Generic Senkos

[Might_B_A_Pike]

I love using the Gary Y’s Senkos, great lure with great results, not a huge fan of the price for how fast I go through them. Anyone use a different brand of the same style? I saw GM as a bag for 40 for cheap, seems like a lot better deal but if they are not as effective I don’t want to waste my time.

Any recommendation for a lower price or higher durability that does not sacrifice effectiveness?

[Craigums]

IMO, if you fish them weightless there is not a bait out there that has the same fall rate. However due to the price I've been using knock-offs and fishing them with weight. If I want a similar style bait to fish weightless I've been using the Thorne Bros Ogre Slugs.

[Tator2k]

I love YUM senkos. I use the GM branded one but my experience is they are less dense so they sink slower and seem to be softer then GY or YUM products. So you burn through them faster. That being said, the price on the 40 packs makes a huge difference and I will still use them. You can typically find the YUM packs on sale for about $3.00

[MN BassFisher]

I never really use the True Senkos, but I do use the GM ones a lot. I use them weightless and with a weight and they work great. I catch a lot of fish on them. I only use that specific bait rigged wacky by the way.

[SluggoMaster]

Christophersons in Alex makes good replicas that are reasonable as well.

[RK]

Hiya -

Ogre slugs are awesome... Very versatile, and fish a lot like the original Slug-go, which is still a fish catching machine even though it's a little overshadowed by the Senko and flukes.

I buy bulk stick worms from Christopherson Bait and Tackle in Alexandria. Great color selection and good quality, and pretty cheap when you buy in bulk. You can order 50 or 100 ct and mix and match colors. If I want a faster fall I just use a weighted hook or wrap a Storm Suspend Strip or two around the hook shank.

I also like the Northland Dip Stick worms a lot. Although they did quit making my favorite color

[Larson15]

I fish senkos on a lot of different presentations and use bulk generic senkos. I don't believe any name brand senko is worth the money.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Christophersens is a very good one for the money.. Or Mr.Twister Comida

[Juan Grande]

I hate to say it, but I seem to have more luck with the less dense baits that rip easily. I like the original Senkos followed by the GM knock offs. I've tried comidas and some of the other generics that are more dense/durable, but I don't have as much luck with them.

[BTL]

One thing I would recommend is rigging the bait backwards after the front half gets torn up. Works just as well that way and you get twice as much life out of each bait.

[mainbutter]

My suggestion for saving money:

Don't buy the name brand. Don't buy the store brand. Buy online from someone who pours at home. I make my own with a single mold hand pour that does 5 at a time, and with estimating electricity costs I probably run about $.15 cost per senko I make (can't remember off the top of my head when I looked at cost a few years ago). That's running with soft plastic at 5-gallon bucket and 1 gallon salt costs. Buy materials in bulk and that goes down.

For the guys who do it at a semi-professional/professional small business level using multiple injection molds shooting 20 at a time and buying 55 gallon drums of soft plastic, they can do it for substantially cheaper and in huge quantity.

I'm not picky about my senkos, I like the ones I make, I like Christopherson's, I like tonka tackle, and of course I like the original Yammies. I don't know why but I wasn't a fan of the GM ones, and I'm not a fan of the Yum Dingers.

Check out auction sites and good ol' google. You can find senko style baits for under $.20 each in bulk.

[Juan Grande]

Good tip mainbutter. I haven't bought a pack of actual Yamamoto Senkos in about 5 years. Can't bring myself to pay $7 for them.

[BAIT956]

Christopherson's are all I use any more. Just bought another bag yesterday, something like $22.95 per 100.

[Bagman101]

Personally, all I fish (during the summer) are 7" worms. I like the fact that I can cast them easier, they sink and wiggle better and its a bigger/less often seen target for the fish. I fish with people who use 5 and 6"...and I always outfish them. That said, the Bass Pro Shop STIK-O worms are the best bang for the buck. Very durable and effective. I checked into the Christopherson worms but they only sell the 7" in 25 packs. When you factor in shipping, BPS still has them beat. I have fished almost all the 'name brand' worms. Those STIK-Os are the bomb!

[slopmaster]

Christophersons are my favorite and well priced. If I don't get to Alex and I need some in a pinch I have had decent luck with GM brand, dingers, bps brand, and netbait.

[Basschaser]

I guess I'm in the minority. I like to use the real deal. To make them go further, I use them on a 3/32 oz. money jig with a Hitch Series clip. Once they start to get torn up I take them off and put a new one on. The used ones are fixed with Mend-It glue. The really beat up ones are glued and then I put shrink tubing in the center of them and use these for wacky rigging. Sounds like alot of work but it's not. I get atleast 10 fish per Senko this way. That being said, I also really like the Tonka Tackle, and Christopherson's knock offs.

[riverrat63]

If u shop on line in the fall and winter you find yamamotos for cheap last fall i bought them for 5a bucks a bag u just have to shop around,

[UKCM]

+1 on Christophersons, if you can not get to Alex you can find them at a popular online auction site as they have an online store there

[slopmaster]

On a side note, I started using Mustad power lock weighted hooks with the sliding weight and cork screw keeper (like a swimbait) and I can easily get a dozen fish without any tearing. Actually it gets to be were the hook goes through the plastic is what rips before the front end. I then tear an .5-1 inch piece off the front and I can get another dozen. I've went all day using 1 stickbait and it survived 30 fish. Plus no more flying stickbaits when the fish jump. I also like that I can adjust the weight to make it fall nose first, completely horizontal, or even glide somewhat backwards. Recently I had a day on the water were the fish wouldn't eat it falling horizontal, but when I adjusted it to fall backwards it would glide under the cut banks and I really cleaned up on them the rest of the day.

[goblueM]

I like Mr. Twister Comidas and YUM Dingers. Especially the forked dinger. Both are cheaper per pack AND have more per pack than the original Senko.

[Superduty]

I have been using Strike King Ochos lately and like the results. Not any cheaper than a Senko though. I second the BPS Stiko as a good cheap knockoff. I still rely on original senkos most of the time when tourney fishing but I will use knockoffs when I think a less dense bait will get more bites or a certain color is hot.

[DAD-N-EYE]

I also buy them from christo. Just an fyi alot of plastics all come out of the same mold, from the same plant, just into different bags. I know for a fact that the ones from christophersons, gm, cabelas, and big bite all come from the same place. If you like to rig them wacky check out the X-factors. They come prepoored with an o-ring.

[RumRiverRat]

I am a Yum Dinger Guy.

I also Use the Strike King Shim E Stik and the Ocho.

[Igor Drackenwolf]

I like the GY senkos, but I've never tried the Christopherson's. I'm all for saving money as long as I get results.

I try to get as much out of a senko as I can without going overboard on repairing them. I like the glue idea, just never tried it.

I fish shakey-head/weedless and wacky/drop-shot wacky in about equal measure. So I'll use a worm for an end-hooked lure until it needs to be replaced, and then save it for a wacky-hooked lure. The fish don't seem to care if there's a rip or two along the length of the worm, and when I switch from end-hook to middle-hook or vice-versa, there's nice fresh plastic to retain the hook, almost like hooking a brand new worm. Just so long as I can work it and it looks decent in the water.

[TR21HP]

All Terrain sticks for me. Great colors, excellent fall rate and licorice scented as well.