AGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

[half2fish]

This is so frustrating. Had a follow last night. Just as i pulled the lure out of the water seen his tail go byebye. That makes 4 follows in 2 years. accually 4 follows this month. Maybe my luck will change next month. AGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Scoot]

Sounds like your luck is picking up. Stick with it. Remember where you saw these four follows and keep on hitting those areas.
One tip- although I don't figure 8 after every cast, I always make an "L" with my rod tip right before I pull the lure out of the water. When I make my "L", I always look really closely before I pull the lure out of the water. That way you see the fish before the lure is in the air and you can turn your "L" into an "8" to try trigger a strike. I miss a lot of fish in the first couple years by pulling my lure straight out of the water only to have a splash happen below when I was a foot out of the water. That's frustrating knowing that you were about to get bit, but pulled it out of the water too fast.
Make an "L" after every cast and look closely.

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[CALVINIST]

One thing I can suggest is to get that rod in the water and figure eight! Another thing you can do is have a different "throwback" lure ready to go; if you don't get any action on your figure eight, put on a different lure (this is hard to do when you are in a hurry and your hands are trembling) and throw it out there.

Good luck.

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[muskieboy46]

I agree with Scoot to keep going back to the spot. Just dont go back when you see someone else there. I did and saw this guy catch a 40 incher and a 50incher that had followed mine earlier.
some people get all the luck

[half2fish]

i hear ya muskieboy. all of my follows are in the same spot and i am 100% sure they are all different fish.

[Aj10]

Thats happend to me before!But i vaught the fish.He followed my phantom up to the boat but i didnt see him till my bait was out of the water and the fish just sat there so i dropped my bait back in to the water right in front of him and BAM!The fight was on it turned out to be a 39incher and earlier i caught 34 incher. Fun stuff