Fishing Question

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Originally Posted by fishfighter

saw some people fishing this past weekend in VB, wondering what kind of technique these guys were doing, they were fast jerking their poles 90 degrees like they were setting the hook on a bull red, then they would let the pole sit for a minute, then jerk again, confused me, i have never fished this way and never before seen anyone do that, is that some thing that works? what exactly is that method

Watched a boat doing this from the beach at the state park around this time last year... Wore the trout slap out, people would pull up and not catch a thing.