[livelybaits]

I'm kind of different compared to most on this site. I'm all saltwater for snook, redfish and speckled trout down here.

But I use jigs almost exclusively. "Confidence" was already mentioned. Use them until you have "go to" jigs. The other thing is to pay attention to the movement you were giving the lure when you actually got a fish to take a swipe at it. If you can emulate that movement again, you'll probably get another fish to do the same thing.

There are different techniques for different situations down here which I'm sure is the same for you guys. I teach people "finesse" techniques. For the fish down here, finesse means "slow" but with variables such as "hard twitches" when you know a snook is interested in the lure.