The strategy which is contrary to searching I would
like to call waiting. Waiting means you don't move around but wait for fish to
come by or already present fish to go in feeding mode in a place where you think
this will happen sooner or later. Naturally choosing the right place is critical
now, similar to other stationary fishing methods. Normally you would have found
these good places while searching or you target a place which you know from
experience "has" to be good, e.g. below a weir, the zone around locks
in a canal, the mouth of a river. An all round fisherman might fish a location
like this with float or ledger and just give spinning a try in between. This can
be quite successful, especially if you feed and the shoals of cyprinids attract
the predators. If you always fish the same place you will obviously try to
change your lure once in a while and experiment with different stuff, but you
shouldn't overdo this, just to wet every lure in your box. It makes more sense
to start with a proven lure and start varying from there. E.g. try different
colours, different jig heads or maybe switch to a Carolina rig with soft bait or
even a floating plug. Maybe you'll change from plug to spinner or vice versa.
You should try different depths and be sure to cast to all places you can reach.
This strategy really only makes sense if you are going for species which do move
around regularly like perch, zander, sea-trout. For pike and trout in moving
water it could be an alternative for a half hour or so if you think there's a
fish around you might catch if you try hard enough.
