!

Answer 4

This method is used with top water lures like the Zara Spook Or other pencil type floating lures. You twitch the line with the wrist only slightly letting the slack in the line pop the lure from side to side. As you reel the lure toward you the tip of the lure is popping from left to right. That's it in a nutshell. I could get really long winded and complicated, but its not that difficult.

Answer 5

It is much easier to learn this technique by observing it in action than to try and understand by reading how it is done.
If you will watch this video it will show you the way to 'walk the dog'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8n4rkkZTdg

Answer 6

I have tried it but it aint easy. take brandon's advice